1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Pancho Gonzales and Frank Parker were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Men's doubles
1950 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	John Bromwich Adrian Quist
Runners-up	Geoff Brown Bill Sidwell
Score	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
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Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships

John Bromwich and Adrian Quist defeated Geoff Brown and Bill Sidwell in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1950 Wimbledon Championship.^[1][2]

Seeds

01.     Gardnar Mulloy /   Bill Talbert (third round)

02.     John Bromwich /   Adrian Quist (champions)

03.     Jaroslav Drobný /   Eric Sturgess (semifinals)

04.     Geoff Brown /   Bill Sidwell (final)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	2	John Bromwich   Adrian Quist	6	6	6
		Mervyn Rose   George Worthington	4	2	4
										2	John Bromwich   Adrian Quist	6	3	6	6
										3	Jaroslav Drobný   Eric Sturgess	4	6	3	4
	3	Jaroslav Drobný   Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
		Jacques Brichant   Philippe Washer	2	2	4
																			2	John Bromwich   Adrian Quist	7	3	6	3	6
																			4	Geoff Brown   Bill Sidwell	5	6	4	6	2
		Vladimír Černík   Milan Matouš	5	2	1
	4	Geoff Brown   Bill Sidwell	7	6	6
										4	Geoff Brown   Bill Sidwell	6	6	6
											Budge Patty   Tony Trabert	4	4	3
		Budge Patty   Tony Trabert	6	31	7	6
		Ken McGregor   Frank Sedgman	4	29	9	2

