1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Second-seeded Bobby Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke in the final, 2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Don Budge was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1938 season.

Men's Singles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Bobby Riggs
Runner-up Elwood Cooke
Final score2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Main article: 1939 Wimbledon Championships


It would be the last Wimbledon tournament for seven years due to World War II.

Seeds
01.   Bunny Austin (Quarterfinals)
02.   Bobby Riggs (Champion)
03.   Don McNeil (Second round)
04.   Franjo Punčec (Semifinals)
05.   Henner Henkel (Semifinals)
06.   Elwood Cooke (Final)
07.   Roderich Menzel (Second round)
08.   Ignacy Tłoczyński (Third round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Bunny Austin 3 0 1
6 Elwood Cooke 6 6 6
6 Elwood Cooke 6 4 6 6
5 Henner Henkel 3 6 4 4
Franjo Kukuljević 1 3 2
5 Henner Henkel 6 6 6
6 Elwood Cooke 6 6 6 3 2
2 Bobby Riggs 2 8 3 6 6
Gene Smith 0 2 2
4 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6
4 Franjo Punčec 2 3 4
2 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6
Ghaus Mohammad 2 2 2
2 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 Bunny Austin 6 6 12
József Asbóth 1 4 10 1 H Austin 6 6 6
LL Maurice Lucking 5 1 5 O Anderson 3 4 4
Owen Anderson 7 6 7 1 H Austin 7 9 0
Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 J Drobný 5 7 0r
Ho Jin 1 2 4 J Drobný 6 6 6
Q Henry Weatherall 6 6 7 Q H Weatherall 2 2 4
Garton Hone 4 3 5 1 H Austin 8 6 6
Jack Darkins 8 6 8 D Butler 6 4 4
Douglas Snart 6 4 6 J Darkins 7 6 3 1
Cristea Caralulis 4 2 9 0 D Butler 9 4 6 6
Don Butler 6 6 7 6 D Butler 4 6 4 6 6
Q Bert Whitney 2 3 2 R Goepfert 6 2 6 3 3
Jacques Van den Eynde 6 6 6 J Van den Eynde 5 4 2
Andre Najar 3 3 1 R Goepfert 7 6 6
Rolf Goepfert 6 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 Elwood Cooke 1 6 6 6
Christian Boussus 6 4 0 3 6 E Cooke 6 7 7
Jost Spitzer 3 6 1 1 G Godsell 1 5 5
George Godsell 6 4 6 6 6 E Cooke 7 6 6
Cliff Hovell 0 7 6 8 6 G Lyttleton-Rogers 5 1 4
Q Headley Baxter 6 9 0 6 3 C Hovell 2 8 6
Iftikar Ahmed 3 7 8 G Lyttleton-Rogers 6 10 8
George Lyttleton-Rogers 6 9 10 6 E Cooke 6 6 6
Helmuth Gulcz 2 2 4 J Olliff 1 1 4
Dewar Brown 6 6 6 D Brown 3 6 4 1
Ian Collins 6 6 6 I Collins 6 1 6 6
Bob Higgin 1 2 2 I Collins 6 7 2 4
John Olliff 3 4 6 6 0 J Olliff 8 5 6 6
Daniel Prenn 6 6 1 4 0r J Olliff 6 6 6
LL Janmeja Charanjiva 2 4 1 B Maneff 2 4 4
Boris Maneff 6 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 Don McNeill 6 6 6
Kálmán Aschner 1 1 0 3 D McNeill 4 5 1
Franjo Kukuljević 6 4 6 6 F Kukuljević 6 7 6
Tod Hughan 1 6 1 0 F Kukuljević 6 7 6
Jimmy Jones 6 6 6 W-C Choy 4 5 4
Tommy Anderson 1 0 3 C Jones 3 6 2 4
Raymond Egan 7 6 4 2 3 W-C Choy 6 2 6 6
Choy Wai-Chuen 5 1 6 6 6 F Kukuljević 6 6 6
Herman David 6 6 5 6 M Deloford 4 3 1
Gordon Fitt 2 1 7 3 H David 4 5 4
Dennis Coombe 4 12 3 1 D Mitić 6 7 6
Dragutin Mitić 6 11 6 6 D Mitić 5 4 6 6 3
Hector Etchart 7 6 6 M Deloford 7 6 2 2 6
Q Brian Royds 5 1 2 H Etchart 4 3 6 2
Arnold England 5 6 4 M Deloford 6 6 2 6
Murray Deloford 7 8 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 Henner Henkel 9 6 6
Jack Piercy 7 0 0 5 H Henkel 6 6 6
György Dallos 3 9 4 4 J Comery 1 2 4
John Comery 6 7 6 6 5 H Henkel 6 4 6 6
Hans Pfaff 6 4 6 1 6 L Shaffi 4 6 4 1
Dilip Bose 2 6 1 6 2 H Pfaff 6 3 3 4
Brian Sturgeon 1 2 6 5 L Shaffi 3 6 6 6
Laurie Shaffi 6 6 3 7 5 H Henkel 6 6 6
Jacques Brugnon 6 6 3 6 J Brugnon 1 3 0
Frank Wilde 1 3 6 3 J Brugnon 6 6 6
Reginald Bessemer-Clark 5 1 6 R Mulliken 4 2 4
Bob Mulliken 7 6 8 J Brugnon 6 6 6 6
Adam Baworowski 6 4 5 5 G de Stefani 4 4 8 4
Giorgio de Stefani 3 6 7 7 G de Stefani 6 10 6
Léopold de Borman 6 7 3 0 7 L de Borman 2 8 1
Q Colin Ritchie 4 5 6 6 5

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Emil Gábori 6 6 6
Jack Harrison 4 2 2 E Gábori 7 9 5 6
Kho Sin-Kie w/o J Gunn 5 7 7 2
Jack Gunn E Gábori 6 6 2 6
Guy Cooper 5 4 3 V Canepele 4 1 6 2
Vanni Canepele 7 6 6 V Canepele 6 6 7
Yeswanath-Rao Savoor 7 9 6 Y-R Savoor 2 4 5
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 5 7 1 E Gábori 0 4 3
František Cejnar 6 9 6 E Smith 6 6 6
Antoine Gentien 1 7 2 F Cejnar 6 7 6
LL Malcolm Maclagan 2 5 7 M Csikos 4 5 3
Mihály Csikós 6 7 9 F Cejnar 3 2 7 6 1
Buster Andrews 6 2 3 4 E Smith 6 6 5 1 6
Gene Smith 3 6 6 6 E Smith 6 3 6 7
Eric Peters 1 2 2 7 R Menzel 1 6 3 5
7 Roderich Menzel 6 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Alan Coldham 6 6 6
Gwyn Tuckett 3 4 3 A Coldham 8 4 9 2
Dermot Muspratt 4 3 4 A Russell 6 6 11 6
Alejo Russell 6 6 6 A Russell 10 6 6
Harold Hare 6 3 6 6 3 A Mottram 8 4 1
Arnulf Schmidt 2 6 8 0 6 A Schmidt 6 3 1 1
Eric Filby 8 3 6 1 5 A Mottram 3 6 6 6
Tony Mottram 6 6 4 6 7 A Russell 3 6 1
Roland Morton 6 3 6 2 1 4 F Punčec 6 8 6
Hector Fisher 3 6 3 6 6 H Fisher 6 1 2 0
Bobby Meredith 2 1 3 D MacPhail 3 6 6 6
Donald MacPhail 6 6 6 D MacPhail 3 3 5
Henry Billington 3 2 9 4 F Punčec 6 6 7
Pat Sherwood 6 6 11 P Sherwood 3 1 3
Neil Edwards 2 2 3 4 F Punčec 6 6 6
4 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Gaston Medecin 7 6 2 1
Helge Plougmann 9 1 6 6 H Plougmann 3 3 5
Ottó Szigeti 12 6 6 O Szigeti 6 6 7
Bill Robertson 10 4 4 O Szigeti 8 6 6
Jack Lysaght 4 3 3 A van Swol 6 4 4
Hans van Swol 6 6 6 A van Swol 6 6 4 6
Max Ellmer 6 6 6 M Ellmer 2 3 6 4
Alexandru Hamburger 1 0 3 O Szigeti 4 16 6 3 4
Claude Lister 1 6 3 1 G Mohammad 6 14 2 6 6
Bob Tinkler 6 4 6 6 R Tinkler 4 3 2
Ghaus Mohammad 6 6 6 G Mohammad 6 6 6
Norman Taylor 3 1 2 G Mohammad 6 6 6
Q Dennis Slack 6 6 5 7 6 8 I Tłoczyński 0 3 4
Henry Burrows 8 4 7 5 3 Q D Slack 3 1 1
Q Chuni Savara 2 0 3 8 I Tłoczyński 6 6 6
8 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Georg von Metaxa 2 4 6 4
Robert Abdesselam 6 6 3 6 R Abdesselam 5 1 4
Josef Šíba 6 6 6 J Šíba 7 6 6
Eustace Fannin 3 2 1 J Šíba 5 4 7
Ronnie Shayes 2 6 7 4 6 R Shayes 7 6 9
Georgios Nikolaides 6 2 5 6 4 R Shayes 6 3 9 2 8
Q Jack Warboys 0 0 0 J Palada 4 6 7 6 6
Josip Palada 6 6 6 R Shayes 5 8 4 3
Edmund David 2 5 5 2 R Riggs 7 6 6 6
Harry Lee 6 7 7 H Lee 2 4 5
Cam Malfroy 6 6 2 4 6 C Malfroy 6 6 7
Nigel Sharpe 4 3 6 6 0 C Malfroy 6 9 2
Ted Avory 6 1 6 4 6 2 R Riggs 8 11 6
Derrick Leyland 3 6 4 6 4 E Avory 4 4 2
Q Jagan Dhamija 3 0 4 2 R Riggs 6 6 6
2 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6

References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
Preceded by
1939 French Championships		 Grand Slams
Men's Singles		 Succeeded by
1939 U.S. Championships
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