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
ChampionsAustralia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
Runners-upAustralia Rex Hartwig
Australia Mervyn Rose
Score6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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

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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)

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Draw

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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  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.
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