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	2	John Bromwich   Adrian Quist	6	6	6
	Q	Doug Scharenguivel   Tony Starte	0	0	2					2	J Bromwich   A Quist	6	6	6
	Q	Ralph Nichols   Bert Whitney	4	3	6	3					P Anderson   R Guise	3	4	1
		Peter Anderson   Dick Guise	6	6	3	6													2	J Bromwich   A Quist	6	6	6
		Cyril Kemp   George McVeagh	2	3	3															T Johansson   E Morea	2	2	2
		Torsten Johansson   Enrique Morea	6	6	6						T Johansson   E Morea	11	4	6	6
		Ivo Rinkel   Hans van Swol	6	6	6						I Rinkel   A van Swol	9	6	4	4
		Czesław Spychała   Ignacy Tłoczyński	0	2	2																							2	J Bromwich   A Quist	6	6	6
		Fred Kovaleski   Vic Seixas	3	4	6																								M Rose   G Worthington	4	2	4
		Mervyn Rose   George Worthington	6	6	8						M Rose   G Worthington	6	6	6
		Derek Bull   Stan Clark	1	8	5	2					G Oakley   S Sawhney	2	2	4
		Gerry Oakley   Subba Sawhney	6	6	7	6														M Rose   G Worthington	6	6	7
		Jean Borotra   Bernard Destremau																		J Borotra   B Destremau	3	2	5
		Dilip Bose   Sumant Misra	w/o								J Borotra   B Destremau	6	3	9	6
		Freddie Della Porta   Harley Watkins	1	7	6	5	3				A Huber   H Redl	3	6	7	4
		Freddie Huber   Hans Redl	6	5	4	7	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	3	Jaroslav Drobný   Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
		Roland Carter   Eric Filby	0	2	2					3	J Drobný   E Sturgess	6	6	6
		John Linck   Peter Molloy	6	6	9	9					J Linck   P Molloy	0	2	3
		Marcel Coen   Christian Grandet	2	3	11	7													3	J Drobný   E Sturgess	6	6	6
	Q	Tony Dawes   Noel Rowland	3	3	2															J Haanes   N-E Hessen	1	3	3
		Philippe Chatrier   Jean-Claude Molinari	6	6	6						P Chatrier   J-C Molinari	7	7	2	6
		Johan Haanes   Nils-Erik Hessen	3	6	6	6					J Haanes   N-E Hessen	5	9	6	8
		Derrick Lester   Bobby Thorn	6	2	0	4																						3	J Drobný   E Sturgess	6	6	6
		Jacques Brichant   Philippe Washer	6	7	4	6																							J Brichant   P Washer	2	2	4
		Henry Billington   Don Butler	4	5	6	4					J Brichant   P Washer	10	7	4	6	6
		Dragutin Mitić   Josip Palada	4	3	6						G Caccia   R del Bello	8	9	6	1	4
		Giulio Caccia   Rolando del Bello	6	6	8															J Brichant   P Washer	6	6	6
		Dennis Coombe   Claude Lister	6	6	3	6														R Deyro   J Harper	3	4	4
		Alain Lemyze   Francis Nys	2	1	6	4					D Coombe   C Lister	2	3	4
		Raymundo Deyro   Jack Harper	6	6	6						R Deyro   J Harper	6	6	6
		Headley Baxter   Eddie Ford	3	4	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		GI Bayley   Guy Cooper	0	3	7	3
		Matthew Murphy   Heraldo Weiss	6	6	5	6					M Murphy   H Weiss	6	6	3	6	7
		Vladimír Černík   Milan Matouš									V Černík   M Matouš	8	4	6	1	9
		Gene Garrett   Harry Hopman	w/o																	V Černík   M Matouš	6	2	6	6
		Cliff Hovell   Jimmy Jones	6	8	6	10	6													C Hovell   C Jones	1	6	4	4
	Q	Laurie Proctor   John White	2	10	3	12	3				C Hovell   C Jones	6	6	10	6
		Bobby Meredith   Douglas Snart	9	6	3	8	2				D Lurie   B Rooke	3	4	12	4
		David Lurie   Brian Rooke	11	1	6	6	6																						V Černík   M Matouš	5	2	1
		Tony Mottram   Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6																							4	G Brown   W Sidwell	7	6	6
		Raymond Egan   Joe Hackett	1	1	1						A Mottram   G Paish	9	3	4
		Milan Branović   Petko Milojković	w/o								L Bergelin   S Davidson	11	6	6
		Lennart Bergelin   Sven Davidson																		L Bergelin   S Davidson	6	3	6	11
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem   Jacques Peten	1	1	4														4	G Brown   W Sidwell	4	6	8	13
		Naresh Kumar   Narendra Nath	6	6	6						N Kumar   N Nath	5	3	2
		Adli El Shafei   Mahmoud Talaat	0	0	1					4	G Brown   W Sidwell	7	6	6
	4	Geoff Brown   Bill Sidwell	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		John Barrett   John Horn	4	4	6
		Budge Patty   Tony Trabert	6	6	8						J Patty   A Trabert	6	6	6
		Kurt Nielsen   Torben Ulrich	4	2	6	7					L Cater   F Wallis	3	4	4
		Leslie Cater   Francis Wallis	6	6	3	9														J Patty   A Trabert	6	6	6
		Hubert Wilton   Boebi van Meegeren	7	3	5	6														P Hare   H Walton	4	2	2
		Jean Ducos de la Haille   Robert Haillet	5	6	7	8					J Ducos de la Haille   R Haillet	6	4	2	1
	Q	John Fulton   John Rutherglen	4	2	3						P Hare   H Walton	4	6	6	6
		Peter Hare   Howard Walton	6	6	6																								J Patty   A Trabert	6	31	7	6
		George Godsell   Ted Tinling	2	1	2																								K McGregor   F Sedgman	4	29	9	2
		Felicisimo Ampon   Cesar Carmona	6	6	6						F Ampon   C Carmona	2	6	4
		Ken McGregor   Frank Sedgman	7	6	9						K McGregor   F Sedgman	6	8	6
		Edmund David   Herman David	5	0	7															K McGregor   F Sedgman	8	8	8	10
		Vanni Canepele   Giuliano Scribani	0	6	7	0													1	G Mulloy   W Talbert	6	6	10	8
		Irvin Dorfman   Art Larsen	6	4	9	6					I Dorfman   A Larsen	4	6	3	4
		Guy Delhomme   Jacques Sanglier	1	1	0					1	G Mulloy   W Talbert	6	3	6	6
	1	Gardnar Mulloy   Bill Talbert	6	6	6

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com