1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1953 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Maureen Connolly
Runner-up	Doris Hart
Score	8–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
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Maureen Connolly successfully defended her title, defeating Doris Hart in the final, 8–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Champion

Maureen Connolly

Runner-up

Doris Hart

Score8–6, 7–5

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

2	Doris Hart	7	7

	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	5	5
				2	Doris Hart	6	6

				4	Dorothy Knode	2	2
4	Dorothy Knode	6	6

5	Angela Mortimer	4	3
								2	Doris Hart	6	5

								1	Maureen Connolly	8	7
	Julie Sampson	4	2

3	Shirley Fry	6	6
				3	Shirley Fry	1	1

				1	Maureen Connolly	6	6
	Erika Vollmer	3	0

1	Maureen Connolly	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	2	Doris Hart	6	6
		Janet Morgan	0	0
						2	D Hart	6	6
							T Zehden	0	0
		Margot Gordon	5	4
		Toto Zehden	7	6
										2	D Hart	6	6
											A Buxton	3	1
		Angela Buxton	7	5	6
		Thelma Lister	5	7	1
							A Buxton	6	6
							A Goldsworthy	4	2
	Q	Joan Bowyer	3	3
		Anne Goldsworthy	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	6	Helen Fletcher	6	6
	Q	Diane Midgley	2	0
					6	H Fletcher	6	6
						C Mercelis	3	3
		Christiane Mercelis	6	6
		Bobbie Wilson	0	2
									6	H Fletcher	3	4
										Z Körmöczy	6	6
		Elaine Watson	6	11
		Enid Kerr	1	9
						E Watson	3	2
						Z Körmöczy	6	6
		Audrey Houseley	0	0
		Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

4	Dorothy Knode	6	6
	Georgie Woodgate	2	2		4	D Knode	8	6
Q	Karol Fageros	6	4	6	Q	K Fageros	6	3
	Valerie Pitt	1	6	1						4	D Knode	6	6
	Margaret Fisher	2	1								B Davidson	3	0
	Barbara Davidson	6	6			B Davidson	6	6
	Elizabeth Broz					E Broz	4	1
	Mary Lagerborg	w/o												4	D Knode	6	6
	Molly Blair	6	6												P Dawson-Scott	2	1
Q	Nancy Liebert	3	2			M Blair	2	6	7
	Rosemary Walsh	6	6			R Walsh	6	2	9
Q	Leonie Brighton	3	3								R Walsh	2	7
	Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	2	9							P Dawson-Scott	6	9
	Vera Thomas	4	6	7		P Dawson-Scott	6	6
Q	Shirley MacKay	2	6	7	Q	R Bentley	2	2
Q	Rita Bentley	6	2	5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

5	Angela Mortimer	6	6
	Rita Drobný	1	4		5	A Mortimer	2	6	6
	Suzanne Schmitt	6	1	6		S Schmitt	6	0	1
	Joan Scott	0	6	1						5	A Mortimer	6	6
	Effie Peters	0	2								P Ward	3	3
	Pat Ward	6	6			P Ward	6	6
	Noelle Knight	3	7	7		N Knight	0	1
	Valerie Lewis	6	5	5										5	A Mortimer	6	6
	Betty Lombard	6	3	1											H Cheadle	2	1
	Hazel Cheadle	4	6	6		H Cheadle	7	6
	Joan MacLeod	7	6			J MacLeod	5	1
	María Josefa de Riba	5	2								H Cheadle	6	6
	Anne Gray	4	3								M Bourbonnais	4	4
	Michelle Bourbonnais	6	6			M Bourbonnais	6	6
	Viola White	6	3	6		V White	1	4
	Evelyn Attwood	3	6	2

1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Laura Morgan	1	2
	Mary Terán de Weiss	6	6			M Terán de Weiss	6	6
	Sheila Speight	3	4			M Downey	3	1
	Maeve Downey	6	6								M Terán de Weiss	9	5
	Pat Gotla	1	2								J Sampson	11	7
	Julia Sampson	6	6			J Sampson	6	6
Q	Dorrit Herbst	4	7			L van der Westhuizen	1	3
	Lucille van der Westhuizen	6	9													J Sampson	4	6	6
	Joan Curry	6	6												8	N Adamson	6	3	3
	Barbara Knapp	4	2			J Curry	11	2	0^r
	Nell Hopman	6	5	6		E Hopman	9	6	1
	Jenny Wagstaff	0	7	2							E Hopman	6	2	1
	Rosemary Bulleid	4	6	6						8	N Adamson	1	6	6
	Helen Proudfoot	6	1	2		R Bulleid	6	3	3
	Billie Woodgate	6	0	3	8	N Adamson	1	6	6
8	Nelly Adamson	2	6	6

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	Fenny ten Bosch	6	4
	Betty Dawes	8	6			B Dawes	1	3
	Baba Lewis	8	6			B Lewis	6	6
	Pat Harrison	6	3							B Lewis	6	6
	Shirley Bloomer	7	6							S Bloomer	3	2
	Norma Potts	5	4			S Bloomer	6	8
	Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet	4	6	6		V Alvensleben-Rigollet	4	6
	Jennifer Middleton	6	4	3											B Lewis	1	3
	Mary Harris	6	6											3	S Fry	6	6
	Marian Boundy	4	1			M Harris	3	2
	Margot Parker	6	2	4		J Rinkel-Quertier	6	6
	Jean Rinkel-Quertier	2	6	6						J Rinkel-Quertier	6	4	1
	Gladys Lines	6	0	6					3	S Fry	3	6	6
	Frances Walthew	2	6	8		F Walthew	2	2
	Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén	w/o			3	S Fry	6	6
3	Shirley Fry

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Helga Strecker	2	6	6
	Q	Joyce Reid	6	1	4
							H Strecker	2	2
							E Vollmer	6	6
		Pat Hird	3	3
		Erika Vollmer	6	6
											E Vollmer	6	6
											H Brewer	2	1
		Margaret Carlisle	2	1
		Heather Brewer	6	6
							H Brewer	7	6
						7	S Chatrier	5	3
		Gem Hoahing	1	3
	7	Susan Chatrier	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Phyllis King	3	2
		Anne Shilcock	6	6
							A Shilcock	6	6
							M Peterdy-Wolf	2	0
		Márta Peterdy-Wolf	6	4	6
		Janine de Ridder	4	6	4
											A Shilcock	0	1
										1	M Connolly	6	6
		Jean Petchell	6	6
	Q	Sidney Brock	4	1
							J Petchell	1	1
						1	M Connolly	6	6
		Dora Kilian	0	0
	1	Maureen Connolly	6	6