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Men's doubles
1951 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman
Runners-up	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess
Score	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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John Bromwich and Adrian Quist were the defending champions, but did not compete.

Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman defeated Jaroslav Drobný and Eric Sturgess in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1951 Wimbledon Championship.

Seeds

01.   Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman (champions)

02.   Gardnar Mulloy / Dick Savitt (semifinals)

04.   Herbie Flam / Art Larsen (first round)

04.   Jaroslav Drobný / Eric Sturgess (final)

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	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman
		Giovanni Cucelli Marcello del Bello	w/o
										1	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	6	6	6
											Budge Patty Ham Richardson	4	2	3
		Lennart Bergelin Sven Davidson	6	6	3	7	5
		Budge Patty Ham Richardson	1	8	6	5	7
																			1	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	3	6	6	3	6
																			4	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess	6	2	3	6	3
		Ernst Buchholz Gottfried von Cramm	3	1	3
	4	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
										4	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess	4	6	6	6
										2	Gardnar Mulloy Dick Savitt	6	4	3	4
		Brendan Macken Lorne Main	2	1	4
	2	Gardnar Mulloy Dick Savitt	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	1	Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman	6	6	6
		Petko Milojković Vladimir Petrović	1	1	3					1	K McGregor F Sedgman	6	6	6
		Raymundo Deyro Gene Garrett	6	6	6						R Deyro W Garrett	4	4	3
		Edmund David Herman David	2	0	2														1	K McGregor F Sedgman	6	3	6	6
		Bernard Destremau Torsten Johansson	6	6	6															B Destremau T Johansson	1	6	1	2
	Q	Tommy Anderson Arnold England	3	3	3						B Destremau T Johansson	3	6	6	9
	Q	Johann Kupferburger Owen Williams	2	7	6	9	7				D Bull S Clark	6	3	2	7
		Derek Bull Stan Clark	6	9	4	7	9																					1	K McGregor F Sedgman
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Jacques Peten	4	4	2																								G Cucelli M del Bello	w/o
		Tony Mottram Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6						A Mottram G Paish	6	1	0	2
		John Barrett John Horn	2	1	4						G Cucelli M del Bello	3	6	6	6
		Giovanni Cucelli Marcello del Bello	6	6	6															G Cucelli M del Bello	6	7	16
		Robert Sibert Roy Wilder	2	1	3															H Burrows S Clark	4	5	14
		Hal Burrows Straight Clark	6	6	6						H Burrows S Clark	6	6	6
		Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	3	6	6					C Spychała I Tłoczyński	1	3	4
	Q	Tony Dawes JS Ross	3	6	1	3

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	3	Herbie Flam Art Larsen	6	5	3	4
		Lennart Bergelin Sven Davidson	2	7	6	6					L Bergelin S Davidson	6	16	6
		Naresh Kumar Narendra Nath	6	6	7						N Kumar N Nath	1	14	2
		FJ Bartlett Robert Connor	4	4	5															L Bergelin S Davidson	8	6	6
		Abe Segal Russell Seymour	4	6	7	8														J-C Molinari P Rémy	6	2	4
		Jean-Claude Molinari Paul Rémy	6	8	5	10					J-C Molinari P Rémy	6	8	6
		Headley Baxter Paddy Roberts	1	6	9	6					H Baxter A Roberts	1	6	2
		Ong Chew-Bee David Samaai	6	3	7	4																							L Bergelin S Davidson	6	6	3	7	5
		Vladimír Černík Milan Matouš	4	12	6	6																							J Patty H Richardson	1	8	6	5	7
		Felicisimo Ampon Cesar Carmona	6	10	3	1					V Černík M Matouš	2	4	6	6	6
	Q	Philippe Chatrier Michel Lemasson	2	2	6	2					J Hackett G Jackson	6	6	3	2	1
		Joe Hackett Guy Jackson	6	6	3	6														V Černík M Matouš	6	6	7	6	4
		Nigel Cockburn Sydney Levy	0	4	5															J Patty H Richardson	8	4	9	3	6
		Ivo Rinkel Hans van Swol	6	6	7						I Rinkel A van Swol	4	4	4
		Budge Patty Ham Richardson	2	6	6	6					J Patty H Richardson	6	6	6
		Marcel Coen Adli El Shafei	6	2	3	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Don Candy Mervyn Rose	6	8	8
		Norman Kitovitz David Mockridge	3	6	6						D Candy M Rose	6	6	6	8
		Władysław Skonecki Heraldo Weiss	6	7	6						W Skonecki H Weiss	0	8	4	6
		Peter Anderson Dick Guise	3	5	3															D Candy M Rose	4	6	7	3	5
		Ip Koon Hung Doug Scharenguivel	6	6	6															E Buchholz G von Cramm	6	1	5	6	7
	Q	CJ Grindley Neville Hooper	4	1	4						K-H Ip D Scharenguivel	6	1	5	4
		Kurt Nielsen Torben Ulrich	6	6	3	4	5				E Buchholz G von Cramm	3	6	7	6
		Ernst Buchholz Gottfried von Cramm	4	4	6	6	7																						E Buchholz G von Cramm	3	1	3
		Leon Norgarb Armando Vieira	3	1	7																							4	J Drobný E Sturgess	6	6	6
		Peter Cawthorn Don Tregonning	6	6	9						P. Cawthorn D Tregonning	6	6	6
		Jean Becker Gaby Mercier-Odier									J Becker G Mercier-Odier	1	0	3
		Jost Spitzer Mahmoud Talaat	w/o																	P. Cawthorn D Tregonning	1	2	6
		Fausto Gardini Rolando del Bello	4	4	4														4	J Drobný E Sturgess	6	6	8
		David Lurie Gerry Oakley	6	6	6						D Lurie G Oakley	0	8	0
		RM Henry Bohuslav Hykš	2	1	1					4	J Drobný E Sturgess	6	10	6
	4	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Peter Hare Howard Walton	4	2	3
		Freddie Huber Hans Redl	6	6	6						A Huber H Redl	6	9	6
		Jimmay Mehta José Roquette	w/o								B Axelsson S Stockenberg	4	7	4
		Bengt Axelsson Staffan Stockenberg																		A Huber H Redl	6	2	2	8	5
		Leslie Cater Francis Wallis	5	2	3															B Macken L Main	4	6	6	6	7
		Dennis Coombe Claude Lister	7	6	6						D Coombe C Lister	6	6	6	2
		Roland Carter Douglas Snart	5	4	4						B Macken L Main	8	2	8	6
		Brendan Macken Lorne Main	7	6	6																								B Macken L Main	2	1	4
		Milan Branović Josip Palada	6	6	6																							2	Gardnar Mulloy Dick Savitt	6	6	6
		Freddie Della Porta Harley Watkins	3	4	3						M Branović J Palada	5	2	7
		Jean Borotra Robert Haillet	4	4	2						J Brichant P Washer	7	6	9
		Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer	6	6	6															J Brichant P Washer	6	4	3	3
		Ivan Devroe Henri Rochon																	2	G Mulloy R Savitt	3	6	6	6
		József Asbóth Antal Jancsó	w/o								I Devroe H Rochon	2	5	2
		Bernard Neal Tony Starte	2	4	3					2	G Mulloy R Savitt	6	7	6
	2	Gardnar Mulloy Dick Savitt	6	6	6

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

• 1951 Wimbledon Championships
• Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles