1947 French Championships - Men's Singles

József Asbóth

József Asbóth was a Hungarian male tennis player, best remembered for being the first Hungarian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 Roland Garros French Open. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948. In 1941 he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central...

defeated Eric W. Sturgess 8-6 7-5 6-4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1947 French Championships

1947 French Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1947 French Championships :-Men's Singles: József Asbóth defeated Eric Sturgess 8-6 7-5 6-4-Women's Singles: Patricia Todd defeated Doris Hart 6-3 3-6 6-4...

Patricia Todd defeated Doris Hart 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1947 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. József Asbóth

József Asbóth

is the champion; at others the round is shown in which they were eliminated.

Tom Brown (Semifinalist)

Budge Patty
Budge Patty
John "Budge" Edward Patty was an American male tennis player. He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles...

(Fourth round)

Marcel Bernard
Marcel Bernard
Marcel Bernard was a former French male tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946. He defeated Jaroslav Drobný in the finals by the score of 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.In the same French Open , Bernard also won the Men's Doubles with Yvon Petra...

(Semifinalist)

Yvon Petra
Yvon Petra
Yvon Petra was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946, beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final...

(Quarterfinalist)

József Asbóth
József Asbóth
József Asbóth was a Hungarian male tennis player, best remembered for being the first Hungarian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 Roland Garros French Open. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948. In 1941 he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central...

(Champion)

Giovanni Cucelli (Quarterfinalist)

Eric W. Sturgess (Finalist)

Enrique Morea
Enrique Morea
Enrique Morea was an Argentine tennis player.Morea won the mixed doubles title of the 1960 French Championships. He also won two gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games.Morea is the current president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis .-References:...

(Third round)

Marcello Del Bello (Third round)

William Sidwell (Third round)

Robert Abdesselam (Fourth round)

Mario Belardinelli (Fourth round)

Vladimir Cernik (Second round)

Eustace Fannin (Third round)

Geoffrey Paish
Geoffrey Paish
Geoffrey Paish MBE was a noted tennis player and administrator. Paish was born in Croydon, Surrey and educated at Mid-Whitgift School in Croydon....

(Second round)

Anthony John Mottram (Fourth round)

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

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Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

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Section 8

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