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Men's singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Don Budge
Runner-up	Gottfried von Cramm
Score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships. Fred Perry was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1936 season.

Seeds

01.   Don Budge (champion)

02.   Gottfried von Cramm (final)

03.   Henner Henkel (quarterfinals)

04.   Bunny Austin (semifinals)

05.   Bryan Grant (quarterfinals)

06.   Roderich Menzel (first round)

07.   Vivian McGrath (quarterfinals)

08.   Frank Parker (semifinals)

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
	2	Gottfried von Cramm	6	8	3	2	6
		Jack Crawford	3	6	6	6	2
										2	Gottfried von Cramm	8	6	12	6
										4	Bunny Austin	6	3	14	1
	4	Bunny Austin	6	7	6
	5	Bryan Grant	1	5	4
																			2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	4	2
																			1	Don Budge	6	6	6
	8	Frank Parker	6	7	4	4	6
	3	Henner Henkel	3	5	6	6	2
										8	Frank Parker	6	4	4	1
										1	Don Budge	2	6	6	6
	7	Vivian McGrath	3	1	4
	1	Don Budge	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	6	6	6
		Jack Lysaght	6	1	2	0				2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
	LL	Raymond Fontes	2	1	1						R Tuckey	2	0	4
		Raymond Tuckey	6	6	6														2	G von Cramm	6	6	3	6
		Tod Hughan	4	4	2															J Yamagishi	4	4	6	4
		Herman David	6	6	6						H David	1	4	3
		Jiro Yamagishi	6	6	6						J Yamagishi	6	6	6
	Q	Edward Hansom	0	0	0																							2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
		Frank Wilde	6	5	6	0	7																						G Mako	0	2	3
		Yvon Petra	3	7	4	6	5				F Wilde	4	6	2	6	3
		Bob Mulliken	3	2	3						S-K Kho	6	4	6	3	6
		Kho Sin-Kie	6	6	6															S-K Kho	6	1	2	4
		Jacques Jamain	4	7	3	3														G Mako	3	6	6	6
		Gene Mako	6	5	6	6					G Mako	6	6	6
		Léopold de Borman	6	4	1						H Fisher	1	2	1
		Hector Fisher	8	6	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Roderich Menzel	4	9	6	3	4
		Jack Crawford	6	7	4	6	6				J Crawford	6	8	6
		Buster Andrews	6	6	6						E Andrews	4	6	1
		Fritz Jenssen	1	2	1															J Crawford	6	6	10
		Hal Surface	6	6	6															F Kukuljević	3	2	8
		Stig Mårtensson	0	2	1						H Surface	7	3	6	3	7
		Franjo Kukuljević	6	6	6						F Kukuljević	5	6	2	6	9
		Harold Hare	2	2	2																								J Crawford	6	6	8
		Laurie Shaffi	6	6	12																								L Shaffi	4	3	6
		Lawrence Hall	3	4	10						L Shaffi	6	6	8	6
		Arnold England	8	3	3					Q	D Bull	4	4	10	3
	Q	Derek Bull	10	6	6															L Shaffi	2	6	7	6
		Jack Van den Eynde	4	6	6	6														J Van den Eynde	6	2	5	4
		Henry Purcell	6	3	4	2					J Van den Eynde	7	6	6
		Giorgio de Stefani	1	6	5	4					C Eedes	5	4	3
		Colin Eedes	6	2	7	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Bunny Austin	3	8	6	6
		George Lyttleton-Rogers	6	6	1	2				4	H Austin	6	6	6
		Wayne Sabin	6	6	6						W Sabin	2	3	0
		Dickie Ritchie	4	3	4														4	H Austin	6	4	6	8
		John Bromwich	6	10	6															J Bromwich	2	6	0	6
		John Comery	3	8	1						J Bromwich	7	2	6	6
		Georgios Nikolaides	0	9	5						V Kirby	5	6	4	3
		Vernon Kirby	6	11	7																							4	H Austin	6	7	6
		Gerry France	6	6	6																								A Lacroix	4	5	2
	LL	JR Fawcus	4	1	4						G France	3	2	3
	Q	Maurice Lucking	5	3	3						H Lee	6	6	6
		Harry Lee	7	6	6															H Lee	6	4	2	4
		Alan Coldham	6	6	6	6														A Lacroix	4	6	6	6
	LL	HFC Horne	8	4	3	3					A Coldham	2	5	4
		André Lacroix	6	7	6						A Lacroix	6	7	6
	Q	Jimmy Reddall	2	5	3

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Bryan Grant	6	6	7
	Q	Jimmy Hunt	3	4	5					5	B Grant	6	3	6	6
		Roland Morton	6	6	6						R Morton	2	6	3	0
	LL	Harry Rothwell	3	2	4														5	B Grant	6	6	2	6
		Dennis Cook	2	5	2															E Avory	3	4	6	2
		Norman Taylor	6	7	6						N Taylor	3	6	4	7	5
		Ted Avory	3	6	6	7					E Avory	6	4	6	5	7
		John Collins	6	4	2	5																						5	B Grant	6	6	6	6	6
		Richard Turnbull	4	1	2																								A Stedman	4	8	1	4
		Marcel Bernard	6	6	6						M Bernard	3	6	0	6	6
		Donald MacPhail	6	6	6						D MacPhail	6	2	6	1	4
		Vladimir Landau	4	1	1															M Bernard	4	2	3
		Alan Stedman	6	6	6															A Stedman	6	6	6
		Alan Brown	1	3	3						A Stedman	6	6	0
		Pat Sherwood	8	3	3	5					N Sharpe	4	4	0
		Nigel Sharpe	6	6	6	7

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Malcolm Young	4	3	3
		Guy Cooper	6	6	6						G Cooper	1	2	4
		(No citizenship) Daniel Prenn	7	6	6						(No citizenship) D Prenn	6	6	6
		Bill Robertson	5	1	2															(No citizenship) D Prenn	6	6	6
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6															G Godsell	4	1	2
		Henry Weatherall	4	1	0						P Geelhand de Merxem	7	3	4	2
		George Godsell	6	6	6						G Godsell	5	6	6	6
		Ronnie Boone	3	2	2																								(No citizenship) D Prenn	4	5	2
		Murray Deloford	11	6	6	4	7																					8	F Parker	6	7	6
		Gwyn Tuckett	13	0	3	6	5				M Deloford	6	3	6	5	6
		John Anderson	10	6	0	2				Q	H Mackinnon	2	6	2	7	3
	Q	Hugh Mackinnon	12	1	6	6														M Deloford	0	1	7	6
		Leonard King	5	1	4														8	F Parker	6	6	5	8
		Jacques Brugnon	7	6	6						J Brugnon	0	3	1
		Ho Jin	1	1	3					8	F Parker	6	6	6
	8	Frank Parker	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Georg von Metaxa	0	6	6	0	3
		Charles Hare	6	4	3	6	6				C Hare	2	6	7	6
		Laddie Wheatcroft	0	3	6	3					H Billington	6	2	5	4
		Henry Billington	6	6	1	6														C Hare	6	6	10
		Brian Sturgeon	6	3	4	2													LL	E Fannin	0	1	8
		Cliff Sproule	2	6	6	6					C Sproule	5	6	6	6	0
	Q	Stan Clark	6	1	4	2				LL	E Fannin	7	3	1	8	6
	LL	Eustace Fannin	2	6	6	6																							C Hare	4	6	6	2	3
		Boris Maneff	3	3	2																							3	H Henkel	6	3	3	6	6
		Franjo Punčec	6	6	6						F Punčec	10	6	6
		Karl Schröder	6	6	6						K Schröder	8	2	3
	Q	Edwin Barlow	2	0	3															F Punčec	2	2	1
		Georges Zarifi	3	6	4	5													3	H Henkel	6	6	6
		Bob Tinkler	6	2	6	7					R Tinkler	6	5	6	0	3
		Leslie Newman	1	0	3					3	H Henkel	2	7	3	6	6
	3	Henner Henkel	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Bert Whitney	5	4	0
		Choy Wai-Chuen	7	6	6						W-C Choy	3	6	7	5	1
		Ronnie Shayes	1	6	6	6					R Shayes	6	1	5	7	6
		George McVeagh	6	3	1	4														R Shayes	6	10	6	6
		Jack Harrison	4	4	9															F Nakano	8	8	3	1
		Ferruccio Quintavalle	6	6	11						F Quintavalle	1	3	6	4
		Charles Harris	6	2	2	6	4				F Nakano	6	6	4	6
		Fumiteru Nakano	3	6	6	2	6																						R Shayes	2	1	3
		Edmund David	7	6	4	4	10																					7	V McGrath	6	6	6
		Ian Collins	5	3	6	6	8				E David	1	1	5
		Josip Palada	2	2	6	6	6				J Palada	6	6	7
		John Olliff	6	6	4	0	2													J Palada	6	3	5	2
		Paul Partridge	1	2	8														7	V McGrath	4	6	7	6
		Dennis Coombe	6	6	10						D Coombe	3	3	7	2
		Max Ellmer	6	4	4	7				7	V McGrath	6	6	5	6
	7	Vivian McGrath	0	6	6	9

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ladislav Hecht	6	6	7
		Eric Filby	4	1	5						L Hecht	6	6	9
		Helge Plougmann	2	2	6	3					C Lister	1	0	7
		Claude Lister	6	6	4	6														L Hecht	8	6	6
		Don Butler	6	5	6	6														C Jones	6	4	3
		Eric Peters	3	7	2	2					D Butler	3	6	3	3
		Henry Burrows	3	4	4						C Jones	6	4	6	6
		Jimmy Jones	6	6	6																								L Hecht	4	2	2
		Colin Ritchie	1	2	7	3																						1	D Budge	6	6	6
		Christian Boussus	6	6	5	6					C Boussus	6	6	6
		Bobby Meredith	4	2	2						A van Swol	2	1	2
		Hans van Swol	6	6	6															C Boussus	1	4	2
		Cecil Betts	0	2	6														1	D Budge	6	6	6
		Pat Hughes	6	6	8						P Hughes	2	2	2
		Norman Farquharson	3	2	1					1	D Budge	6	6	6
	1	Don Budge	6	6	6

References

1. 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

• 1937 Wimbledon Championships
• Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles