Budge Patty


John Edward "Budge" Patty 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. 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.
He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.
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)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1949French ChampionshipsClay Frank Parker3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win1950French ChampionshipsClay Jaroslav Drobný6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–5
Win1950Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Frank Sedgman6–1, 8–10, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed Doubles (1 title)

Performance timeline

Publications