Australian Championships 1955 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1955
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Championships Men's Singles
1954 ◄ 1955 ► 1956
Grand Slams 1955 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1955 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was the top seeded Australian Ken Rosewall , who defeated his compatriot Lew Hoad in three sets (9: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Ken Rosewall victory 02. Vic Seixas Quarter finals 03. Rex Hartwig Semifinals 04th Tony Trabert Semifinals 05. Lew Hoad final 06th Sven Davidson 3rd round 07th Mervyn Rose Quarter finals 08th. Lennart Bergelin Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Don Candy 2nd round 10. Roger Becker 3rd round 11. Neale Fraser 3rd round 12. retreat 13. George Worthington 3rd round 14th Michael Green 3rd round 15th Ashley Cooper Quarter finals 16. Gerald Moss 3rd round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

K. Rosewall

8th

6th

6th

4th

T. Trabert

6th

3

3

1

K. Rosewall

9

6th

6th

5

L. Hoad

7th

4th

4th

3

R. Hartwig

1

4th

4th

5

L. Hoad

6th

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

1

Rosewall

6th

6th

7th

Bennett

0

4th

5

1

Rosewall

6th

1

9

6th

10

Becker

0

6th

7th

2

Flanders

1

2

7th

10

Becker

6th

6th

9

1

Rosewall

6th

6th

6th

15th

cooper

4th

2

0

15th

cooper

8th

6th

6th

Wildspin

6th

1

1

15th

cooper

8th

6th

6th

6th

Davidson

6th

3

2

Potter

3

1

6th

3

6th

Davidson

6th

6th

4th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

7th

rose

6th

6th

6th

mason

6th

6th

mason

1

0

1

Rowe

0

1

7th

rose

7th

6th

6th

16

Moss

5

2

1

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

3

2

16

Moss

8th

3

2

6th

6th

7th

rose

7th

4th

6th

6th

4th

Trotting

5

6th

3

1

11

Fraser

6th

6th

3

7th

Bowman

4th

4th

6th

5

11

Fraser

6th

6th

1

4th

4th

Goodger

6th

6th

6th

4th

Trotting

1

3

6th

6th

6th

Reid

4th

0

2

Goodger

1

2

1

4th

Trotting

6th

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

3

Hartwig

6th

6th

6th

Kenny

6th

6th

6th

Kenny

1

2

3

Sumner

1

2

3

3

Hartwig

6th

9

6th

6th

14th

Green

1

11

0

2

Barrett

3

6th

5

2

14th

Green

6th

4th

7th

6th

3

Hartwig

4th

6th

4th

6th

6th

8th

Bergelin

6th

2

6th

4th

3

13

Worthington

6th

6th

6th

Hann

4th

4th

3

13

Worthington

2

4th

6th

2

8th

Bergelin

6th

6th

4th

6th

Gilmour

2

1

1

8th

Bergelin

6th

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

5

Hoad

6th

6th

6th

O'Brien

9

6th

6th

O'Brien

3

3

4th

Johnson

7th

4th

3

5

Hoad

6th

6th

6th

Woodcock

1

2

3

Blacklock

2

0

1

Woodcock

6th

6th

6th

5

Hoad

4th

6th

6th

8th

2

Seixas

6th

3

4th

6th

9

Candy

10

4th

3

4th

Anderson

8th

6th

6th

6th

Anderson

2

0

2

Ryan

6th

6th

6th

2

Seixas

6th

6th

6th

Mehaffey

3

1

0

Ryan

2

2

0

2

Seixas

6th

6th

6th

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( January 20, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )