Americans Brough and Schroeder win at Wilmbledon (1949)
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Final rounds of the Wilmbledon championships
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SLATE INFORMATION: Finals of the Wimbledon Championships
ENGLAND: London: Merton: Wimbledon:
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BROUGH LOUISES MISS (U.S. Tennis Player) Wimbledon 1949 defeats Pat Todd.. and with Miss Du Pont beats Pat Todd and Gussie Moran.. Duchess of Kent presents trophies
DROBNY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA Defeated by Ted Schroeder in five sets in Wimbledon final.
SCHROEDER, Frederick Rudolph “Ted“ (1921-2006) American tennis player
DROBNY, Jaroslav (1921-2001) Czech tennis player
TODD, Patricia Canning “Pat“ (b. 1922) American tennis player
CLAPP, Althea Louise Brough (b. 1923) American tennis player
DUPONT, Margaret Evelyn Osborne (b. 1918) American tennis player
MORAN, Gertrude “Gussie“
DUCHESS OF KENT Presenting trophies to Wimbledon winners - Schroeder