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Men's singles
1951 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Dick Savitt
Runner-up	Ken McGregor
Score	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	10
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1950 · Wimbledon Championships · 1952 →

In the: 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor in the——final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4——to win the "title." He was the second ever American——to win the Wimbledon. And Australian tournaments in the same year. Number 4 seed Budge Patty was the defending champion. But lost in the second round to another American, the unseeded 17-year-old Ham Richardson.

Progress of the competition※

After defeating Patty, "Richardson went out in the fourth round," losing to another unseeded player, the Brazilian Armando Vieira; this was Vieira's most successful Wimbledon, but he lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa's Eric Sturgess, a former world number one, "in straight sets." McGregor reached the final by, defeating Sturgess in the semifinals.

Seeds※

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

Draw※

Key※

Finals※

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Frank Sedgman	6	6	3	4	5
	5	Herbie Flam	2	1	6	6	7
										5	Herbie Flam	6	13	3	2
										6	Dick Savitt	1	15	6	6
	3	Art Larsen	1	4	4
	6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
																			6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
																			7	Ken McGregor	4	4	4
	8	Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
		Armando Vieira	2	0	3
										8	Eric Sturgess	4	6	3	5
										7	Ken McGregor	6	3	6	7
	7	Ken McGregor	6	4	5	6	6
	10	Lennart Bergelin	0	6	7	2	4

Top half※

Section 1※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Frank Sedgman	6	6	6
		Raymundo Deyro	4	3	4					1	F Sedgman	6	7	6	7
	Q	Sven Davidson	6	6	3	6				Q	S Davidson	4	9	4	2
	Q	Clive Bernstein	2	0	6	3													1	F Sedgman	8	11	6
		Sverre Lie	6	3	7	6	6													S Clark	6	9	3
		Guy Jackson	8	6	5	3	1				S Lie	4	4	5
		Robert Sibert	0	0	2						S Clark	6	6	7
		Straight Clark	6	6	6																							1	F Sedgman	6	6	6
	9	Gardnar Mulloy	13	4	6	6	6																						F Gardini	0	2	1
		Philippe Washer	15	6	3	4	1			9	G Mulloy	6	6	6
		John Horn	6	6	3	7					J Horn	4	0	4
		Doug Scharenguivel	2	1	6	5													9	G Mulloy	5	6	4	4
		Heraldo Weiss	6	2	9	6														F Gardini	7	3	6	6
		Murray Deloford	4	6	7	2					H Weiss	2	6	6	4
		Fausto Gardini	4	6	6	6					F Gardini	6	3	8	6
		Headley Baxter	6	2	1	2

Section 2※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Herbie Flam	6	6	6
		Naresh Kumar	1	2	2					5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Geoff Ward	2	3	3						C Spychała	0	1	2
		Czesław Spychała	6	6	6														5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Peter Hare	4	2	1															H Billington	3	4	4
		Henry Billington	6	6	6						H Billington	6	6	4	8
		Sydney Levy	6	4	6	0	4				J-C Molinari	2	3	6	6
		Jean-Claude Molinari	3	6	4	6	6																					5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Jaime Bartrolí	6	6	6	3																							A van Swol	2	2	3
		Philippe Chatrier	8	8	4	6					P Chatrier	6	6	2	1	8
		Petko Milojković	2	1	6	6	3				A Huber	4	2	6	6	6
		Freddie Huber	6	6	3	2	6													P Chatrier	4	3	4
		Douglas Snart	0	1	8															A van Swol	6	6	6
		Hans van Swol	6	6	10						A van Swol	7	6	6
		Adli El Shafei	6	6	6						A El Shafei	5	3	1
	Q	András Kálmán	4	4	4

Section 3※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	Art Larsen	6	6	0	6
		Mervyn Rose	1	2	6	1				3	A Larsen	6	6	12
		Hal Burrows	3	3	2						G Paish	3	1	10
		Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6														3	A Larsen	6	6	3	6
		Gene Garrett	6	6	7															W Garrett	3	3	6	3
		Marcello del Bello	4	0	5						W Garrett	6	6	6
	Q	Bill Hough	1	0	1						J Palada	3	3	2
		Josip Palada	6	6	6																							3	A Larsen	6	7	6
		Milan Matouš	1	2	6	6	6																						T Johansson	3	5	4
		Robert Haillet	6	6	2	1	0				M Matouš	6	6	6
		Ron Reeve	3	9	4						H Walton	1	3	2
		Howard Walton	6	11	6															M Matouš	3	7	4
		Torsten Johansson	6	6	6															T Johansson	6	9	6
		Erwin Balestra	0	0	1						T Johansson	6	5	6	6
		Derek Bull	4	2	9	6	6				D Bull	1	7	4	4
		Matthew Mohtadi	6	6	7	3	3

Section 4※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
		Nigel Cockburn	2	2	2					6	R Savitt	6	6	6
		Edmund David	6	6	6						E David	1	1	1
		Lawrence Dundas	0	4	4														6	R Savitt	6	1	6	8	6
		Kurt Nielsen	6	7	6	6														K Nielsen	4	6	3	10	4
		Brendan Macken	3	9	3	2					K Nielsen	6	6	7
		Charles Fawcus	2	6	2	3					J Peten	4	1	5
		Jacques Peten	6	4	6	6																						6	R Savitt	6	6	6
		Władysław Skonecki	7	6	6																								J Asbóth	4	2	3
	Q	Roy Mansell	5	1	1						W Skonecki	6	6	6
		Ignacy Tłoczyński									I Tłoczyński	3	4	4
		José Roquette	w/o																	W Skonecki	5	6	8	6	2
		József Asbóth	4	10	6	6														J Asbóth	7	3	10	4	6
		Ernst Buchholz	6	8	3	2					J Asbóth	6	9	1	11	6
		Ip Koon Hung	4	6	6	5	2				V Černík	1	11	6	9	3
		Vladimír Černík	6	4	4	7	6

