1937 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Don Budge ; Alice Marble
Runners-up	Yvon Petra ; Simonne Mathieu
Score	6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw	80 (5Q)
Seeds	4
Events
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Fred Perry and Dorothy Round were the defending champions, but Perry was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1936 season. Round partnered with Don Butler but lost in the third round to Don Budge and Alice Marble.

Budge and Marble defeated Yvon Petra and Simonne Mathieu in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

Don Budge /

Alice Marble (champions)

2.

Yvon Petra /

Simonne Mathieu (final)

3.

Frank Wilde /

Mary Whitmarsh (fourth round)

4.

Norman Farquharson /

Kay Stammers (third round)

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
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Don Budge Alice Marble	6	6

	Raymond Tuckey Peggy Scriven	2	2
				1	Don Budge Alice Marble	6	6

					Gene Mako Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	3	2
	Bob Tinkler Margot Lumb	1	2

	Gene Mako Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6
								1	Don Budge Alice Marble	6	6

								2	Yvon Petra Simonne Mathieu	4	1
	Daniel Prenn Evelyn Dearman	6	9

	Jiro Yamagishi Betty Nuthall	2	7
					Daniel Prenn Evelyn Dearman	2	4

				2	Yvon Petra Simonne Mathieu	6	6
	Jean Borotra Colette Boegner	1	6

2	Yvon Petra Simonne Mathieu	6	8

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	1	Don Budge Alice Marble	6	2	6
		GI Bayley Audrey Wright	2	6	2
						1	D Budge A Marble	6	4	6
							D Butler D Round	2	6	1
		Don Butler Dorothy Round	6	6
		Ho Jin Sheila Paterson	4	0
											1	D Budge A Marble	6	6
												J Brugnon D Andrus	1	1
		Jack Harrison Mary Burrows	2	3
		Jacques Brugnon Dorothy Andrus	6	6
							J Brugnon D Andrus	6	6
							D MacPhail D Shepherd-Barron	3	2
		Donald MacPhail Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	6
		Henry Purcell Mona Riddell	4	3

Section 2

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Raymond Tuckey Peggy Scriven	6	6
		John Olliff Freda James	1	3
							R Tuckey M Scriven	6	6
							H Billington J Ingram	4	3
		Eric Attewell Rosemary Smith	2	5
		Henry Billington Joan Ingram	6	7
												R Tuckey M Scriven	6	6
												I Collins Lady Rowallan	1	3
		Leslie Hall Joan Marquis	6	4	8
		Ian Collins Lady Rowallan	3	6	10
							I Collins Lady Rowallan	6	5	6
							A van Swol G Terwindt	4	7	2
		Colin Ritchie Penny Weekes	6	2	3
		Hans van Swol Truid Terwindt	2	6	6

Section 3

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	4	Norman Farquharson Kay Stammers	6	6
		George McVeagh Patience Thomson	3	3
					4	N Farquharson K Stammers	4	6	2
						M Bernard S Henrotin	6	2	6
		Marcel Bernard Sylvie Henrotin	6	6
		Colin Eedes Vere King	3	1
											M Bernard S Henrotin	3	2
											R Tinkler M Lumb	6	6
		André Lacroix Lilí de la Valdène	w/o
		Ralph Nichols Betty Uber
						R Nichols E Uber	2	3
						R Tinkler M Lumb	6	6
		George Godsell Gertrude Valentine-Brown	1	10
		Bob Tinkler Margot Lumb	6	12

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Josip Palada Gaby Curtis	4	9	6
	GE Bean Mrs W Merricks	6	7	4		J Palada G Curtis	6	6
	Tod Hughan Magda Baumgarten	1	5			M Ellmer M Pleydell Bouverie	3	1
	Max Ellmer Peggy Pleydell Bouverie	6	7								J Palada G Curtis	1	6	4
	Jack Lysaght Billie Yorke	6	6	7							K Schröder J Saunders	6	2	6
	Karl Schröder Jean Saunders	4	8	9		K Schröder J Saunders	6	6
	Georg von Metaxa Marie Horn	8	4			E Fannin P King	0	2
	Eustace Fannin Phyllis King	10	6													K Schröder J Saunders	6	6	1
	Charles Hare Mary Hardwick	6	9													G Mako J Jędrzejowska	4	8	6
	Jack Van den Eynde Madie Pearson	4	7			C Hare M Hardwick	6	2	6
	Vernon Kirby Mary Heeley	6	6			V Kirby M Heeley	4	6	1
	Charles Aeschlimann Patsy O'Connell	1	2								C Hare M Hardwick	6	4	3
	Herman David Elsie Pittman	9	10								G Mako J Jędrzejowska	4	6	6
Q	John Wright Peggy Knight	7	8			H David E Pittman	5	4
	Gene Mako Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6			G Mako J Jędrzejowska	7	6
	Hector Fisher Elizabeth Macready	1	2

