1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1955 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Tony Trabert DEN Kurt Nielsen 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1955 Wimbledon Championships In the 1955 Wimbledon Championships men's singles event, Tony Trabert defeated Kurt Nielsen in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Jaroslav Drobný was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tony Trabert. It was the second of two Men's Singles competitions at Wimbledon in which an unseeded Nielsen had progressed to the final, and he remains the only unseeded player to achieve this twice.John Barrett Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships https://books.google.com/books?id=KWJYAAAAYAAJ 2001 CollinsWillow 978-0-00-711707-9 95 Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Tony Trabert (champion) 2 1 AUS Ken Rosewall (semifinals) 3 3 USA 1912 Vic Seixas (second round) 4 6 AUS Lew Hoad (quarterfinals) 5 4 AUS Rex Hartwig (third round) 6 7 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný (quarterfinals) 7 5 USA 1912 Budge Patty (semifinals) 8 2 SWE Sven Davidson (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 8 SWE Sven Davidson 4 1 2 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 7 2 5 DEN Kurt Nielsen 1 6 5 6 7 7 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 6 4 AUS Lew Hoad 4 4 4 6 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 1 4 1 USA 1912 Tony Trabert 8 6 6 2 AUS Ken Rosewall 9 2 6 4 DEN Kurt Nielsen 11 6 2 6 7 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 2 2 1 USA 1912 Tony Trabert 8 6 6 DEN Kurt Nielsen 3 5 1 1 USA 1912 Tony Trabert 6 7 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 GBR Geoffrey Owen 4 4 1 AUS George Worthington 6 6 6 USA 1912 Tony Vincent 1 2 1 GBR John Barrett 6 4 8 9 GBR Geoff Cass 3 6 6 7 YUG Josip Palada 4 6 6 6 ESP 1945 José María Draper 6 2 3 1 Q GBR Clive Bernstein 1 1 4 GBR Mike Davies 6 6 6 POR Carlos Figueira 0 1 1 USA 1912 Wayne Van Voorhees 6 6 6 ESP 1945 Jaime Bartrolí 3 1 3 Q SAF 1928 Cyril Botha 6 6 6 ITA Giuseppe Merlo 6 6 6 TRI colonial Ian McDonald 0 2 4 2 AUS K Rosewall 6 5 6 6 AUS G Worthington 0 7 1 2 GBR J Barrett 6 6 6 YUG J Palada 4 3 3 GBR M Davies 6 6 10 USA 1912 W Van Voorhees 4 2 8 Q SAF 1928 C Botha 1 4 6 1 ITA G Merlo 6 6 3 6 2 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 GBR J Barrett 3 2 2 GBR M Davies 6 6 4 6 6 ITA G Merlo 8 1 6 3 8 2 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 2 ITA G Merlo 4 1 1r Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 SWE Sven Davidson 4 6 6 4 8 USA 1912 Ham Richardson 6 3 4 6 6 AUS Arthur Gubb 2 6 1 ARG alt Enrique Morea 6 8 6 GBR Tony Pickard 6 5 4 6 3 AUT Franz Saiko 4 7 6 4 6 BEL Gino Mezzi w/o GBR Billy Knight GBR Eric Bulmer 1 3 3 IND Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Russell Seymour 8 6 7 Q USA 1912 Hugh