Wimbledon Championships 1953

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1953 ►
Date: June 22nd - July 3rd, 1953
Edition: 67th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Frank Sedgeman
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Ken McGregor Frank Sedgeman
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Shirley Fry Doris Hart
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Frank Sedgeman
AustraliaAustralia 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Vic Seixas
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Maureen Connolly
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Shirley Fry Doris Hart
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1953

The 67th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1953 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation , all players received an ashtray as a souvenir.

Men's singles

Vic Seixas won his only single title at Wimbledon. In the final he beat the Dane Kurt Nielsen in three sets.

Ladies singles

Maureen Connolly defended her women's title. Connolly won the first women's Grand Slam that year .

Men's doubles

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart won their third title in a row in women's doubles.

Mixed

Doris Hart and Vic Seixas won the mixed competition .

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 4