Score: | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
Draw: | 128 (10) |
Seeds: | 12 |
Type: | grand slam |
See main article: 1952 Wimbledon Championships. In the 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, number one seed Frank Sedgman defeated number two seed Jaroslav Drobný in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 to win the title.[1] Dick Savitt was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mervyn Rose.
Drobný was representing Egypt, having defected from Czechoslovakia in 1949 and been offered Egyptian citizenship in 1950. It was his second Wimbledon men's singles final, and he defeated the number 5 and 6 seeds (Australia's Ken McGregor and the US's Herbie Flam) to get there.[2] Another Australian, number 8 seed Mervyn Rose, having defeated Savitt, was beaten by the eventual champion, Sedgman, in the semifinals.
See also: 1 and 1. Frank Sedgman (champion)
See also: 2 and 8. Jaroslav Drobný (final)
See also: 3 and 6. Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)
See also: 4 and 3. Dick Savitt (quarterfinals)
See also: 5 and 7. Ken McGregor (quarterfinals)
See also: 6 and 5. Herbie Flam (semifinals)
See also: 7 and 2. Eric Sturgess (quarterfinals)
See also: 8 and 4. Mervyn Rose (semifinals)
See also: 9 and 2. Art Larsen (first round)
See also: 10 and 5. Gardnar Mulloy (fourth round)
See also: 11 and 1. Ham Richardson (first round)
See also: 12 and 6. Budge Patty (fourth round)