1952 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles


In the 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, number one seed Frank Sedgman defeated number two seed Jaroslav Drobný in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 to win the title. Dick Savitt was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mervyn Rose.

Progress of the tournament

Drobný was representing Egypt, having defected from Czechoslovakia in 1949 and been offered Egyptian citizenship in 1950. It was his second Wimbledon men's singles final, and he defected the number 5 and 6 seeds to get there. Another Australian, number 8 seed Mervyn Rose, having defeated Savitt, was beaten by the eventual champion, Sedgman, in the semifinals.

Seeds

Frank Sedgman
Jaroslav Drobný '
Vic Seixas '
Dick Savitt '
Ken McGregor '
Herbie Flam '
Eric Sturgess '
Mervyn Rose '
Art Larsen '
Gardnar Mulloy '
Ham Richardson '
Budge Patty

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8