1937 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Don Budge
Runner-up	Gottfried von Cramm
Final score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women mixed
← 1936 · Wimbledon Championships · 1938 →

Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Fred Perry was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1936 season.

Seeds[]

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

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	2	Gottfried von Cramm	6	8	3	2	6
		Jack Crawford	3	6	6	6	2
										2	Gottfried von Cramm	8	6	12	6
										4	Bunny Austin	6	3	14	1
	4	Bunny Austin	6	7	6
	5	Bryan Grant	1	5	4
																			2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	4	2
																			1	Don Budge	6	6	6
	8	Frank Parker	6	7	4	4	6
	3	Henner Henkel	3	5	6	6	2
										8	Frank Parker	6	4	4	1
										1	Don Budge	2	6	6	6
	7	Vivian McGrath	3	1	4
	1	Don Budge	6	6	6

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	6	6	6
		Jack Lysaght	6	1	2	0				2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
	LL	Raymond Fontes	2	1	1						R Tuckey	2	0	4
		Raymond Tuckey	6	6	6														2	G von Cramm	6	6	3	6
		Tod Hughan	4	4	2															J Yamagishi	4	4	6	4
		Herman David	6	6	6						H David	1	4	3
		Jiro Yamagishi	6	6	6						J Yamagishi	6	6	6
	Q	Edward Hansom	0	0	0																							2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
		Frank Wilde	6	5	6	0	7																						G Mako	0	2	3
		Yvon Petra	3	7	4	6	5				F Wilde	4	6	2	6	3
		Bob Mulliken	3	2	3						S-K Kho	6	4	6	3	6
		Kho Sin-Kie	6	6	6															S-K Kho	6	1	2	4
		Jacques Jamain	4	7	3	3														G Mako	3	6	6	6
		Gene Mako	6	5	6	6					G Mako	6	6	6
		Léopold de Borman	6	4	1						H Fisher	1	2	1
		Hector Fisher	8	6	6

Section 2[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Roderich Menzel	4	9	6	3	4
		Jack Crawford	6	7	4	6	6				J Crawford	6	8	6
		Buster Andrews	6	6	6						B Andrews	4	6	1
		Fritz Jenssen	1	2	1															J Crawford	6	6	10
		Hal Surface	6	6	6															F Kukuljević	3	2	8
		Stig Mårtensson	0	2	1						H Surface	7	3	6	3	7
		Franjo Kukuljević	6	6	6						F Kukuljević	5	6	2	6	9
		Harold Hare	2	2	2																								J Crawford	6	6	8
		Laurie Shaffi	6	6	12																								L Shaffi	4	3	6
		Lawrence Hall	3	4	10						L Shaffi	6	6	8	6
		Arnold England	8	3	3					Q	D Bull	4	4	10	3
	Q	Derek Bull	10	6	6															L Shaffi	2	6	7	6
		Jacques Van den Eynde	4	6	6	6														J Van den Eynde	6	2	5	4
		Henry Purcell	6	3	4	2					J Van den Eynde	7	6	6
		Giorgio de Stefani	1	6	5	4					C Eedes	5	4	3
		Colin Eedes	6	2	7	6

Section 3[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Bunny Austin	3	8	6	6
		George Lyttleton-Rogers	6	6	1	2				4	H Austin	6	6	6
		Wayne Sabin	6	6	6						W Sabin	2	3	0
		Dickie Ritchie	4	3	4														4	H Austin	6	4	6	8
		John Bromwich	6	10	6															J Bromwich	2	6	0	6
		John Comery	3	8	1						J Bromwich	7	2	6	6
		Georgios Nikolaides	0	9	5						V Kirby	5	6	4	3
		Vernon Kirby	6	11	7																							4	H Austin	6	7	6
		Gerry France	6	6	6																								A Lacroix	4	5	2
	LL	JR Fawcus	4	1	4						G France	3	2	3
	Q	Maurice Lucking	5	3	3						H Lee	6	6	6
		Harry Lee	7	6	6															H Lee	6	4	2	4
		Alan Coldham	6	6	6	6														A Lacroix	4	6	6	6
	LL	HFC Horne	8	4	3	3					A Coldham	2	5	4
		André Lacroix	6	7	6						A Lacroix	6	7	6
	Q	Jimmy Reddall	2	5	3

Section 4[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Bryan Grant	6	6	7
	Q	Jimmy Hunt	3	4	5					5	B Grant	6	3	6	6
		Roland Morton	6	6	6						R Morton	2	6	3	0
	LL	Harry Rothwell	3	2	4														5	B Grant	6	6	2	6
		Dennis Cook	2	5	2															E Avory	3	4	6	2
		Norman Taylor	6	7	6						N Taylor	3	6	4	7	5
		Ted Avory	3	6	6	7					E Avory	6	4	6	5	7
		John Collins	6	4	2	5																						5	B Grant	6	6	6	6	6
		Richard Turnbull	4	1	2																								A Stedman	4	8	1	4
		Marcel Bernard	6	6	6						M Bernard	3	6	0	6	6
		Donald MacPhail	6	6	6						D MacPhail	6	2	6	1	4
		Vladimir Landau	4	1	1															M Bernard	4	2	3
		Alan Stedman	6	6	6															A Stedman	6	6	6
		Alan Brown	1	3	3						A Stedman	6	6	0
		Pat Sherwood	8	3	3	5					N Sharpe	4	4	0r
		Nigel Sharpe	6	6	6	7

