1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Bobby Riggs
Runner-up Elwood Cooke
Score2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Draw128 (10Q)
Seeds8
Main article: 1939 Wimbledon Championships

Second-seeded Bobby Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke in the final, 2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships. Don Budge was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1938 season. Three-time finalist Gottfried von Cramm, who had won the Queen's Club Championships the week before, stated that his absence was because he had not entered, denying that he had been refused entry due to his 1938 indecency conviction.

It would be the last Wimbledon tournament for seven years until 1946 due to World War II.

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