Maureen Connolly defeated defending champion Doris Hart in the final 6–2, 6–4, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1953 French Championships. With this win, Connolly became the first woman to complete the Career Grand Slam in Women's singles.[1]
1953, french, championships, women, singles, maureen, connolly, defeated, defending, champion, doris, hart, final, women, singles, tennis, title, 1953, french, championships, with, this, connolly, became, first, woman, complete, career, grand, slam, women, sin. Maureen Connolly defeated defending champion Doris Hart in the final 6 2 6 4 to win the women s singles tennis title at the 1953 French Championships With this win Connolly became the first woman to complete the Career Grand Slam in Women s singles 1 Women s singles1953 French ChampionshipsFinalChampionMaureen ConnollyRunner upDoris HartScore6 2 6 4DetailsSeeds16EventsSingles men womenDoubles men women 1952 French Championships 1954 Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Finals 2 3 Earlier rounds 2 3 1 Section 1 2 3 2 Section 2 2 3 3 Section 3 2 3 4 Section 4 3 References 4 External linksSeeds EditThe seeded players are listed below Maureen Connolly is the champion others show the round in which they were eliminated Maureen Connolly champion Doris Hart finalist Shirley Fry semifinals Baba Mercedes Lewis first round Dorothy Head semifinals Angela Mortimer third round Jean Rinkel Quertier quarterfinals Susan Chatrier quarterfinals Ann Gray third round Julia Sampson third round Nelly Adamson quarterfinals Helen Fletcher third round Ginette Bucaille quarterfinals Silvana Lazzarino third round Anne Shilcock third round Raymonde Jones Veber third round Draw EditKey Edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser r RetiredFinals Edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 1 Maureen Connolly3668 Susan Chatrier6221 Maureen Connolly665 Dorothy Head3313 Ginette Bucaille305 Dorothy Head661 Maureen Connolly662 Doris Hart2411 Nelly Adamson1603 Shirley Fry6463 Shirley Fry642 Doris Hart867 Jean Rinkel Quertier332 Doris Hart66Earlier rounds Edit Section 1 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals1 Connolly66 Mercelis131 Connolly6616 Jones Veber3116 Jones Veber068 Alvensleben6261 Connolly3668 Chatrier6228 Chatrier66 Coessens328 Chatrier879 Gray659 Gray66 Bourbonnais42Section 2 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals4 Lewis Haillet Passet Haillet Passet11 Salvet68 Salvet66 Barril46 Salvet62013 Bucaille6613 Bucaille266 Hopman1213 Bucaille366 Amouretti32 Fageros621 Fageros6613 Bucaille665 Head665 Head30 Soisbault005 Head66 Patorni164 Ten Bosch32 Ten Bosch6365 Head66 Lemal66412 Fletcher13 Varin816 Varin2312 Fletcher6612 Fletcher66 Kermina00Section 3 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals11 Adamson66 Halff1211 Adamson Brunon966 Brunon Isaac112411 Adamson66 Walter666 Mortimer23 Herr02 Walter00 Migliori1696 Mortimer666 Mortimer621111 Adamson646 Dubois36113 Fry16014 Lazzarino631314 Lazzarino666 Carlisle33 Gimault840 Gimault6614 Lazzarino20 Galtier003 Fry66 Curry66 Curry84 Schmitt333 Fry1063 Fry66Section 4 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals10 Sampson76 Charbonnier5210 Sampson427 Rinkel Quertier66 Billaz427 Rinkel Quertier667 Rinkel Quertier662 Hart33 Vollmer Obst4515 Shilcock6715 Shilcock232 Hart66 De La Giroday232 Hart66References Edit Collins Bud 2010 The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2nd ed New York New Chapter Press p 394 ISBN 978 0942257700 External links Edit Official 1953 Women s Draw PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 04 29 69 2 KiB on the French Open websitePreceded by1953 Australian Championships Women s singles Grand Slam women s singles Succeeded by1953 Wimbledon Championships Women s singles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1953 French Championships Women 27s singles amp oldid 1128415678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,