Men's singles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Jack Kramer
Runner-up	Tom Brown
Score	6–1, 6–3, 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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Jack Kramer defeated Brown in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Yvon Petra was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tom Brown.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Budge Patty	3	6	7	6	6
	6	Jaroslav Drobný	6	4	9	2	3
											Budge Patty	3	3	3
										3	Tom Brown	6	6	6
	3	Tom Brown	7	6	6
	7	Yvon Petra	5	2	4
																			3	Tom Brown	1	3	2
																			1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6
	8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	3	0	2
	4	Dinny Pails	4	4	6	6	6
										4	Dinny Pails	1	6	1	0
										1	Jack Kramer	6	3	6	6
	5	Geoff Brown	0	1	3
	1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	2	John Bromwich	6	6	6
		Jost Spitzer	1	2	4					2	J Bromwich	6	6	11
		Lennart Bergelin	6	6	6						L Bergelin	0	4	9
		Dick Guise	2	3	1														2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
		Paddy Roberts	1	1	4															B Destremau	1	1	1
		Bernard Destremau	6	6	6						B Destremau	4	6	4	6	6
	Q	Tony Starte	5	3	4						C Kemp	6	3	6	3	4
		Cyril Kemp	7	6	6																							2	J Bromwich	4	6	4	6	4
		Budge Patty	4	6	3	6	6																						J Patty	6	0	6	1	6
		Bill Sidwell	6	3	6	2	3				J Patty	7	1	6	5	6
		Atri Madan Mohan	6	6	6						AM Mohan	5	6	2	7	3
	Q	Dick Sandys	2	4	3															J Patty	6	6	3	6
		Nils-Erik Hessen	2	4	2															D Barton	3	4	6	1
		Derrick Barton	6	6	6						D Barton	3	6	6	6
		Gordon Fitt	4	5	3						H Billington	6	2	2	1
		Henry Billington	6	7	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Jaroslav Drobný	7	7	6
		Pancho Segura	5	5	3					6	J Drobný	6	6	6
		Jimmay Mehta	6	3	3	9	6				J Mehta	2	1	2
		Jacques Sanglier	1	6	6	7	3												6	J Drobný	6	6	6
		Cam Malfroy	1	6	1															W Skonecki	3	1	3
		Yehuda Finkelkraut	6	8	6						Y Finkelkraut	0	4	3
		Tibor Frigyesy	6	3	4	3					W Skonecki	6	6	6
		Władysław Skonecki	4	6	6	6																						6	J Drobný
	Q	Warwick Shute	3	7	0																								E Morea	w/o
		Jacques Peten	6	9	6						J Peten	6	6	6	6
	Q	Geoff Emmett	2	2	1						A Najar	8	1	2	2
		Andre Najar	6	6	6															J Peten	6	2	3	3
		Luis Carles	4	0	3															E Morea	1	6	6	6
		Ron McKenzie	6	6	6						R McKenzie	6	3	4	4
		Enrique Morea	6	6	6	9					E Morea	2	6	6	6
		Marcello del Bello	3	2	8	7

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	Tom Brown	7	5	6	2	8
		Eric Sturgess	5	7	2	6	6			3	T Brown	6	6	6
		Peter Hare	11	8	2	3					C Grandet	3	4	4
		Christian Grandet	13	6	6	6													3	T Brown	6	6	10	6
	Q	Roy Mansell	3	6	2															H Baxter	2	2	12	4
		Ivo Rinkel	6	8	6						I Rinkel	6	2	6	1
		Cliff Hovell	7	3	6	3	4				H Baxter	3	6	8	6
		Headley Baxter	5	6	3	6	6																					3	T Brown	3	13	3	6	6
		Vinny Rurac	6	6	6																								C Long	6	11	6	1	0
	LL	David Mockridge	0	1	4						V Rurac	7	3	7	4	6
		Jack Moore	3	0	1						I Tłoczyński	5	6	5	6	4
		Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	6	6															V Rurac	3	2	3
		Jacques Brichant	1	1	2															C Long	6	6	6
		Jack Harper	6	6	6						J Harper	2	2	4
		Colin Long	6	6	6						C Long	6	6	6
		Bjørn Hansen	1	1	0

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	7	Yvon Petra	6	7	6
		Don Butler	2	5	0					7	Y Petra	6	6	6
		Howard Walton	6	6	5	8					H Walton	2	2	2
		John Comery	2	3	7	6													7	Y Petra	6	6	6
	Q	Gerry Oakley	2	3	0															D Bose	3	4	3
		Dilip Bose	6	6	6						D Bose	2	6	6	3	6
	Q	John Griffith	4	3	4						J Van den Eynde	6	1	4	6	4
		Jack Van den Eynde	6	6	6																							7	Y Petra	6	6	4	6
		Jeff Robson	6	6	1	6																							J Robson	2	3	6	3
		Arnold England	3	2	6	0					J Robson	7	2	4	6	13
		Jack Piercy	6	5	6	6					J Piercy	5	6	6	3	11
		Bob Tinkler	1	7	3	3														J Robson	6	2	6	6	10
		George Godsell	4	5	6	7	4													C Jones	4	6	8	4	8
		Edgar Büchi	6	7	4	5	6				E Büchi	6	3	2	3
		Jimmy Jones	6	7	6						C Jones	4	6	6	6
		Francis Wallis	3	5	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	LL	John Archer	6	0	3	4
		Hans Redl	4	6	6	6					H Redl	6	2	6	6
		Max Ellmer	5	8	8	6					M Ellmer	2	6	3	4
		Jack Crawford	7	6	6	0														H Redl	1	6	7	0	6
		John Barry	0	4	8	6	6													D Slack	6	3	5	6	3
		Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6	4	4				J Barry	5	2	5
		Douglas Snart	6	2	9	3					D Slack	7	6	7
		Dennis Slack	4	6	11	6																							H Redl	3	3	4
		Finn Rune Karlsen	6	1	2	3																						8	R Falkenburg	6	6	6
		Józef Hebda	4	6	6	6					J Hebda	6	3	3	2
		Claude Lister	6	6	7						C Lister	1	6	6	6
		Mordechai Apel	4	3	5															C Lister	5	3	1
		Roland Carter	6	9	4	4	8												8	R Falkenburg	7	6	6
		Cristea Caralulis	3	7	6	6	6				R Carter	2	1	5
		Philippe Washer	2	2	2					8	R Falkenburg	6	6	7
	8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Alan Coldham	2	2	4
		Iftikar Ahmed	6	6	6						I Ahmed	6	6	6
		Jeffrey Michelmore	6	6	6	3	6				J Michelmore	0	1	3
		Raymond Egan	8	0	2	6	1													I Ahmed	7	4	9	6	4
		Géza Erős	0	3	2															R Abdesselam	9	6	7	4	6
		Eustace Fannin	6	6	6						E Fannin	9	3	6	4
		Derrick Leyland	4	3	4						R Abdesselam	11	6	2	6
		Robert Abdesselam	6	6	6																								R Abdesselam	2	1	4
		András Ádám-Stolpa	6	6	6																							4	D Pails	6	6	6
	Q	Ron Reeve	2	2	2						A Ádám-Stolpa	4	5	1
		Herman David	6	6	2	3					S Misra	6	7	6
		Sumant Misra	4	8	6	6														S Misra	4	3	2
		Jan Staubo	6	7	6														4	D Pails	6	6	6
		Guy Cooper	2	5	2						J Staubo	2	1	1
		Leslie Cater	1	0	1					4	D Pails	6	6	6
	4	Dinny Pails	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Stephen Nimr	2	2	0
		Choy Wai-Chuen	6	6	6						W-C Choy	3	6	6	4	3
	Q	Guy Jackson	6	6	3	6					M Deloford	6	3	4	6	6
		Murray Deloford	8	1	6	8														M Deloford	6	7	3	3
		Norman Farquharson	6	5	5															P Pellizza	4	9	6	6
		Tony Mottram	8	7	7						A Mottram	5	3	10	4
		Pierre Pellizza	6	6	6						P Pellizza	7	6	8	6
		Derek Bull	2	1	0																								P Pellizza	3	2	6	3
		Tim Lewis	3	3	6	1																						5	G Brown	6	6	1	6
		Erik Bjerre	6	6	4	6					E Bjerre	6	4	1r
		Bobby Meredith	4	8	7	6					G Meredith	2	6	3
		Ernest Wittmann	6	6	5	4														G Meredith	2	1	3
		Alexandru Hamburger	1	2	5														5	G Brown	6	6	6
		Vladimír Černík	6	6	7						V Černík	4	6	1	6	1
		Bill Robertson	1	0	3					5	G Brown	6	2	6	4	6
	5	Geoff Brown	6	6	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	8	6
		Edmund David	1	3	10	4					P Geelhand de Merxem	0	0	0
		Brian Royds	0	0	0						T Johansson	6	6	6
		Torsten Johansson	6	6	6															T Johansson	8	5	6	6
		József Asbóth	7	6	6	5	6													J Asbóth	6	7	2	2
		Hans van Swol	9	4	3	7	1				J Asbóth	6	6	6
		Ghaus Mohammad Khan	6	6	6						G Mohammad Khan	3	2	4
		Gwyn Tuckett	2	2	3																								T Johansson	5	2	3
	LL	José Luis Morea	7	3	6	2																						1	J Kramer	7	6	6
		Owen Bold	9	6	2	6					O Bold	0	4	8	3
		Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6						G Cucelli	6	6	6	6
		Norman Kitovitz	3	4	1															G Cucelli	0	2	0
		John Drinkall	5	0	4														1	J Kramer	6	6	6
		Czesław Spychała	7	6	6						C Spychała	2	2	2
	Q	Bill Moss	0	1	0					1	J Kramer	6	6	6
	1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6