1953 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1953 Wimbledon Championships s AUS Lew Hoad AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Rex Hartwig AUS Mervyn Rose 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1953 Wimbledon Championships Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional. 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.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 AUS Lew Hoad / AUS Ken Rosewall (champions) 2 4 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy / USA 1912 Vic Seixas (semifinals) 3 3 AUS Rex Hartwig / AUS Mervyn Rose (final) 4 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný / USA 1912 Budge Patty (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 5 6 AUT Freddie HuberAUT Hans Redl 3 2 7 4 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 6 6 6 POL 1928 Władysław SkoneckiSWE Staffan Stockenberg 2 1 2 USA 1912 Hugh StewartBRA 1889 Armando Vieira 1 3 6 5 3 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Mervyn Rose 6 6 3 7 IND Naresh KumarIND Narendra Nath 2 1 8 2 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Vic Seixas 6 6 10 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 4 6 6 3 6 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 6 0 4 6 1 3 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Mervyn Rose 14 6 6 6 2 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Vic Seixas 16 3 3 4 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 6 7 4 7 3 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Mervyn Rose 4 5 6 5 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 SUI René BuserBEL Ivan Devroe 1 0 3 YUG Josip PaladaYUG Vladimir Petrović 7 6 6 GBR Clive BernsteinBEL Jacques Peten 5 3 3 COL O RodriguezCOL Mario Zeppenfeldt w/o IRL Cyril KempIRN 1925 Matthew Mohtadi HUN 1949 Antal JancsóHUN 1949 István Sikorszki 3 2 5 SWE Sven DavidsonUSA 1912 Art Larsen 6 6 7 GBR Roger BeckerGBR Gerry Oakley 6 8 2 3 4 AUT Freddie HuberAUT Hans Redl 3 6 6 6 6 IRL Vivian GottoIRL Jim McArdle 5 3 2 Ceylon 1951 Donald FonsekaCeylon 1951 Doug Scharenguivel 7 6 6 DEN Kurt NielsenDEN Torben Ulrich 6 6 6 SWE Lennart BergelinSWE Torsten Johansson 3 4 4 USA 1912 Tut BartzenUSA 1912 Grant Golden 6 6 6 Q GBR Geoff WardGBR John Ward 3 4 3 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 YUG J PaladaYUG V Petrović 2 2 4 IRL C KempIRN 1925 M Mohtadi 3 3 5 SWE S DavidsonUSA 1912 A Larsen 6 6 7 AUT A HuberAUT H Redl 6 3 6 6 Ceylon 1951 D FonsekaCeylon 1951 D Scharenguivel 1 6 3 4 DEN K NielsenDEN T Ulrich 6 6 9 6 USA 1912 B BartzenUSA 1912 G Golden 8 3 7 3 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 SWE S DavidsonUSA 1912 A Larsen 1 4 2 AUT A HuberAUT H Redl 3 6 6 9 DEN K NielsenDEN T Ulrich 6 3 4 7 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 5 6 AUT A HuberAUT H Redl 3 2 7 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 EGY 1922 Jaroslav DrobnýUSA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 6 GBR Henry BillingtonGBR Don Butler 3 2 2 URU Eduardo ArgonITA Gianni Clerici 2 3 1 AUS Jack ArkinstallAUS Barry Green 6 6 6 FRA Bernard DestremauFRA Jean-Claude Molinari 2 5 1 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 6 7 6 SAF 1928 Johann KupferburgerSAF 1928 Ian Vermaak 8 6 7 ESP 1945 Jaime BartrolíESP 1945 Carlos Ferrer 6 3 5 Q GBR Stan ClarkGBR Cliff Hovell 3 2 3 FRA Robert AbdesselamFRA Jean Borotra 6 6 6 USA 1912 John AgerUSA 1912 Malcolm Fox 5 3 4 FRA Jean-Noël GrindaAUS Harry Hopman 7 6 6 POL 1928 Władysław SkoneckiSWE Staffan Stockenberg 6 6 7 POL 1928 Czesław