The 1953 Torneo Godó was the first edition of the
Torneo GodóThe Barcelona Open also known as Torneo Godó, Trofeo Conde de Godó, Open Banco Sabadell, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event has been held annually in Barcelona, Spain since 1953, and is played on clay courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit...
and it took place from June 3-7, 1953.
Seeds
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 Vic SeixasElias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
(Champion)
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 Lennart BergelinLennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping...
(Semifinalist)
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 Enrique MoreaEnrique Morea was an Argentine tennis player.Morea won the mixed doubles title of the 1960 French Championships. He also won two gold medals at the inaugural men's tennis competition at the 1951 Pan American Games.Morea is the current president of the Asociación Argentina de Tenis .-References:...
(Runner-up)
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 Emilio Martínez (Second round)
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 René Buser (Semifinalist)
- Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano is a former tennis player from Argentina.Soriano played the Davis Cup representing his country along the 1950s and the 1960s. He played a total of 32 matches and his best match is considered the five-set match in the 1966 Davis Cup when Roberto Aubone and himself won top players...
(Quarterfinalist)
- Luis Barril (Quarterfinalist)
- José María Draper (Quarterfinalist)
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Finals
Top half
Bottom half
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