Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Drobny Wins Crown
Al Wimbledon With
Upset Over RoseWaII
BY The A.scsioied Press

WIMBLEDON, England, July
2.Jaroslav Drobny. 32-year-old
exiled Czech now living in
Egypt. won the Wimbledon mems
singles championship today by
defeating 19-year-old Ken Rose
wall Of Australia. ISL, As,
60. 81.
This was the third time Drob.
ny, who married an English girl
and intends to apply for English
citizenship. has gained the finals,
and the first time he has been
able to capture the biggest prize
in tennis. It was figured q huge
upset, since Rosewall was seeded
No. 8 while Drobny was No. IL.
Pacing himself masterfully.
Drobny saved his best shots for
the times he needed them most
as ne received a tremendous ova-
ton from the crowd of $4,000
packed around the famous center
court.
Among the spectators was
King Gustav Adolf of Sweden.
Princess Margaret and the
Duchess of Kent, the Queens
aunt. who is president of the
AH-England Lawn Tennis Club.
One Of Great Matches.
RoseWall was only three years
old when the lefthanded Czech
first played at Wimbledon.
The match was one of the
finest played finals on the center
court since the mid-30s in the
days of the great Fred Perry.
Don Bulge and Bunny Austin.
Drobny was all but impossible
at the net. Rosewall, playing
in his third Wimbledon, tried
to lob past Drobny but had only
fair success. Drobny, meanwhile,
used all the keeness acquired
in playing in II consecutive
Wimbledons.
Earlier Doubles Match.
Earlier. Louise Brough of Bev-
erly Hills, Calf, and Mrs. Mar
garet Osborne DUPONT of Will
mington. DEL, both former VIM
bledon singles champions, won
their semifinaL doubles match
from Mrs. Heather Brewer, Ber-
muda, and Katherine Hubbell,
Boston, 6-1, 6-1.
Miss Brough meets Maureen
Connolly, defending champion
from San Diego, Calf, in the
women's singles finals tomorrow.
All the doubles finals also will
be played tomorrow.
In the 55-minute first set
Drobny took the net whenever.
he could after trailing o., and
won four straight games to move
ahead AZ as he began to get
Rosewall ratified. Drobny missed
a chance of closing the set when
he left the Australian break his
service to pull up to SIS.
Rosewall drew ahead, 11-10.
on his service and had set point
at 1870. Drobny pulled up to
deuce and won the game with a
brilliant backhand smash that
hit the chalk.
Unsettles Rosewall.
This seemed to unsettle Rose
wall and Drobny broke through
his service for the first time in
nine games to move ahead 12-11.
Then Drobny cut loose, ran up
a 40-love lead and put away a
smash to take the vital oath
game.
The center court crowd was all
for Drobny as the second set be-
gan, and games went into serv-
ice until 3-3. Rosewall then held
his service, broke through Droh-
ny to lead 5-3. After breaking
the Aussie to trail only As.
double faulted, then
weakly Melted a yolley and Rose
wall won the set, GA.
In the third set Drohny ran
away to a ST. lead by rushing
the net and killing everything
the Australian sent over. Rose
wall held his own service for So
but Melted a backhand to drop
the set.
In the deciding set games went
with service until Drobny broke
through Rosewall to grab a 4-3
lead and then made it 5-3. But
Rosewall rallied to make it SIS
with a service break.
But Drobny still kept plug
ging away. The next four games
went with service until Drobny
broke through at 81 with the
help of a lucky drop shot that
just hit the cord and toppled
over to Rosewall's side of the
net. In the last game. as an
Anticlimax to a nerve-rattling
match. Rosewall gently put the
final shot into the net to give