SpychałaPOL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 3 0 5 GBR Colin HannamGBR Tony Pickard 7 7 6 GBR Peter AndersonGBR Edmund David 5 5 3 3 EGY 1922 J DrobnýUSA 1912 J Patty 6 7 6 6 AUS J ArkinstallAUS B Green 3 9 4 2 BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 8 8 10 SAF 1928 J KupferburgerSAF 1928 I Vermaak 6 6 8 FRA R AbdesselamFRA J Borotra 2 7 5 5 FRA J-N GrindaAUS H Hopman 6 5 7 7 POL 1928 W SkoneckiSWE S Stockenberg 6 6 5 6 GBR C HannamGBR A Pickard 4 3 7 4 3 EGY 1922 J DrobnýUSA 1912 J Patty w/o BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer FRA J-N GrindaAUS H Hopman 3 4 7 POL 1928 W SkoneckiSWE S Stockenberg 6 6 9 BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 6 6 6 POL 1928 W SkoneckiSWE S Stockenberg 2 1 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals DEN Søren HøjbergDEN Jørgen Ulrich 2 2 6 GBR Billy KnightGBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 8 GBR Douglas SnartNED Boebi van Meegeren 1 3 4 Q GBR Eric BulmerGBR Reg Kaley 6 6 6 Southern Rhodesia Don BlackGBR Eric Filby 4 3 4 USA 1912 Hugh StewartBRA 1889 Armando Vieira 6 6 6 AUS Ian AyreAUS Clive Wilderspin 7 4 6 3 7 FRG Ernst BuchholzFRG Horst Hermann 5 6 2 6 5 GBR JM BrownHKG 1910 Edwin Tsai 1 1 3 ARG Enrique MoreaAUS George Worthington 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Russell SeymourSAF 1928 Bryan Woodroffe 6 6 15 FRA Gérard PiletFRA Jacques Thomas 3 3 13 ITA Fausto GardiniITA Giuseppe Merlo 6 6 4 6 GBR Peter HareGBR Howard Walton 2 1 6 2 GBR Tim LewisTRI colonial Ian McDonald 3 4 1 3 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Mervyn Rose 6 6 6 GBR W KnightGBR R Wilson 6 7 9 GBR E BulmerGBR R Kaley 3 5 7 USA 1912 H StewartBRA 1889 A Vieira 4 16 7 7 AUS I AyreAUS C Wilderspin 6 14 5 5 ARG E MoreaAUS G Worthington 5 7 7 6 SAF 1928 R SeymourSAF 1928 B Woodroffe 7 5 5 4 ITA F GardiniITA G Merlo 1 4 1 3 AUS R HartwigAUS M Rose 6 6 6 GBR W KnightGBR R Wilson 4 5 7 USA 1912 H StewartBRA 1889 A Vieira 6 7 9 ARG E MoreaAUS G Worthington 6 4 4 3 AUS R HartwigAUS M Rose 8 6 6 USA 1912 H StewartBRA 1889 A Vieira 1 3 6 5 3 AUS R HartwigAUS M Rose 6 6 3 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals IRL Joe HackettIRL Guy Jackson 6 6 7 7 BEL Pierre Geelhand de MerxemBEL Gino Mezzi 4 3 9 5 NED Fred DehnertNED Hans van Dalsum 3 7 6 4 GBR Headley BaxterGBR Claude Lister 6 9 3 6 HUN 1949 József AsbóthHUN 1949 Frigyes Bujtor 6 6 4 6 Q GBR Bernard CrouchGBR Gerry Piercy 4 3 6 3 GBR Tommy AndersonGBR Ron Statham 5 0 1 IND Naresh KumarIND Narendra Nath 7 6 6 FRA Philippe ChatrierFRA Gil de Kermadec 5 6 7 7 GBR Malcolm GracieGBR Ivor Warwick 7 3 5 5 GBR John BarrettGBR John Horn 6 1 1 2 PHI 1936 Felicisimo AmponPHI 1936 Raymundo Deyro 4 6 6 6 GBR Colin BaxterGBR Ian Campbell 7 4 3 GBR Bob LeeGBR Tony Starte 9 6 6 GBR Tony MottramGBR Geoffrey Paish 6 3 4 6 4 2 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Vic Seixas 4 6 6 4 6 IRL J HackettIRL G Jackson 4 6 4 6 6 GBR H BaxterGBR C Lister 6 4 6 3 3 HUN 1949 J AsbóthHUN 1949 F Bujtor 1 5 6 1 IND N KumarIND N Nath 6 7 3 6 FRA P ChatrierFRA G de Kermadec 5 2 2 PHI 1936 F AmponPHI 1936 R Deyro 7 6 6 GBR R LeeGBR A Starte 5 5 4 2 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 V Seixas 7 7 6 IRL J HackettIRL G Jackson 4 1 1 IND N KumarIND N Nath 6 6 6 PHI 1936 F AmponPHI 1936 R Deyro 3 3 2 2 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 V Seixas 6 6 6 IND N KumarIND N Nath 2 1 8 2 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 V Seixas 6 6 10 References External links 1953 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles 1953