1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Maureen Connolly and Julia Sampson in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1953 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Runners-upUnited States Maureen Connolly
United States Julia Sampson
Score6–0, 6–0
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Shirley Fry /   Doris Hart (champions)
02.     Maureen Connolly /   Julia Sampson (final)
03.     Helen Fletcher /   Jean Rinkel-Quertier (semifinals)
04.     Barbara Davidson /   Dorothy Knode (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Dora Kilian
  Lucille van der Westhuizen
2 2
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
3   Helen Fletcher
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
0 0
3   Helen Fletcher
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
7 6
Q   Ruth Bennett
  Jean Petchell
5 0
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
2   Maureen Connolly
  Julia Sampson
0 0
  Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
6 6
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
4 4
  Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
2 3
2   Maureen Connolly
  Julia Sampson
6 6
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Pat Ward
2 3
2   Maureen Connolly
  Julia Sampson
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
  Joan Curry
  Rita Drobný
w/o
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  N Glover
  M Terán de Weiss
0 0
  Bea Walter
  Billie Woodgate
6 1 4
  Nancy Glover
  Mary Terán de Weiss
3 6 6
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  D Kilian
  L van der Westhuizen
2 2
  Audrey Houseley
  Molly Stone
2 4
  Dora Kilian
  Lucille van der Westhuizen
6 6
  D Kilian
  L van der Westhuizen
6 8 6
  C Mercelis
  J de Ridder
8 6 2
  Valerie Lewis
  Rosemary Walsh
3 6 4
  Christiane Mercelis
  Janine de Ridder
6 4 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Helen Fletcher
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Gem Hoahing
  Georgie Woodgate
4 2 3   H Fletcher
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Margaret Fisher
  Anne Goldsworthy
  M Fisher
  A Goldsworthy
2 3
  Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
  Mary Lagerborg
w/o 3   H Fletcher
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet
  María Josefa de Riba
6 4 6   V Alvensleben-Rigollet
  MJ de Riba
2 0
Q   Margaret Lewis
  Winifred Nickless
4 6 4   V Alvensleben-Rigollet
  MJ de Riba
6 6
  Ada Ernest
  Laura Morgan
3 6 4   W Hammersley
  P King
1 4
  Freda Hammersley
  Phyllis King
6 1 6 3   H Fletcher
  J Rinkel-Quertier
7 6
Q   Ruth Bennett
  Jean Petchell
6 6 Q   R Bennett
  J Petchell
5 0
  Pat Gotla
  Barbara Knapp
4 3 Q   R Bennett
  J Petchell
6 6
  Betty Dawes
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
5 1   S Chatrier
  B Lewis
4 3
  Susan Chatrier
  Baba Lewis
7 6 Q   R Bennett
  J Petchell
6 4 7
  Nelly Adamson
  Suzanne Schmitt
6 4 6   N Adamson
  S Schmitt
3 6 5
  Mrs KE Graham Murray
  Mrs J Higginson
1 6 4   N Adamson
  S Schmitt
3 8 6
  Pearl Panton
  Vera Thomas
6 6   P Panton
  V Thomas
6 6 4
Q   Jean Knight
  Mary Stephens
1 4

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Susan Billington
  Margot Parker
6 1
  Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
8 6   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
  Margaret Grace
  Judy Wallace
4 6   M Mackay
  H Proudfoot
2 2
  Molly Mackay
  Helen Proudfoot
6 8   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
Q   Patience Chapman
  Vivienne Uber
3 3   Mrs E Erdődy Bárd
  Z Körmöczy
4 4
  Mrs E Erdődy Bárd
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
6 6   Mrs E Erdődy Bárd
  Z Körmöczy
6 6 7
  Heather Brewer
  Hazel Cheadle
6 6   H Brewer
  H Cheadle
3 8 5
  Joan Bowyer
  Gladys Lines
1 3   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
  Gloria Butler
  Anne Gray
5 2   M Eyre
  V White
4 4
  Margaret Carlisle
  Katie Johns
7 6   M Carlisle
  K Johns
w/o
  Erika Vollmer
  Toto Zehden
4 4   S Bloomer
  P Harrison
  Shirley Bloomer
  Pat Harrison
6 6   S Bloomer
  P Harrison
4 7
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
8 6   M Eyre
  V White
6 9
  Joyce Coles
  Mary Wavish
6 2   M Eyre
  V White
6 5 6
  Michelle Bourbonnais
  Fenny ten Bosch
3 1 4   B Davidson
  D Knode
4 7 3
4   Barbara Davidson
  Dorothy Knode
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  BM Goodman
  Margaret Knott
3 3
  Valerie Gardner
  Janet Morgan
6 6
  V Gardner
  J Morgan
1 4
  R Bulleid
  P Ward
6 6
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Pat Ward
6 6
Q   SC Collett
  Mrs J Maltby
3 3
  R Bulleid
  P Ward
2 3
2   M Connolly
  J Sampson
6 6
  Maeve Downey
  Betty Lombard
1 2
  Molly Blair
  Nell Hopman
6 6
  M Blair
  N Hopman
1 2
2   M Connolly
  J Sampson
6 6
  Audrey Bilse
  Joan Scott
4 0
2   Maureen Connolly
  Julia Sampson
6 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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