Wimbledon Championships 1955

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1955 ►
Date: June 20 - July 1, 1955
Edition: 69th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : Egypt 1952Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Maureen Connolly
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough Margaret Osborne duPont
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Tony Trabert
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Rex Hartwig Lew Hoad
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1955

The 69th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1955 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Before the tournament bigger renovation and reconstruction work was completed on the site, which is about 100,000 pounds cost. Court No. 1 was expanded by 900 seats, and a balcony was added at the southern end of the Center Court. This year the regulation, which is still valid today, was introduced that the balls are exchanged after the first seven games and then after every nine games of a match. Until then, the balls were changed after each set.

Men's singles

Tony Trabert defeated Kurt Nielsen in three sets in the final .

Ladies singles

In the women's category, Louise Brough won her fourth individual title at Wimbledon, after having been successful in 1948-1950.

Men's doubles

Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

In the women's doubles, the British Angela Buxton and Anne Shilcock were able to briefly interrupt the dominance of the US players. They defeated Shirley Bloomer and Patricia Ward in straight sets in the final .

Mixed

In the mixed, Doris Hart and Vic Seixas won for the third time in a row.

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