Budge Patty
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Full name | John Edward Patty |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. | February 11, 1924
Turned pro | 1940 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1960 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1977 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 777–182 (81.02%) [1] |
Career titles | 73 [2] |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1950, John Olliff)[3] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | W (1950) |
Wimbledon | W (1950) |
US Open | QF (1951, 1953, 1957) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1957) |
US Open | F (1957) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | W (1946) |
Wimbledon | SF (1946) |
John Edward "Budge" Patty (born February 11, 1924) is a former world no. 1 American tennis player whose career spanned a period of 15 years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950.
Biography[]
Patty was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
In 1950, he won the men's singles title at the French Championships defeating Egypt's Jaroslav Drobný in a five-set match. A few weeks later he also won the Wimbledon Championships in a four-set victory over Australian Frank Sedgman.[4] Only two other American male players have achieved this double victory: Don Budge in 1938 and Tony Trabert in 1955.
Patty was ranked world no. 1 in 1950 by John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph.[3]
He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.[5]
Patty attended Los Angeles High School. He now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, with his wife Marcina.
Grand Slams finals[]
Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1949 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1950 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–5 |
Win | 1950 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 8–10, 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1957 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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8–10, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1957 | U.S. Championships | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 7–9, 3–6 |
Mixed Doubles (1 title)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1946 | French Championships | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 9–7 |
Performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1941 | 1942-1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||
French | A | A | QF | 4R | SF | F | W | 4R | QF | 4R | SF | QF | 4R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 2R | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | 4R | SF | QF | 3R | W | 2R | 4R | 3R | SF | SF | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||
U.S. | 2R | A | 4R | A | 3R | A | 1R | QF | A | QF | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A |
Publications[]
- Patty, Edward John (1951). Tennis my way by Budge Patty. New York: Hutchinson’s Library of Sports and Pastimes. LCCN 51008955.
References[]
- ^ "Budge Patty: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Jesse Edward (Budge) Patty: Stats". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426.
- ^ "Tennis Grand Slam Winners – Tennis – ESPN". ESPN. go.com. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
- ^ "Tennis Hall of Fame – John Edward Patty "Budge"". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
External links[]
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- Budge Patty at the Davis Cup
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- American male tennis players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French Championships (tennis) champions
- Los Angeles High School alumni
- Sportspeople from Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Sportspeople from Lausanne
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- Tennis people from Arkansas
- Tennis people from California
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- 1924 births
- Living people
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees