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
Champions Shirley Fry
Doris Hart
Runners-up Maureen Connolly
Julia Sampson
Final score6–0, 6–0
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4

Seeds

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

Key

Finals

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

Section 1

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

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
Sue Chatrier
Barbara 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

Section 3

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

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

  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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