Sweeney 6 1 5 FRG Rupert Huber 9 8 4 7 HUN 1949 István Gulyás 7 10 6 9 CHI Luis Ayala 6 6 7 AUS Cedric Mason 2 3 5 8 SWE S Davidson 6 6 6 ARG alt E Morea 4 4 2 AUT F Saiko 3 2 2 GBR W Knight 6 6 6 IND R Krishnan 6 6 5 7 SAF 1928 R Seymour 2 1 7 5 HUN 1949 I Gulyás 2 1 3 CHI L Ayala 6 6 6 8 SWE S Davidson 6 6 2 4 6 GBR W Knight 3 3 6 6 3 IND R Krishnan 2 6 6 12 2 CHI L Ayala 6 8 4 10 6 8 SWE S Davidson 4 6 7 6 CHI L Ayala 6 1 5 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Vic Seixas 6 6 6 GBR Tony Clayton 3 0 0 SWE Torsten Johansson 6 1 6 3 4 USA 1912 Gilbert Shea 4 6 4 6 6 LL GBR Laurie Proctor 6 3 6 6 BEL Ivan Devroe 4 6 2 2 AUS Adrian Quist 6 7 6 CAN 1921 Don Fontana 0 5 2 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 6 4 8 6 FRA Jean-Noël Grinda 2 6 6 3 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 6 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 1 4 1 GBR Colin Hannam 6 6 6 Q GBR Jeffrey Robinson 4 3 1 GBR John Ward 6 0 2 4 USA 1912 John Ager 4 6 6 6 3 USA 1912 V Seixas 6 4 4 6 4 USA 1912 G Shea 3 6 6 4 6 LL GBR L Proctor 2 0 2 AUS A Quist 6 6 6 ITA N Pietrangeli 7 5 11 5 6 GBR A Mottram 5 7 9 7 2 GBR C Hannam 1 3 8 1 USA 1912 J Ager 6 6 6 6 USA 1912 G Shea 6 5 7 6 AUS A Quist 2 7 5 3 ITA N Pietrangeli 1 6 7 6 USA 1912 J Ager 6 4 5 4 USA 1912 G Shea 6 4 4 4 ITA N Pietrangeli 2 6 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS Rex Hartwig 6 6 6 GBR Bob Lee 2 1 2 GBR Gerry Oakley 6 6 6 GBR Ralph Oliver 4 2 4 SAF 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 FRA Gil de Kermadec 0 0 3 GBR Ivor Warwick 6 1 4 5 ARG alt Alejo Russell 3 6 6 7 Q GBR Howard Walton 2 4 5 Q AUS Dick Potter 6 6 7 AUS Arthur Marshall 2 4 6 DEN Kurt Nielsen 6 6 8 Q PAK Khwaja Saeed 2 1 4 NED Hans van Dalsum 6 6 6 YUG Stefán László 11 5 4 0r Q SAF 1928 Ian Froman 9 7 6 2 5 AUS R Hartwig 6 6 6 GBR G Oakley 0 4 3 SAF 1928 A Segal 6 6 6 ARG alt A Russell 3 2 0 Q AUS D Potter 6 2 2 7 DEN K Nielsen 4 6 6 9 NED J van Dalsum 6 6 2 1 4 Q SAF 1928 I Froman 3 3 6 6 6 5 AUS R Hartwig 6 4 4 SAF 1928 A Segal 8 6 6 DEN K Nielsen 6 6 6 Q SAF 1928 I Froman 3 1 2 SAF 1928 A Segal 6 1 4 3 DEN K Nielsen 4 6 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Geoff Ward 3 6 2 13 5 AUT Freddie Huber 6 3 6 11 7 YUG Ilija Panajotović 6 6 6 PAK Rafiq Ahmad 2 3 4 SAF 1928 Gordon Forbes 4 2 6 12 9 SWE Lennart Bergelin 6 6 2 10 7 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 6 6 6 CAN 1921 Robert Bédard 3 2 2 ARG alt Ernesto della Paolera 3 5 6 3 USA 1912 Sidney Schwartz 6 7 3 6 GBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 DEN Søren Højberg 4 1 3 Q FRG Peter Scholl 6 6 6 GBR Robin Kipping 1 2 4 Q USA 1912 George Druliner 4 3 1 7 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 6 AUT A Huber 6 6 3 6 YUG I Panajotović 4 4 6 3 SAF 1928 G Forbes w/o USA 1912 H Flam USA 1912 S Schwartz 1 4 2 GBR R Wilson 6 6 6 Q FRG P Scholl 0 4 3 7 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 6 AUT A Huber 6 2 4 2 USA 1912 H Flam 4 6 6 6 GBR R Wilson 4 9 4 1 7 USA 1912 J Patty 6 7 6 6 USA 1912 H Flam 1 3 6 6 4 7 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 4 1 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ITA Orlando Sirola 4 5 3 USA 1912 Art Larsen 6 7 6 HUN 1949 István Sikorszki 9 3 6 USA 1912 Malcolm Fox 11 6 8 SAF 1928 Owen Williams 6 6 7 URU Arsenio Motolko 2 1 5 USA 1912 Donald Flye 6 5 1 6 4 GBR Martin Hime 2 7 6 2 6 POL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 6 6 6 NED Fred Dehnert 3 2 2 FRA Jean-Claude Molinari 6 4 1 7 3 GBR Geoffrey Paish 3 6 6 5 6 GBR Eric Filby 3 10 0 3 BEL Philippe Washer 6 8 6 6 AUS Bob Howe 5 5 2 4 AUS Lew Hoad 7 7 6 USA 1912 A Larsen 6 7 7 USA 1912 M Fox 2 5 5 SAF 1928 O Williams 6 7 6 GBR M Hime 4 5 2 POL 1928 W Skonecki 6 6 6 GBR G Paish 4 4 3 BEL P Washer 1 3 2 4 AUS L Hoad 6 6 6 USA 1912 A Larsen 6 10 6 SAF 1928 O Williams 2 8 2 POL 1928 W Skonecki 3 3 4 4 AUS L Hoad 6 6 6 USA 1912 A Larsen 4 4 8 3 4 AUS L Hoad 6 6 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round IRN 1925 Matthew Mohtadi 4 2 7 2 USA 1912 Bob Perry 6 6 5 6 AUT Hans Redl 6 7 4 6 INA Liep-Tjiauw Tan 2 5 6 2 SWE Staffan Stockenberg 6 6 1 6 USA 1912 Pablo Eisenberg 3 2 6 4 LL SAF 1928 Jack Forbes 3 4 2 GBR John Horn 6 6 6 GBR Gordon Mudge 3 4 0 FRA Robert Haillet 6 6 6 AUS Jack Arkinstall 6 6 6 GBR Alan Mills 2 3 2 AUS Ashley Cooper 4 5 2 AUS Mervyn Rose 6 7 6 SUI René Buser 3 1 2 6 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 USA 1912 R Perry 3 6 6 6 AUT H Redl 6 3 2 2 SWE S Stockenberg 6 4 GBR J Horn 3 0r FRA R Haillet 3 9 5 6 4 AUS J Arkinstall 6 7 7 4 6 AUS M Rose 4 6 9 4 6 EGY 1922 J Drobný 6 3 11 6 USA 1912 R Perry 2 6 6 4 6 SWE S Stockenberg 6 2 4 6 4 AUS J Arkinstall 4 6 2 9 6 EGY 1922 J Drobný 6 2 6 11 6 EGY 1922 J Drobný 8 6 6 USA 1912 R Perry 6 3 4 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ESP 1945 Emilio Martínez 6 3 6 3 3 FRA Philippe Chatrier 4 6 2 6 6 SAF 1928 Ian Vermaak 4 6 6 6 CHI Andrés Hammersley 6 3 4 3 IND Naresh Kumar 6 6 8 VEN 1930 Isaías Pimentel 3 1 6 AUS Bill Gilmour 6 6 6 IRL Joe Hackett 0 4 1 USA 1912 Hugh Stewart 6 8 6 AUS Neale Fraser 2 6 4 GBR Tony Starte 3 1 3 BEL Jacques Brichant 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Trevor Fancutt 3 6 6 6 GBR Roger Becker 6 3 4 2 AUS Mal Anderson 3 4 2 1 USA 1912 Tony Trabert 6 6 6 FRA P Chatrier 1 1 1 SAF 1928 I Vermaak 6 6 6 IND N Kumar 3 6 8 6 AUS W Gilmour 6 4 6 2 USA 1912 H Stewart 6 3 6 8 BEL J Brichant 2 6 3 6 SAF 1928 T Fancutt 1 2 2 1 USA 1912 T Trabert 6 6 6 SAF 1928 I Vermaak 3 2 6 7 IND N Kumar 6 6 3 9 USA 1912 H Stewart 4 3 1 1 USA 1912 T Trabert 6 6 6 1 USA 1912 T Trabert 4 2 2 IND N Kumar 6 6 6 References External links 1955 MS 1955 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1955 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles