1948 Wimbledon Championships
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Men's Singles
Bob FalkenburgBob Falkenburg
Robert Falkenburg is a former American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur. He is best known for winning the 1948 men's singles Wimbledon Championship and for introducing soft ice cream and American fast food to Brazil in 1952...
defeated
John BromwichJohn Bromwich
John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand....
7-5 0-6 6-2 3-6 7-5
Women's Singles
Louise Brough Clapp defeated Doris HartDoris Hart
Doris Hart is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.As a child, she suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg...
6-3, 8-6