1954 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert.

Men's doubles
1954 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose
Runners-up	Vic Seixas Tony Trabert
Score	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
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Main article: 1954 Wimbledon Championships

Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose defeated Seixas and Trabert in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1954 Wimbledon Championship.^[1][2]

Seeds

01.     Rex Hartwig /   Mervyn Rose (champions)

02.     Vic Seixas /   Tony Trabert (final)

03.     Lew Hoad /   Ken Rosewall (semifinals)

04.     Gardnar Mulloy /   Budge Patty (semifinals)

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
	2	Vic Seixas   Tony Trabert	6	4	3	6	6
		Mark Otway   Jeff Robson	1	6	6	2	3
										2	Vic Seixas   Tony Trabert	6	7	3	4	8
										3	Lew Hoad   Ken Rosewall	3	5	6	6	6
	3	Lew Hoad   Ken Rosewall	6	6	12
		John Barry   Hal Burrows	2	4	10
																			2	Vic Seixas   Tony Trabert	4	4	6	4
																			1	Rex Hartwig   Mervyn Rose	6	6	3	6
		Hugh Stewart   Armando Vieira	6	4	4
	4	Gardnar Mulloy   Budge Patty	8	6	6
										4	Gardnar Mulloy   Budge Patty	6	4	2	1
										1	Rex Hartwig   Mervyn Rose	4	6	6	6
		Abe Segal   Owen Williams	6	18	3
	1	Rex Hartwig   Mervyn Rose	8	20	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	2	Vic Seixas   Tony Trabert	6	6	6
		Cyril Kemp   Matthew Mohtadi	0	2	2					2	V Seixas   A Trabert	2	6	6	6
		Herbie Flam   Art Larsen	6	6	3	6					H Flam   A Larsen	6	2	0	1
		Jean Borotra   Andy Paton	4	4	6	2													2	V Seixas   A Trabert	5	6	10	6
		Basil Katz   Peter Molloy	13	6	6	6														R Becker   A Pickard	7	3	8	3
		Colin Baxter   Ian Campbell	11	8	3	3					B Katz   P Molloy	2	6	6	3	4
		Roger Becker   Tony Pickard	6	3	6	11					R Becker   A Pickard	6	3	4	6	6
		Tommy Anderson   Ramanathan Krishnan	4	6	3	9																						2	V Seixas   A Trabert	6	4	3	6	6
		Henry Billington   Don Butler	6	6	6																								M Otway   J Robson	1	6	6	2	3
		Bob Lee   David Samaai	2	4	4						H Billington   D Butler	7	6	8
		Jean-Noël Grinda   Paul Rémy	2	1^r							G Fitzpatrick   G Jackson	5	4	6
		Gerry Fitzpatrick   Guy Jackson	6	0																H Billington   D Butler	2	3	2
		Bob Falkenburg   Gilbert Shea	4	6	6	2	6													M Otway   J Robson	6	6	6
		Billy Knight   Bobby Wilson	6	4	4	6	2				R Falkenburg   G Shea	4	4	6	8	5
		Don Black   Leon Norgarb	2	2	1						M Otway   J Robson	6	6	3	6	7
		Mark Otway   Jeff Robson	6	6	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	3	Lew Hoad   Ken Rosewall	7	6	6	4	6
		Jacques Brichant   Philippe Washer	9	3	4	6	2			3	L Hoad   K Rosewall	6	8	6
		Ip Koon Hung   Edwin Tsai	6	6	7						K-H Ip   E Tsai	4	6	3
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem   Harry Hopman	2	4	5														3	L Hoad   K Rosewall	6	6	6
		Kurt Nielsen   Torben Ulrich	w/o																	L Bergelin   S Davidson	4	4	4
		Eric Filby   Doug Reid									E Filby   D Reid	0	2	4
		Lennart Bergelin   Sven Davidson	6	6	7						L Bergelin   S Davidson	6	6	6
		Josip Palada   Vladimir Petrović	4	2	5																							3	L Hoad   K Rosewall	6	6	12
		Jaime Bartrolí   Fred Dehnert	4	4	3																								J Barry   H Burrows	2	4	10
		Eduardo Argon   Jack Arkinstall	6	6	6						E Argon   J Arkinstall	8	7	6
	Q	Colin Hannam   Ivor Warwick	4	6	1	4					G Fachini   N Pietrangeli	6	5	2
		Giorgio Fachini   Nicola Pietrangeli	6	3	6	6														E Argon   J Arkinstall	2	3	9	2
		Hector Etchart   Eduardo Soriano	2	3	6	6														J Barry   H Burrows	6	6	7	6
		Neale Fraser   Gene Garrett	6	6	3	8					N Fraser   W Garrett	5	6	6	8	5
		Czesław Spychała   Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	2	0						J Barry   H Burrows	7	4	3	10	7
		John Barry   Hal Burrows	8	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Bernard Crouch   Gerry Piercy	1	3	3
		John Barrett   Ian McDonald	6	6	6						J Barrett   I McDonald	4	3	6	3
		Philippe Chatrier   Jean-Claude Molinari	3	4	5						H Stewart   A Vieira	6	6	4	6
		Hugh Stewart   Armando Vieira	6	6	7															H Stewart   A Vieira	6	6	6
		Erwin Balestra   Zsigmond Zorny	1	2	7															D Hamilton   B Robinson	1	2	2
	LL	Dawson Hamilton   Bruce Robinson	6	6	9					LL	D Hamilton   B Robinson	6	6	6
		Malcolm Fox   Andrés Hammersley	7	3	2	6	9				M Fox   A Hammersley	2	3	4
		Eric Bulmer   Reg Kaley	5	6	6	3	7																						H Stewart   A Vieira	6	4	4
		Hans Redl   Franz Saiko	6	6	7																							4	G Mulloy   J Patty	8	6	6
		Headley Baxter   Claude Lister	3	4	5						H Redl   F Saiko	3	6	6	6
		Tim Lewis   Finn Søhol	5	2	6	6	6				N Lewis   F Søhol	6	2	3	2
	Q	John Draper   Ian King	7	6	1	4	4													H Redl   F Saiko	2	3	3
		Geoff Ward   John Ward	4	9	13	9													4	G Mulloy   J Patty	6	6	6
		Gordon Forbes   Gordon Talbot	6	7	11	7					G Ward   J Ward	0	6	4
	Q	Derrick Lester   Bobby Thorn	2	3	3					4	G Mulloy   J Patty	6	8	6
	4	Gardnar Mulloy   Budge Patty	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
		Stan Clark   Cliff Hovell	0	3	6	3
		John Ager   Tony Vincent	6	6	3	6					J Ager   A Vincent	6	6	4	2	5
		Ivan Devroe   Jacques Peten	2	5	0						U Schmidt   S Stockenberg	2	3	6	6	7
		Ulf Schmidt   Staffan Stockenberg	6	7	6															U Schmidt   S Stockenberg	3	2	2
		Mike Davies   Gerry Oakley	7	6	2	6														A Segal   O Williams	6	6	6
		Naresh Kumar   Narendra Nath	5	3	6	4					M Davies   G Oakley	3	5	7	7	5
		Abe Segal   Owen Williams	6	6	6						A Segal   O Williams	6	7	5	5	7
	Q	RG Harris   Jimmy Wilson	1	2	2																								A Segal   O Williams	6	18	3
		Tony Mottram   Geoffrey Paish	6	6	4	4	6																					1	R Hartwig   M Rose	8	20	6
		Bob Howe   Geoff Pryor	2	1	6	6	2				A Mottram   G Paish	6	6	6
		Alain Lemyze   Francis Nys	6	5	6	6					A Lemyze   F Nys	3	2	2
	Q	Tony Clayton   Ian Coghill	3	7	4	3														A Mottram   G Paish	3	2	3
		Robert Bédard   Lorne Main	4	6	5	6	4												1	R Hartwig   M Rose	6	6	6
		Ashley Cooper   Roy Emerson	6	4	7	4	6				A Cooper   R Emerson	2	3	3
		Gianni Clerici   Orlando Sirola	1	2	2					1	R Hartwig   M Rose	6	6	6
	1	Rex Hartwig   Mervyn Rose	6	6	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