The nationality of GE Bean is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Eric Filby Freda Underwood	6	6	6
	Fritz Jenssen Mrs CP Brutton	8	3	2		E Filby F Underwood	7	2	3
	Harry Lee Nancy Dickin	3	6	6		H Lee N Dickin	5	6	6
	Dennis Coombe Nancy Lyle	6	4	4							H Lee N Dickin	7	3	6
	Brian Sturgeon Pamela Morison	3	4								F Kukuljević M Couquerque	5	6	3
	John Collins Gladys Southam	6	6			J Collins G Southam	2	6	2
	Maurice Lucking Gladys Osborne	6	3	2		F Kukuljević M Couquerque	6	4	6
	Franjo Kukuljević Madzy Couquerque	3	6	6												H Lee N Dickin	4	6	3
	Billy Collins Olga MacInnes	6	7													D Prenn E Dearman	6	4	6
	Wayne Sabin Katherine Winthrop	4	5			W Collins O MacInnes	7	4
	Daniel Prenn Evelyn Dearman	6	6			D Prenn E Dearman	9	6
	Helge Plougmann Else Hollis	1	2								D Prenn E Dearman	6	8
Q	Cecil Betts Yvonne Allnatt	6	6								G Meredith R Kirk	2	6
	Laddie Wheatcroft Christabel Wheatcroft	2	2		Q	C Betts Y Allnatt	2	1
	Bobby Meredith Ruth Kirk	7	6			G Meredith R Kirk	6	6
	Edmund David Betty Hobson	5	2

Section 6

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Bob Riseley Rosl Kraus	2	2
		Jiro Yamagishi Betty Nuthall	6	6
							J Yamagishi B Nuthall	6	7
							E Fannin J Harman	3	5
		Eustace Fannin Josephine Harman	6	14
		Jimmy Reddall Helen Burr	0	12
												J Yamagishi B Nuthall	6	6
											3	F Wilde M Whitmarsh	3	4
		Ted Avory Joan Strawson	6	1	1
		Ronnie Shayes Ermyntrude Harvey	1	6	6
							R Shayes E Harvey	3	6	3
						3	F Wilde M Whitmarsh	6	3	6
		Franjo Punčec Joy Myerscough	6	3	2
	3	Frank Wilde Mary Whitmarsh	1	6	6

Section 7

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Murray Deloford Nina Brown	7	6
		Georgios Nikolaides Phyllis Xydis	5	2
							M Deloford N Brown	6	2	2
							J Borotra C Boegner	3	6	6
		Jean Borotra Colette Boegner	6	10
		Guy Cooper Sheila Chuter	2	8
												J Borotra C Boegner	6	6
												P Sherwood E Haylock	3	4
		Pat Sherwood Elsa Haylock	3	6	6
		John Comery Rita Jarvis	6	4	4
							P Sherwood E Haylock	10	7	6
							L de Borman M Slaney	8	9	2
	Q	Leonard King Mary Norman	3	6
		Léopold de Borman Madge Slaney	6	8

Section 8

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	Q	Wilfred Freeman Mildred Freeman	6	7
		Boris Maneff Margaret Mellows	3	5
					Q	W Freeman M Freeman	6	5	3
						R Ritchie V Scott	2	7	6
		Dickie Ritchie Valerie Scott	6	7
		Jimmy Hunt Yvonne Law	3	5
											R Ritchie V Scott	0	3
										2	Y Petra S Mathieu	6	6
		Eric Peters Effie Peters	6	6
	Q	Gerry France M Parr	1	3
						E Peters E Peters	3	10
					2	Y Petra S Mathieu	6	12
		Bill Manby Cecily Marriott	3	4
	2	Yvon Petra Simonne Mathieu	6	6

The nationality of Miss M Parr is unknown.

References

↑ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
↑ 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

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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