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Malcolm Young	4	3	3
		Guy Cooper	6	6	6						G Cooper	1	2	4
		Daniel Prenn	7	6	6						D Prenn	6	6	6
		Bill Robertson	5	1	2															D Prenn	6	6	6
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6															G Godsell	4	1	2
		Henry Weatherall	4	1	0						P Geelhand de Merxem	7	3	4	2
		George Godsell	6	6	6						G Godsell	5	6	6	6
		Ronnie Boone	3	2	2																								D Prenn	4	5	2
		Murray Deloford	11	6	6	4	7																					8	F Parker	6	7	6
		Gwyn Tuckett	13	0	3	6	5				M Deloford	6	3	6	5	6
		John Anderson	10	6	0	2				Q	H Mackinnon	2	6	2	7	3
	Q	Hugh Mackinnon	12	1	6	6														M Deloford	0	1	7	6
		Leonard King	5	1	4														8	F Parker	6	6	5	8
		Jacques Brugnon	7	6	6						J Brugnon	0	3	1
		Ho Jin	1	1	3					8	F Parker	6	6	6
	8	Frank Parker	6	6	6

Section 6[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Georg von Metaxa	0	6	6	0	3
		Charles Hare	6	4	3	6	6				C Hare	2	6	7	6
		Laddie Wheatcroft	0	3	6	3					H Billington	6	2	5	4
		Henry Billington	6	6	1	6														C Hare	6	6	10
		Brian Sturgeon	6	3	4	2													LL	E Fannin	0	1	8
		Cliff Sproule	2	6	6	6					C Sproule	5	6	6	6	0
	Q	Stan Clark	6	1	4	2				LL	E Fannin	7	3	1	8	6
	LL	Eustace Fannin	2	6	6	6																							C Hare	4	6	6	2	3
		Boris Maneff	3	3	2																							3	H Henkel	6	3	3	6	6
		Franjo Punčec	6	6	6						F Punčec	10	6	6
		Karl Schröder	6	6	6						K Schröder	8	2	3
	Q	Edwin Barlow	2	0	3															F Punčec	2	2	1
		Georges Zarifi	3	6	4	5													3	H Henkel	6	6	6
		Bob Tinkler	6	2	6	7					R Tinkler	6	5	6	0	3
		Leslie Newman	1	0	3					3	H Henkel	2	7	3	6	6
	3	Henner Henkel	6	6	6

Section 7[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Bert Whitney	5	4	0
		Choy Wai-Chuen	7	6	6						W-C Choy	3	6	7	5	1
		Ronnie Shayes	1	6	6	6					R Shayes	6	1	5	7	6
		George McVeagh	6	3	1	4														R Shayes	6	10	6	6
		Jack Harrison	4	4	9															F Nakano	8	8	3	1
		Ferruccio Quintavalle	6	6	11						F Quintavalle	1	3	6	4
		Charles Harris	6	2	2	6	4				F Nakano	6	6	4	6
		Fumiteru Nakano	3	6	6	2	6																						R Shayes	2	1	3
		Edmund David	7	6	4	4	10																					7	V McGrath	6	6	6
		Ian Collins	5	3	6	6	8				E David	1	1	5
		Josip Palada	2	2	6	6	6				J Palada	6	6	7
		John Olliff	6	6	4	0	2													J Palada	6	3	5	2
		Paul Partridge	1	2	8														7	V McGrath	4	6	7	6
		Dennis Coombe	6	6	10						D Coombe	3	3	7	2
		Max Ellmer	6	4	4	7				7	V McGrath	6	6	5	6
	7	Vivian McGrath	0	6	6	9

Section 8[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ladislav Hecht	6	6	7
		Eric Filby	4	1	5						L Hecht	6	6	9
		Helge Plougmann	2	2	6	3					C Lister	1	0	7
		Claude Lister	6	6	4	6														L Hecht	8	6	6
		Don Butler	6	5	6	6														C Jones	6	4	3
		Eric Peters	3	7	2	2					D Butler	3	6	3	3
		Henry Burrows	3	4	4						C Jones	6	4	6	6
		Jimmy Jones	6	6	6																								L Hecht	4	2	2
		Colin Ritchie	1	2	7	3																						1	D Budge	6	6	6
		Christian Boussus	6	6	5	6					C Boussus	6	6	6
		Bobby Meredith	4	2	2						A van Swol	2	1	2
		Hans van Swol	6	6	6															C Boussus	1	4	2
		Cecil Betts	0	2	6														1	D Budge	6	6	6
		Pat Hughes	6	6	8						P Hughes	2	2	2
		Norman Farquharson	3	2	1					1	D Budge	6	6	6
	1	Don Budge	6	6	6

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1937 French Championships

Grand Slams Men's Singles

Succeeded by 1937 U.S. Championships