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
Final
Champions	Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall
Runners-up	Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose
Score	6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Main article: 1953 Wimbledon Championships

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's 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

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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   Bryan Woodroffe	6	6	15						R Seymour   B Woodroffe	7	5	5	4
		Gérard 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.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com