1953 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Mo Connolly defeated Doris Hart

Doris Hart

Doris Hart is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.As a child, she suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg...

8–6 7–5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships

1953 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Vic Seixas defeated Kurt Nielsen 9-7 6-3 6-4-Women's Singles: Maureen Connolly Brinker defeated Doris Hart 8-6, 7-5...

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See also:

1953 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Mo Connolly is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Mo Connolly (Champion)
Doris Hart
Doris Hart
Doris Hart is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.As a child, she suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg...

(Finalist)
Shirley Fry
Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin was a World No. 1 American female tennis player who was born in Akron, Ohio, United States.Irvin is one of sixteen persons to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during the person's career...

(Semifinalist)
Dorothy Knode (Semifinalist)
Angela Mortimer
Angela Mortimer
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett is a former World No. 1 British female tennis player. She was born in Plymouth, Devon, England...

(Quarterfinalist)
Helen Fletcher (Fourth round)
Sue Chatrier (Third round)
Nellie Adamson (Fourth round)

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

External links

1953 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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