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Men's doubles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Tom Brown Jack Kramer
Runners-up	Geoff Brown Dinny Pails
Score	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1939 · Wimbledon Championships · 1947 →

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Tom Brown and Jack Kramer defeated Geoff Brown and Dinny Pails in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championship.

Seeds

01.   Geoff Brown / Dinny Pails (final)

02.   Tom Brown / Jack Kramer (champions)

03.   Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada (semifinals)

04.   Bernard Destremau / Yvon Petra (third round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Geoff Brown Dinny Pails	6	8	6
		Henri Bolelli Pierre Pellizza	4	6	3
										1	Geoff Brown Dinny Pails	6	6	6
										3	Dragutin Mitić Josip Palada	2	4	3
	3	Dragutin Mitić Josip Palada	6	6	6
		Cecil Betts Cliff Hovell	3	3	2
																			1	Geoff Brown Dinny Pails	4	4	2
																			2	Tom Brown Jack Kramer	6	6	6
		Budge Patty Pancho Segura	6	6	5	8
		Ivo Rinkel Hans van Swol	2	4	7	6
											Budge Patty Pancho Segura	3	3	3
										2	Tom Brown Jack Kramer	6	6	6
		Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson	1	6	4	0
	2	Tom Brown Jack Kramer	6	3	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	1	Geoff Brown Dinny Pails	6	6	6
		Frank Beeman Stanley Drobac	2	4	1					1	G Brown D Pails	6	6	6
		Buster Andrews Dennis Coombe	8	6	6	7	6				E Andrews D Coombe	1	1	1
		Claude Lister WM Martin	10	4	2	9	3												1	G Brown D Pails	6	6	6
		Freddie Della Porta Leslie Walter	4	8	4															C Spychała I Tłoczyński	2	3	4
		Frank Mehner JE Slater	6	10	6						F Mehner JE Slater	4	2	2
		Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński	8	6	6						C Spychała I Tłoczyński	6	6	6
		Edward Hansom Harold Marsland	6	2	3																							1	G Brown D Pails	6	8	6
		Enrique Buse Maurice Lucking	4	7	4																								H Bolelli P Pellizza	4	6	3
		Léopold de Borman Jack Van den Eynde	6	9	6						L de Borman J Van den Eynde	3	7	4	6	8
		Henry Billington John Olliff	6	6	6						H Billington J Olliff	6	5	6	4	6
		Eric Filby Donald MacPhail	4	2	2															L de Borman J Van den Eynde	2	3	2
		Henri Bolelli Pierre Pellizza	6	6	6															H Bolelli P Pellizza	6	6	6
		Raymond Egan FW Peard	2	1	3						H Bolelli P Pellizza	6	6	6
		Derek Hardwick Peter Hare	14	3	2	2					E Avory E Peters	1	1	2
		Ted Avory Eric Peters	12	6	6	6

The nationality of FW Peard is unknown.

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	3	Dragutin Mitić Josip Palada	6	6	8
		Brian Burnett Peter Young	2	2	6					3	D Mitić J Palada	6	6	6
		Roland Carter Charles Kingsley	6	6	6						R Carter C Kingsley	1	3	1
		Bill Robertson John Wilkinson	4	2	3														3	D Mitić J Palada	2	9	7	3	6
		Paul Féret Jean Lesueur	6	5	6	3														J Caska J Drobný	6	7	5	6	4
		Josef Caska Jaroslav Drobný	3	7	8	6					J Caska J Drobný	6	6	9
		Andrés Hammersley Enrique Morea	w/o								A Coldham H Weatherall	1	2	7
		Alan Coldham Henry Weatherall																										3	D Mitić J Palada	6	6	6
		Cecil Betts Cliff Hovell	6	6	8	1	6																						C Betts C Hovell	3	3	2
		Johan Haanes Ferdinand Vrba	8	4	6	6	3				C Betts C Hovell	6	6	6
		CF Duncan Maksymiljan Stolarow	w/o								J Ipsen H Johansen	2	3	4
		Jaanik Ipsen Helge Johansen																		C Betts C Hovell	6	6	6
		JK Hamilton Derrick Leyland	6	6	6															JK Hamilton D Leyland	2	2	3
		Vladimir Landau Gaston Médécin	2	0	1						JK Hamilton D Leyland
		Hans Pfaff Jost Spitzer	7	5	6	6					H Pfaff J Spitzer	w/o
		Bernard Neal Bobby Thorn	5	7	2	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Budge Patty Pancho Segura	7	6	8
		Herman David Ernest Wittmann	5	1	6						J Patty P Segura	6	6	6
		Bill Manby Gwyn Tuckett									N Manby G Tuckett	2	0	3
		Hendrik Timmer Hubert Wilton	w/o																	J Patty P Segura	6	5	5	8	6
		Derrick Barton Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6															D Barton G Paish	2	7	7	6	1
		Cyril Kemp George McVeagh	0	3	2						D Barton G Paish	6	6	6
		Jacques Sanglier Jacques Thomas	6	6	6						J Sanglier J Thomas	4	4	4
		Tommy Anderson DA Clayton	3	3	1																								J Patty P Segura	6	6	5	8
		Ivo Rinkel Hans van Swol	9	6	6																								I Rinkel A van Swol	2	4	7	6
		René Buser Hans Huonder	7	3	4						I Rinkel A van Swol	6	5	6	6
		Georges Gremillet Henri Pellizza	6	6	6						G Gremillet H Pellizza	1	7	3	2
		Guy Cooper Bob Tinkler	4	3	3															I Rinkel A van Swol	6	6	8	6
		Robert Abdesselam Roger Dubuc	11	1	7	6													4	B Destremau Y Petra	2	8	6	4
		Jack Harper Jack Warboys	9	6	5	3					R Abdesselam R Dubuc	3	2	4
		Jimmy Hunt Colin Ritchie	1	2	4					4	B Destremau Y Petra	6	6	6
	4	Bernard Destremau Yvon Petra	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Murray Deloford Jimmy Jones	3	6	2	1
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Philippe Washer	6	2	6	6					P Geelhand de Merxem P Washer	3	7	4
		Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson	6	6	6						L Bergelin T Johansson	6	9	6
		Adli El Shafei Mahmoud Talaat	4	2	3															L Bergelin T Johansson	8	6	3	4	6
		Choy Wai-Chuen Kho Sin-Kie	6	4	4	3														D Butler F Wilde	6	4	6	6	2
		Don Butler Frank Wilde	0	6	6	6					D Butler F Wilde	6	6	6
		Leonard Brooke Edwards Joseph Clynton-Reed	4	6	2	0					L Cater F Wallis	3	1	2
		Leslie Cater Francis Wallis	6	4	6	6																							L Bergelin T Johansson	1	6	4	0
		Tony Mottram Bobby Nicoll	6	3	6	6																						2	T Brown J Kramer	6	3	6	6
		Tony Clark Tim Lewis	1	6	3	2					A Mottram R Nicoll	6	6	6
		Harry Marriner C Webb	2	6	1	2					G Fitt R Smith	2	0	1
		Gordon Fitt Reg Smith	6	4	6	6														A Mottram R Nicoll	1	4	4
		John Comery Dick Sandys	2	1	4														2	T Brown J Kramer	6	6	6
		Josef Šíba Vojtěch Vodička	6	6	6						J Šíba V Vodička	2	1	2
		Bob Baker Tim Miles	0	1	2					2	T Brown J Kramer	6	6	6
	2	Tom Brown Jack Kramer	6	6	6

The nationality of C Webb is unknown.

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

• 1946 Wimbledon Championships
• Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles