1950 Wimbledon Championships

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The 1950 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July. It was the 64th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1950. For the first time since the 1927 introduction of seedings 16 players were seeded in the men's singles event instead of eight. Budge Patty and Louise Brough won the singles titles.

Finales

Seniors

Men's singles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Budge Patty defeated ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Frank Sedgman, 6โ€“1, 8โ€“10, 6โ€“2, 6โ€“3

Women's singles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Louise Brough defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Margaret duPont, 6โ€“1, 3โ€“6, 6โ€“1

Men's doubles

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ John Bromwich / ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Adrian Quist defeated ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Geoff Brown / ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Bill Sidwell, 7โ€“5, 3โ€“6, 6โ€“3, 3โ€“6, 6โ€“2

Women's doubles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Louise Brough / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Margaret duPont defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Shirley Fry / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Doris Hart, 6โ€“4, 5โ€“7, 6โ€“1

Mixed doubles

Eric Sturgess / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Louise Brough defeated ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Geoff Brown / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pat Todd, 11โ€“9, 1โ€“6, 6โ€“4

Juniors

Boys' singles

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง John Horn defeated ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kamel Moubarek, 6โ€“0, 6โ€“2

Girls' singles

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Lorna Cornell defeated ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Astrid Winther, 6โ€“2, 6โ€“4

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