In the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the title. He was the second ever American to win the Wimbledon and Australian tournaments in the same year. Number 4 seed Budge Patty was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to another American, the unseeded 17-year-old Ham Richardson.
This was the final Wimbledon appearance of three-time finalist Gottfried von Cramm.
Progress of the competition After defeating Patty, Richardson went out in the fourth round, losing to another unseeded player, the Brazilian Armando Vieira; this was Vieira's most successful Wimbledon, but he lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa's Eric Sturgess, a former world number one,United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426. in straight sets. McGregor reached the final by defeating Sturgess in the semifinals.
Seeds
Frank Sedgman (quarterfinals) Jaroslav Drobný (third round) Art Larsen (quarterfinals) Budge Patty (second round) Herbie Flam (semifinals) Dick Savitt (champion) Ken McGregor (final) Eric Sturgess (semifinals) Gardnar Mulloy (third round) Lennart Bergelin (quarterfinals)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
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