1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1955 Wimbledon Championships s AUS Rex Hartwig AUS Lew Hoad AUS Neale Fraser AUS Ken Rosewall 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1955 Wimbledon Championships Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Rose partnered with George Worthington but lost in the semifinals to Hartwig and his partner Lew Hoad. Hartwig and Hoad defeated Neale Fraser and Ken Rosewall in the final, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1955 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 4 USA 1912 Vic Seixas / USA 1912 Tony Trabert (semifinals) 2 1 AUS Rex Hartwig / AUS Lew Hoad (champions) 3 3 AUS Neale Fraser / AUS Ken Rosewall (semifinals) 4 2 USA 1912 Budge Patty / USA 1912 Ham Richardson (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Lew Hoad 6 6 2 6 IND Ramanathan KrishnanIND Naresh Kumar 2 4 6 2 USA 1912 John AgerUSA 1912 Pablo Eisenberg 3 1 2 AUS Mervyn RoseAUS George Worthington 6 6 6 USA 1912 Herbie FlamAUS Adrian Quist 4 6 6 2 3 AUS Neale FraserAUS Ken Rosewall 6 4 8 6 USA 1912 Bob PerryUSA 1912 Gilbert Shea 6 1 1 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Tony Trabert 8 6 6 2 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Lew Hoad 7 6 6 2 6 AUS Mervyn RoseAUS George Worthington 9 4 4 6 1 3 AUS Neale FraserAUS Ken Rosewall 6 1 6 4 6 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Tony Trabert 2 6 1 6 3 2 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Lew Hoad 7 6 6 3 AUS Neale FraserAUS Ken Rosewall 5 4 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 AUS Rex HartwigAUS Lew Hoad 6 3 9 8 FRA Jean-Noël GrindaFRA Jean-Claude Molinari 3 6 7 6 CHI Andrés HammersleyAUS Harry Hopman 0 11 6 7 Q GBR John DrinkallGBR Martin Hime 6 9 1 5 GBR Eric BulmerGBR John Ward 6 6 5 6 GBR Ralph OliverGBR Howard Walton 0 2 7 3 GBR Eric FilbyCeylon 1951 Doug Scharenguivel 4 2 7 ARG Ernesto della PaoleraARG Alejo Russell 6 6 9 URU Eduardo ArgonESP 1945 Jaime Bartrolí 0 1 3 IND Ramanathan KrishnanIND Naresh Kumar 6 6 6 BEL Pierre Geelhand de MerxemBEL Gino Mezzi w/o Q GBR Reg KaleyGBR Francis Wallis NED Hans van DalsumNED Fred Dehnert 3 2 2 LL GBR Basil HutchinsGBR Geoffrey Owen 6 6 6 GBR Tony MottramGBR Geoffrey Paish 7 6 6 TRI colonial Ian McDonaldAUT Hans Redl 5 1 1 2 AUS R HartwigAUS L Hoad 6 6 6 CHI A HammersleyAUS H Hopman 2 2 1 GBR E BulmerGBR J Ward 10 2 6 3 6 ARG E della PaoleraARG A Russell 8 6 4 6 3 IND R KrishnanIND N Kumar 6 6 6 Q GBR R KaleyGBR F Wallis 1 3 2 GBR B HutchinsGBR G Owen 3 2 2 GBR A MottramGBR G Paish 6 6 6 2 AUS R HartwigAUS L Hoad 6 6 6 GBR E BulmerGBR J Ward 2 0 3 IND R KrishnanIND N Kumar 6 6 6 GBR A MottramGBR G Paish 2 2 3 2 AUS R HartwigAUS L Hoad 6 6 2 6 IND R KrishnanIND N Kumar 2 4 6 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 USA 1912 Budge PattyUSA 1912 Ham Richardson 6 6 6 AUT Freddie HuberAUT Franz Saiko 3 1 3 YUG Josip PaladaYUG Ilija Panajotović 13 2 3 4 HUN 1949 István GulyásHUN 1949 István Sikorszki 11 6 6 6 FRA Philippe ChatrierFRA Marc Lasry 0 1 3 USA 1912 John AgerUSA 1912 Pablo Eisenberg 6 6 6 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Bud Robineau 7 3 4 USA 1912 Sidney SchwartzSWE Staffan Stockenberg 9 6 6 GBR Headley BaxterGBR Claude Lister 0 3 1 GBR Mike DaviesGBR Billy Knight 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Abe SegalSAF 1928 Ian Vermaak 5 13 6 12 AUS Jack ArkinstallAUS Bob Howe 7 15 3 14 CHI Luis AyalaPOL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 6 6 7 URU Arsenio MotolkoVEN 1930 Isaías Pimentel 3 4 5 AUS Mervyn RoseAUS George Worthington 6 6 10 AUS Mal AndersonAUS Geoff Radford 4 2 8 4 USA 1912 J PattyUSA 1912 H Richardson 6 6 6 HUN 1949 I GulyásHUN 1949 I Sikorszki 2 4 2 USA 1912 J AgerUSA 1912 P Eisenberg 6 5 6 7 USA 1912 S SchwartzSWE S Stockenberg 1 7 4 5 GBR M DaviesGBR W Knight 4 6 6 0 3 AUS J ArkinstallAUS R Howe 6 4 2 6 6 CHI L AyalaPOL 1928 W Skonecki 2 6 1 3 AUS M RoseAUS G Worthington 6 2 6 6 4 USA 1912 J PattyUSA 1912 H Richardson w/o USA 1912 J AgerUSA 1912 P Eisenberg AUS J ArkinstallAUS R Howe 3 5 2 AUS M RoseAUS G Worthington 6 7 6 USA 1912 J AgerUSA 1912 P Eisenberg 3 1 2 AUS M RoseAUS G Worthington 6 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals SWE Sven DavidsonDEN Kurt Nielsen 6 6 6 USA 1912 Donald FlyeUSA 1912 Malcolm Fox 1 2 3 USA 1912 Herbie FlamAUS Adrian Quist 6 6 6 Q GBR Colin HannamAUS Dick Potter 1 1 2 LL GBR Norman DaleGBR John Melhuish 1 3 2 SWE Lennart BergelinSWE Torsten Johansson 6 6 6 Q HUN 1949 András KálmánGBR DE Wright 3 4 3 DEN Søren HøjbergUSA 1912 Tony Vincent 6 6 6 CAN 1921 Robert BédardCAN 1921 Don Fontana 4 3 8 6 4 FRA Jean BorotraFRA Robert Haillet 6 6 6 2 6 SAF 1928 Trevor FancuttSAF 1928 Owen Williams 6 6 6 BEL Ivan DevroeBEL Jacques Peten 1 3 0 Q FRG Rupert HuberFRG Peter Scholl 2 4 1 EGY 1922 Jaroslav DrobnýARG Enrique Morea 6 6 6 GBR Tony ClaytonGBR Peter Moys 2 1 1 3 AUS Neale FraserAUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 SWE S DavidsonDEN K Nielsen 1 4 4 USA 1912 H FlamAUS A Quist 6 6 6 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 6 9 6 6 DEN S HøjbergUSA 1912 A Vincent 3 11 4 4 FRA J BorotraFRA R Haillet 4 5 4 SAF 1928 T FancuttSAF 1928 O Williams 6 7 6 EGY 1922 J DrobnýARG E Morea 6 6 2 3 3 AUS N FraserAUS K Rosewall 4 8 6 6 USA 1912 H FlamAUS A Quist 6 3 6 6 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 1 6 4 1 SAF 1928 T FancuttSAF 1928 O Williams 2 2 1 3 AUS N FraserAUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 USA 1912 H FlamAUS A Quist 4 6 6 2 3 AUS N FraserAUS K Rosewall 6 4 8 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA 1912 George DrulinerUSA 1912 John Fleitz 6 2 8 6 SUI René BuserYUG Stefán László 4 6 6 2 SAF 1928 Gordon ForbesSAF 1928 Russell Seymour w/o ESP 1945 José María DraperESP 1945 Emilio Martínez GBR Geoff WardGBR Ivor Warwick 2 6 6 5 USA 1912 Art LarsenUSA 1912 Hugh Stewart 6 4 8 7 AUS Ashley CooperAUS Bill Gilmour 6 4 10 6 8 USA 1912 Bob PerryUSA 1912 Gilbert Shea 4 6 12 3 10 AUS Arthur GubbAUS Cedric Mason 4 5 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 7 6 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 8 6 6 GBR Henry BillingtonGBR Don Butler 6 2 2 GBR Tony PickardGBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 GBR John HornPOL 1928 Czesław Spychała 4 3 4 GBR John BarrettGBR Roger Becker 6 2 1 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Tony Trabert 8 6 6 USA 1912 G DrulinerUSA 1912 J Fleitz 6 6 6 6 ESP 1945 JM DraperESP 1945 E Martínez 0 2 8 1 USA 1912 A LarsenUSA 1912 H Stewart 5 2 4 USA 1912 R PerryUSA 1912 G Shea 7 6 6 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 9 9 BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 4 7 7 GBR A PickardGBR R Wilson 1 1 1 1 USA 1912 V SeixasUSA 1912 A Trabert 6 6 6 USA 1912 G DrulinerUSA 1912 J Fleitz 5 5 2 USA 1912 R PerryUSA 1912 G Shea 7 7 6 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 18 4 4 1 1 USA 1912 V SeixasUSA 1912 A Trabert 4 16 6 6 6 USA 1912 R PerryUSA 1912 G Shea 6 1 1 1 USA 1912 V SeixasUSA 1912 A Trabert 8 6 6 References External links 1955 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles