1953 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Men's Doubles
1953 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
Runners-up Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
Final score6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Draw64 (5Q)
Seeds4

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall defeated Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose in the final, 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall (Champions)
02.   Gardnar Mulloy / Vic Seixas (Semifinals)
03.   Rex Hartwig / Mervyn Rose (Final)
04.   Jaroslav Drobný / Budge Patty (Third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
6 6 5 6
Freddie Huber
Hans Redl
3 2 7 4
1 Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
4 6 6 3 6
Jacques Brichant
Philippe Washer
6 0 4 6 1
Jacques Brichant
Philippe Washer
6 6 6
Władysław Skonecki
Staffan Stockenberg
2 1 2
1 Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
6 7 4 7
3 Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
4 5 6 5
Hugh Stewart
Armando Vieira
1 3 6 5
3 Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
6 6 3 7
3 Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
14 6 6 6
2 Gardnar Mulloy
Vic Seixas
16 3 3 4
Naresh Kumar
Narendra Nath
2 1 8
2 Gardnar Mulloy
Vic Seixas
6 6 10

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
6 6 6
René Buser
Ivan Devroe
1 0 3 1 L Hoad
K Rosewall
6 6 6
Josip Palada
Vladimir Petrović
7 6 6 J Palada
V Petrović
2 2 4
Clive Bernstein
Jacques Peten
5 3 3 1 L Hoad
K Rosewall
6 6 6
O Rodriguez
Mario Zeppenfeldt
w/o S Davidson
A Larsen
1 4 2
Cyril Kemp
Matthew Mohtadi
C Kemp
M Mohtadi
3 3 5
Antal Jancsó
István Sikorszki
3 2 5 S Davidson
A Larsen
6 6 7
Sven Davidson
Art Larsen
6 6 7 1 L Hoad
K Rosewall
6 6 5 6
Roger Becker
Gerry Oakley
6 8 2 3 4 A Huber
H Redl
3 2 7 4
Freddie Huber
Hans Redl
3 6 6 6 6 A Huber
H Redl
6 3 6 6
Vivian Gotto
Jim McArdle
5 3 2 D Fonseka
D Scharenguivel
1 6 3 4
Donald Fonseka
Doug Scharenguivel
7 6 6 A Huber
H Redl
3 6 6 9
Kurt Nielsen
Torben Ulrich
6 6 6 K Nielsen
T Ulrich
6 3 4 7
Lennart Bergelin
Torsten Johansson
3 4 4 K Nielsen
T Ulrich
6 6 9 6
Tut Bartzen
Grant Golden
6 6 6 B Bartzen
G Golden
8 3 7 3
Q Geoff Ward
John Ward
3 4 3

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Jaroslav Drobný
Budge Patty
6 6 6
Henry Billington
Don Butler
3 2 2 3 J Drobný
J Patty
6 7 6 6
Eduardo Argon
Gianni Clerici
2 3 1 J Arkinstall
B Green
3 9 4 2
Jack Arkinstall
Barry Green
6 6 6 3 J Drobný
J Patty
w/o
Bernard Destremau
Jean-Claude Molinari
2 5 1 J Brichant
P Washer
Jacques Brichant
Philippe Washer
6 7 6 J Brichant
P Washer
8 8 10
Johann Kupferburger
Ian Vermaak
8 6 7 J Kupferburger
I Vermaak
6 6 8
Jaime Bartrolí
Carlos Ferrer
6 3 5 J Brichant
P Washer
6 6 6
Q Stan Clark
Cliff Hovell
3 2 3 W Skonecki
S Stockenberg
2 1 2
Robert Abdesselam
Jean Borotra
6 6 6 R Abdesselam
J Borotra
2 7 5 5
John Ager
Malcolm Fox
5 3 4 J-N Grinda
H Hopman
6 5 7 7
Jean-Noël Grinda
Harry Hopman
7 6 6 J-N Grinda
H Hopman
3 4 7
Władysław Skonecki
Staffan Stockenberg
6 6 7 W Skonecki
S Stockenberg
6 6 9
Czesław Spychała
Ignacy Tłoczyński
3 0 5 W Skonecki
S Stockenberg
6 6 5 6
Colin Hannam
Tony Pickard
7 7 6 C Hannam
A Pickard
4 3 7 4
Peter Anderson
Edmund David
5 5 3

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Søren Højberg
Jørgen Ulrich
2 2 6
Billy Knight
Bobby Wilson
6 6 8 W Knight
R Wilson
6 7 9
Douglas Snart
Boebi van Meegeren
1 3 4 E Bulmer
R Kaley
3 5 7
Q Eric Bulmer
Reg Kaley
6 6 6 W Knight
R Wilson
4 5 7
Don Black
Eric Filby
4 3 4 H Stewart
A Vieira
6 7 9
Hugh Stewart
Armando Vieira
6 6 6 H Stewart
A Vieira
4 16 7 7
Ian Ayre
Clive Wilderspin
7 4 6 3 7 I Ayre
C Wilderspin
6 14 5 5
Ernst Buchholz
Horst Hermann
5 6 2 6 5 H Stewart
A Vieira
1 3 6 5
JM Brown
Edwin Tsai
1 1 3 3 R Hartwig
M Rose
6 6 3 7
Enrique Morea
George Worthington
6 6 6 E Morea
G Worthington
5 7 7 6
Russell Seymour
Brian Woodroffe
6 6 15 R Seymour
B Woodroffe
7 5 5 4
Gerard Pilet
Jacques Thomas
3 3 13 E Morea
G Worthington
6 4 4
Fausto Gardini
Giuseppe Merlo
6 6 4 6 3 R Hartwig
M Rose
8 6 6
Peter Hare
Howard Walton
2 1 6 2 F Gardini
G Merlo
1 4 1
Tim Lewis
Ian McDonald
3 4 1 3 R Hartwig
M Rose
6 6 6
3 Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
6 6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Joe Hackett
Guy Jackson
6 6 7 7
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Gino Mezzi
4 3 9 5 J Hackett
G Jackson
4 6 4 6 6
Fred Dehnert
Hans van Dalsum
3 7 6 4 H Baxter
C Lister
6 4 6 3 3
Headley Baxter
Claude Lister
6 9 3 6 J Hackett
G Jackson
4 1 1
József Asbóth
Frigyes Bujtor
6 6 4 6 N Kumar
N Nath
6 6 6
Q Bernard Crouch
Gerry Piercy
4 3 6 3 J Asbóth
F Bujtor
1 5 6 1
Tommy Anderson
Ron Statham
5 0 1 N Kumar
N Nath
6 7 3 6
Naresh Kumar
Narendra Nath
7 6 6 N Kumar
N Nath
2 1 8
Philippe Chatrier
Gil de Kermadec
5 6 7 7 2 G Mulloy
V Seixas
6 6 10
Malcolm Gracie
Ivor Warwick
7 3 5 5 P Chatrier
G de Kermadec
5 2 2
John Barrett
John Horn
6 1 1 2 F Ampon
R Deyro
7 6 6
Felicisimo Ampon
Raymundo Deyro
4 6 6 6 F Ampon
R Deyro
3 3 2
Colin Baxter
Ian Campbell
7 4 3 2 G Mulloy
V Seixas
6 6 6
Bob Lee
Tony Starte
9 6 6 R Lee
A Starte
5 5 4
Tony Mottram
Geoffrey Paish
6 3 4 6 4 2 G Mulloy
V Seixas
7 7 6
2 Gardnar Mulloy
Vic Seixas
4 6 6 4 6

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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