# 1938 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako successfully defended their title, defeating Henner Henkel and Georg von Metaxa in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championship.

## Seeds

    01. Don Budge / Gene Mako (champions)
    02. Ladislav Hecht / Roderich Menzel (third round)
    03. Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec (second round)
    04. Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa (final)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Don Budge Gene Mako | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tod Hughan Hans van Swol | 2 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tod Hughan Hans van Swol | 2 | 3 | 0 | | 1 | Don Budge Gene Mako | 6 | 6 | 12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Pat Hughes Frank Wilde | 2 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | |
| | Pat Hughes Frank Wilde | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | Pat Hughes Frank Wilde | 2 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | |
| | František Cejnar Cam Malfroy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | František Cejnar Cam Malfroy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Don Budge Gene Mako | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | György Dallos Ottó Szigeti | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 6 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 6 | 8 | 9 | | 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Franjo Kukuljević Josip Palada | 5 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Franjo Kukuljević Josip Palada | 6 | 10 | 6 | | | Franjo Kukuljević Josip Palada | 5 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Brian Sturgeon Gwyn Tuckett | 3 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | Don Budge Gene Mako | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Léopold de Borman Pierre Geelhand de Merxem | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | 1 | D Budge G Mako | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Vladimir Landau Gaston Médécin | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | | M Csikós H Kleinschroth | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mihály Csikós Heinrich Kleinschroth | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Budge G Mako | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Kho Sin-Kie George Lyttleton-Rogers | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | J Borotra J Brugnon | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Murray Deloford Jimmy Jones | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | S-K Kho G Lyttleton-Rogers | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Guy Cooper Eric Peters | 8 | 1 | 3 | | | | J Borotra J Brugnon | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon | 10 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Budge G Mako | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | Reginald Bessemer-Clark Alan Coldham | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Hughan A van Swol | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | Tamio Abe Kenneth Gandar-Dower | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | | T Abe K Gandar-Dower | 8 | 19 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexandru Hamburger Jean Moreau | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | C Hovell P Sherwood | 10 | 21 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Cliff Hovell Pat Sherwood | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | C Hovell P Sherwood | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Tod Hughan Hans van Swol | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | T Hughan A van Swol | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Cecil Betts Jimmy Reddall | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | T Hughan A van Swol | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Maurice Lucking Desmond Morris | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | G Mohammad S Sawhney | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ghaus Mohammad Subba Sawhney | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alcides Procópio Laurie Shaffi | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | 3 | D Mitić F Punčec | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rolf Göpfert Engelbert Koch | 0 | 4 | 2 | | | | P Hughes F Wilde | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pat Hughes Frank Wilde | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | P Hughes F Wilde | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Freddie Della Porta Leslie Walter | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | E Avory H Lee | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Dewar Brown Dennis Coombe | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | | Q | A Della Porta L Walter | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Daniel Prenn Bill Robertson | 2 | 4 | 4 | | | | E Avory H Lee | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ted Avory Harry Lee | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Hughes F Wilde | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | Hector Fisher Werner Steiner | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Cejnar C Malfroy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| | Jimmy Hunt Colin Ritchie | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | H Fisher W Steiner | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Olliff Bob Tinkler | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | J Olliff R Tinkler | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Jack Hamilton Derrick Leyland | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | J Olliff R Tinkler | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Laddie Wheatcroft Bill Manby | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | F Cejnar C Malfroy | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | František Cejnar Cam Malfroy | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | F Cejnar C Malfroy | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Harley Watkins Mervyn Weston | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | Y Kuramitsu F Nakano | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yasumine Kuramitsu Fumiteru Nakano | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Henri Bolelli Christian Boussus | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Edmund David Herman David | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | H Bolelli C Boussus | 6 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Roland Morton Norman Taylor | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | H Hare C Lister | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Harold Hare Claude Lister | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Bolelli C Boussus | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | György Dallos Ottó Szigeti | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Dallos O Szigeti | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Henry Billington Don Butler | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | G Dallos O Szigeti | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Raymond Egan Jack Van den Eynde | 2 | 11 | 3 | | | | D Bull CF Duncan | 3 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Derek Bull CF Duncan | 6 | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Dallos O Szigeti | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| | Charles Aeschlimann Walter Musgrove | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Henkel G von Metaxa | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| | Leonard Brooke Edwards Ranbir Singh | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | L Brooke Edwards R Singh | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eric Filby Ronnie Shayes | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | | | E Filby R Shayes | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hector Etchart Alejo Russell | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Filby R Shayes | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Sebastian Harreguy Eduardo Stanham | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | H Henkel G von Metaxa | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Dickie Ritchie Nigel Sharpe | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | R Ritchie N Sharpe | 0 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Max Ellmer Boris Maneff | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | | 4 | H Henkel G von Metaxa | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Henry Burrows Jack Harrison | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | George Godsell Jack Lysaght | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | | G Godsell J Lysaght | 3 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Choy Wai-Chuen Ho Jin | 3 | 4 | 6 | | | | F Kukuljević J Palada | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Franjo Kukuljević Josip Palada | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | F Kukuljević J Palada | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Tommy Anderson TC Braithwaite | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | R Mulliken J Piercy | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | PD Eeman Georgios Nikolaides | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | | Q | T Anderson TC Braithwaite | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bob Mulliken Jack Piercy | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | R Mulliken J Piercy | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ralph Nichols David Williams | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F Kukuljević J Palada | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| Q | Thomas Henderson-Brooks Guy Pettigrew | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Sturgeon G Tuckett | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| | Brian Sturgeon Gwyn Tuckett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | B Sturgeon G Tuckett | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Owen Anderson Lawrence Nelson | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | O Anderson L Nelson | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Michael Condon Leonard King | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | B Sturgeon G Tuckett | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ian Collins Donald MacPhail | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Hecht R Menzel | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Jock Findlay Lewis Michell | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | I Collins D MacPhail | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alan Brown John Comery | 3 | 4 | 6 | | | 2 | L Hecht R Menzel | 9 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ladislav Hecht Roderich Menzel | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |