1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs defeated Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championship.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

01.

Georg von Metaxa (second round)

02.

Elwood Cooke /

Bobby Riggs (champions)

03.

Jacques Brugnon (semifinals)

04.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

	John Olliff Ronnie Shayes	6	5	13	6	6

	Tod Hughan Hans van Swol	8	7	11	3	2
								John Olliff Ronnie Shayes	2	4	4

							4	Charles Hare Frank Wilde	6	6	6
4	Charles Hare Frank Wilde	6	6	7

	Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec	1	1	5
													4	Charles Hare Frank Wilde	3	6	3	7

													2	Elwood Cooke Bobby Riggs	6	3	6	9
	Don Butler Donald MacPhail	9	6	2	3	4

3	Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	7	3	6	6	6
							3	Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	4	6	2	3

							2	Elwood Cooke Bobby Riggs	6	3	6	6
	Henry Billington Pat Hughes	3	6	8	2	9

2	Elwood Cooke Bobby Riggs	6	3	6	6	11

First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

1	Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa	6	6	6
	Douglas Freshwater Bill Manby	4	1	4			1	H Henkel G von Metaxa	3	5	5
	Don McNeill Gene Smith							D McNeill E Smith	6	7	7
	Kho Sin-Kie George Lyttleton-Rogers	w/o													D McNeill E Smith	8	6	3	3	4
	John Olliff Ronnie Shayes	6	6	8											J Olliff R Shayes	6	4	6	6	6
Q	John Briggs Brian Finnigan	2	4	6				J Olliff R Shayes	6	6	6
	Josef Šíba Laddie Wheatcroft	6	1	6	3	3		G Emmett R Nicoll	2	4	4
	Geoff Emmett Bobby Nicoll	1	6	3	6	6																J Olliff R Shayes	6	5	13	6	6
	Max Ellmer Hans Pfaff	4	3	2																		T Hughan A van Swol	8	7	11	3	2
	Léopold de Borman Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6				L de Borman P Geelhand de Merxem	3	6	8	6	6
	Harold Hare Claude Lister	6	7	6	6	6		H Hare C Lister	6	3	10	4	4
	Vanni Canepele Giorgio de Stefani	8	5	3	7	4									L de Borman P Geelhand de Merxem	4	5	3
	Ted Avory Harry Lee	3	7	4											T Hughan A van Swol	6	7	6
	Tod Hughan Hans van Swol	6	9	6				T Hughan A van Swol	3	2	6	8	6
	Christian Boussus Antoine Gentien	7	6	6				C Boussus A Gentien	6	6	3	6	3
Q	Freddie Della Porta Leslie Walter	5	3	4

First round						Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

4	Charles Hare Frank Wilde	9	6	6
	Raymond Egan Eustace Fannin	7	3	4		4	C Hare F Wilde	8	6	6
Q	Kálmán Aschner Chuni Savara	4	4	2			J Asbóth M Csikós	6	4	4
	József Asbóth Mihály Csikós	6	6	6									4	C Hare F Wilde	6	6	6
	Neil Edwards Roland Morton	6	6	2	7									N Edwards R Morton	1	3	3
	GI Bayley Ho Jin	3	2	6	5		N Edwards R Morton	7	6	7	1	6
Q	Headley Baxter Bunny Whiteman	6	6	6		Q	H Baxter B Whiteman	5	3	9	6	2
	GL Mytton John Tew	3	4	4																4	C Hare F Wilde	6	6	7
	Daniel Prenn Jack Van den Eynde	4	5	6	3																D Mitić F Punčec	1	1	5
	Dennis Coombe Cam Malfroy	6	7	3	6		D Coombe C Malfroy	6	8	8
	JK Hamilton Derrick Leyland	4	6	2	3		H Gulcz H Plougmann	2	6	6
	Helmuth Gulcz Helge Plougmann	6	4	6	6									D Coombe C Malfroy	9	6	4	0	4
	Jack Piercy Dickie Ritchie	w/o												D Mitić F Punčec	7	4	6	6	6
	Brian Sturgeon Gwyn Tuckett						B Sturgeon G Tuckett	5	3	2
	Cecil Betts Bob Mulliken	1	2	3			D Mitić F Punčec	7	6	6
	Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Quarterfinals

	Robert Abdesselam Franjo Kukuljević	4	8	4	6	4
	Hector Etchart Alejo Russell	6	6	6	2	6		H Etchart A Russell
	František Cejnar Jaroslav Drobný	8	6	9				F Cejnar J Drobný	w/o
	Murray Deloford Jimmy Jones	6	3	7											H Etchart A Russell	4	3	11
	Ghaus Mohammad Yeswanath-Rao Savoor	3	5	6	3										D Butler D MacPhail	6	6	13
	Don Butler Donald MacPhail	6	7	4	6			D Butler D MacPhail	9	6	7
	Derek Bull Guy Cooper	3	6	6	6			D Bull G Cooper	7	3	5
	Tony Mottram Norman Taylor	6	2	3	4																D Butler D MacPhail	9	6	2	3	4
	Ian Collins Bob Tinkler	14	6	3	6															3	J Borotra J Brugnon	7	3	6	6	6
	Cristea Caralulis Arnulf Schmidt	12	2	6	4			I Collins R Tinkler	4	3	7	7	6
	John Comery Jimmy Hunt	7	6	6	1	2		G Dallos J Palada	6	6	5	5	2
	György Dallos Josip Palada	7	4	3	6	6									I Collins R Tinkler	6	4	4	4
	Tommy Anderson Jack Harrison	4	4	4										3	J Borotra J Brugnon	4	6	6	6
	Dewar Brown Jack Gunn	6	6	6				D Brown J Gunn	1	7	2
	Rolf Göpfert Roderich Menzel	6	6	3	4	2	3	J Borotra J Brugnon	6	9	6
3	Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	2	4	6	6	6

First round						Second round					Third round							Quarterfinals

	Hector Fisher Boris Maneff	4	4	1
	Emil Gábori Ottó Szigeti	6	6	6			E Gábori O Szigeti	6	6	6
	Reginald Bessemer-Clark Alan Coldham	4	2	2			E Peters C Ritchie	2	4	3
	Eric Peters Colin Ritchie	6	6	6								E Gábori O Szigeti	2	6	6	3	2
	Henry Billington Pat Hughes	7	6	8	6							H Billington P Hughes	6	4	4	6	6
	Alexandru Hamburger Garton Hone	9	3	6	3		H Billington P Hughes	6	6	10
	Owen Anderson Bill Robertson	0	3	2			E David H David	3	0	8
	Edmund David Herman David	6	6	6															H Billington P Hughes	3	6	8	2	9
	George Godsell Pat Sherwood	6	6	6														2	E Cooke R Riggs	6	3	6	6	11
	Gaston Médécin Andre Najar	1	3	0			G Godsell P Sherwood	6	8	6
	Heinrich Kleinschroth Georgios Nikolaides	2	3	6	4		A Baworowski I Tłoczyński	2	6	3
	Adam Baworowski Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	6	1	6							G Godsell P Sherwood	3	3	3
Q	CF Hall FG Hill	5	6	6	6						2	E Cooke R Riggs	6	6	6
	Gordon Fitt Jimmy Reddall	7	3	3	4	Q	CF Hall FG Hill	2	1	3
	Eric Filby Laurie Shaffi	3	3	2		2	E Cooke R Riggs	6	6	6
2	Elwood Cooke Bobby Riggs	6	6	6

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.