Bottom half※

Section 5※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ivan Devroe	2	3	2
		Bernard Destremau	6	6	6						B Destremau	2	6	6	9
		Cesar Carmona	6	3	8	4	2				R del Bello	6	4	2	7
		Rolando del Bello	1	6	6	6	6													B Destremau	6	6	6
		Darrell Shaw	3	6	6	5	6													G Oakley	4	1	4
	Q	Jack Morison	6	4	2	7	1				D Shaw	1	4	3
		Gerry Oakley	6	6	8						G Oakley	6	6	6
		Ong Chew Bee	3	4	6																								B Destremau	2	3	2
		Bengt Axelsson	6	6	6																							8	E Sturgess	6	6	6
	Q	Bernard Crouch	1	2	4						B Axelsson	6	6	6
		Frank Mott-Trille	4	4	4						S Davidson	3	3	2
		Stanley Davidson	6	6	6															B Axelsson	6	0	4	2
		Paddy Roberts	6	2	3														8	E Sturgess	4	6	6	6
		Don Candy	8	6	6						D Candy	3	6	6	2
		Roland Carter	1	0	3					8	E Sturgess	6	4	8	6
	8	Eric Sturgess	6	6	6

Section 6※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Joe Hackett	4	4	5
		Staffan Stockenberg	6	6	7						S Stockenberg	6	7	4	6
		Jost Spitzer	4	3	4						A Segal	1	5	6	4
		Abe Segal	6	6	6															S Stockenberg	6	3	6
		Marcel Coen	0	1	4															A Vieira	8	6	8
		Claude Lister	6	6	6						C Lister	4	4	6	3
		Armando Vieira	7	6	8						A Vieira	6	6	1	6
		Don Tregonning	5	4	6																								A Vieira	6	1	6	6
		Tony Clark	6	2	1	2																							H Richardson	3	6	3	0
		Tommy Anderson	4	6	6	6					T Anderson	6	6	4	6	1
		Robert Connor	5	6	1	7	4				V Petrović	2	8	6	0	6
		Vladimir Petrović	7	2	6	5	6													V Petrović	6	0	2	5
	Q	Fred Dehnert	2	3	2															H Richardson	2	6	6	7
		Ham Richardson	6	6	6						H Richardson	4	6	4	10	6
		David Lurie	1	1	4					4	J Patty	6	3	6	8	4
	4	Budge Patty	6	6	6

Section 7※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Bohuslav Hykš	2	0	0
		Ivo Rinkel	6	6	6						I Rinkel	4	10	4
	Q	Johann Kupferburger	5	3	0						L Norgarb	6	12	6
		Leon Norgarb	7	6	6															L Norgarb	6	4	3	6	2
		Paul Rémy	6	7	6															P Rémy	3	6	6	3	6
		Milan Branović	3	5	2						P Rémy	6	6	6
		Bruce Haughton	2	6	5						Peter Cawthorn	3	3	3
		Peter Cawthorn	6	8	7																								P Rémy	4	6	3	4
		Hans Redl	6	6	4	6																						7	K McGregor	6	3	6	6
		Jean Becker	1	1	6	0					H Redl	6	5	5	3
		David Samaai	6	4	6	2	6				D Samaai	3	7	7	6
	Q	Michel Lemasson	4	6	3	6	4													D Samaai	1	4	1
		Lorne Main	6	6	6														7	K McGregor	6	6	6
		John Barrett	0	2	1						L Main	3	5	5
		Narendra Nath	6	1	6	2				7	K McGregor	6	7	7
	7	Ken McGregor	8	6	3	6

Section 8※

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6
		Norman Kitovitz	2	2	3						G Cucelli	6	6	6
		Athol Tills	6	6	1	6					A Tills	3	1	4
		George Godsell	1	4	6	4														G Cucelli	7	2	4	3
		Felicisimo Ampon	6	6	6														10	L Bergelin	5	6	6	6
		Dick Guise	1	0	0						F Ampon	6	6	2	7	3
		Tony Starte	2	1	0					10	L Bergelin	2	2	6	9	6
	10	Lennart Bergelin	6	6	6																							10	L Bergelin	6	6	6
		Finn Søhol	2	2	4																								A Mottram	1	0	2
		Tony Mottram	6	6	6						A Mottram	6	6	7
		Tadeusz Slawek	0	2	0						H Rochon	0	3	5
		Henri Rochon	6	6	6															A Mottram	5	6	2	7	8
		Jacques Brichant	5	4	3														2	J Drobný	7	4	6	5	6
		Torben Ulrich	7	6	6						T Ulrich	9	6	3	4
		Gottfried von Cramm	7	4	4					2	J Drobný	11	1	6	6
	2	Jaroslav Drobný	9	6	6

References※

External links※

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1951 French Championships

Grand Slams Men's Singles

Succeeded by 1951 U.S. Championships