In the last Men's Singles Championship Fred Perry participated in before turning professional, he beat Don Budge in the semi-final, and won the final by defeating the injured Von Cramm 6/1, 6/1, 6/0. "Fred Perry joined the immortals in 1936 when he won the Singles title for the third year running, a feat not repeated since the Challenge Round was abolished until Borg equalled it in 1978 and, of course, went on to beat it ... an accident during the year before, which had undoubtedly cost Perry the American title for the third year in succession, had kept him out of tennis for seven months. He had lost to von Cramm in the French final and he was not match-tight. He needed reassurance from his friends at the beginning of the fortnight but his results soon re-established his own confidence. By the final it was the old Perry, certain of winning" (Max Robertson, Wimbledon, p. 99). The title has not been won by a British player since Perry's trimphant final of 1936.