1953 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Frank Sedgman and Doris Hart were the defending champions, but Sedgman was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Hart partnered with Vic Seixas, and they defeated Enrique Morea and Shirley Fry in the final, 9–7, 7–5 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Mixed doubles
1953 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Vic Seixas
United States Doris Hart
Runners-upArgentina Enrique Morea
United States Shirley Fry
Score9–7, 7–5
Details
Draw80 (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.     Vic Seixas /   Doris Hart (champions)
02.     Mervyn Rose /   Maureen Connolly (fourth round)
03.     Geoffrey Paish /   Jean Rinkel-Quertier (quarterfinals)
04.     Enrique Morea /   Shirley Fry (final)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  George Worthington
  Pat Ward
6 4 6
  József Asbóth
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
2 6 1
  George Worthington
  Pat Ward
2 2
4   Enrique Morea
  Shirley Fry
6 6
4   Enrique Morea
  Shirley Fry
6 6
  Jeffrey Michelmore
  Joan Scott
1 3
4   Enrique Morea
  Shirley Fry
7 5
1   Vic Seixas
  Doris Hart
9 7
  Lew Hoad
  Julia Sampson
6 6
3   Geoffrey Paish
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
3 3
  Lew Hoad
  Julia Sampson
3 5
1   Vic Seixas
  Doris Hart
6 7
  Władysław Skonecki
  Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet
2 1
1   Vic Seixas
  Doris Hart
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2   Mervyn Rose
  Maureen Connolly
6 6
  Ian Ayre
  Mary Terán de Weiss
0 4
2   M Rose
  M Connolly
6 6
  N Kumar
  W Hammersley
4 3
  Naresh Kumar
  Freda Hammersley
6 6
Q   Don Black
  Diane Midgley
3 1
2   M Rose
  M Connolly
7 4 4
  G Worthington
  P Ward
5 6 6
  George Worthington
  Pat Ward
6 6
  Claude Lister
  Thelma Lister
1 4
  G Worthington
  P Ward
6 6
  W Shute
  D Collier
4 4
  Bob Lee
  Norma Seacy
5 2
  Warwick Shute
  Denise Collier
7 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Johann Kupferburger
  Lucille van der Westhuizen
  Horst Hermann
  Erika Vollmer
w/o
  J Kupferburger
  L van der Westhuizen
6 6
  L-T Tan
  M Reeves
4 4
  Jacques Brichant
  Janine de Ridder
7 6 12
Q   Liep-Tjiauw Tan
  Maureen Reeves
9 2 14
  J Kupferburger
  L van der Westhuizen
3 2
  J Asbóth
  Z Körmöczy
6 6
  József Asbóth
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
6 6
  Henry Billington
  Susan Billington
4 4
  J Asbóth
  Z Körmöczy
6 7
  G Mezzi
  R Bentley
2 5
  Gino Mezzi
  Rita Bentley
9 6
  Ian Vermaak
  Shirley Bloomer
7 0

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4   Enrique Morea
  Shirley Fry
6 3 6
  Philippe Chatrier
  Susan Chatrier
2 6 1
4   E Morea
  S Fry
6 6
  C Hannam
  A Shilcock
2 2
  Colin Hannam
  Anne Shilcock
6 6
  Ivor Warwick
  Pat Hird
3 3
4   E Morea
  S Fry
5 6 6
  R Hartwig
  D Knode
7 3 4
  Bobby Thorn
  Georgie Woodgate
6 3 0
  John Ager
  Jean Petchell
2 6 6
  J Ager
  J Petchell
4 1
  R Hartwig
  D Knode
6 6
  Rex Hartwig
  Dorothy Knode
6 6
  Jean Borotra
  Margot Gordon
3 1

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Staffan Stockenberg
  Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
6 2 5
  Guy Jackson
  Maeve Downey
4 6 7   G Jackson
  M Downey
6 2 5
  Russell Seymour
  Joan Bowyer
6 6   R Seymour
  J Bowyer
4 6 7
Q   Rex Hack
  Noelle Knight
4 2   R Seymour
  J Bowyer
4 1
  Hugh Stewart
  Helga Strecker
3 0   J Michelmore
  J Scott
6 6
  Jeffrey Michelmore
  Joan Scott
6 6   J Michelmore
  J Scott
6 6
  Malcolm Fox
  Valerie Lewis
10 11   M Fox
  V Lewis
4 4
  Eric Filby
  Rosemary Walsh
8 9   J Michelmore
  J Scott
6 8
  Gheorghe Sturdza
  Hazel Cheadle
2 0   A Dawes
  E Dawes
3 6
  Tony Dawes
  Betty Dawes
6 6   A Dawes
  E Dawes
3 10 7
  Cliff Hovell
  Mary Halford
2 4   C Baxter
  M Mackay
6 8 5
  Colin Baxter
  Molly Mackay
6 6   A Dawes
  E Dawes
  Roland Carter
  Molly Blair
0 3   T Anderson
  J MacLeod
w/o
Q   Billy Knight
  Jean Knight
6 6 Q   W Knight
  J Knight
1 5
  Tommy Anderson
  Joan MacLeod
6 6 6   T Anderson
  J MacLeod
6 7
  Ian McDonald
  Anne Goldsworthy
3 8 3

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Roy Wilson
  Bobbie Wilson
8 3 1
Q   John White
  Margaret Carlisle
6 6 6   J White
  M Carlisle
6 2 0
  Headley Baxter
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
6 6 6   H Baxter
  P Dawson-Scott
4 6 6
  Jean-Claude Molinari
  Gloria Butler
4 8 4   H Baxter
  P Dawson-Scott
3 4
  John Barrett
  Pat Harrison
11 3 3   B Woodroffe
  B Davidson
6 6
  Bryan Woodroffe
  Barbara Davidson
9 6 6   B Woodroffe
  B Davidson
6 6
  Czesław Spychała
  Bea Walter
6 2 6   C Spychała
  B Walter
2 4
  Jack Arkinstall
  Suzanne Schmitt
3 6 4   B Woodroffe
  B Davidson
3 4
  Lew Hoad
  Julia Sampson
6 6   L Hoad
  J Sampson
6 6
  Joe Hackett
  Doreen Spiers
1 3   L Hoad
  J Sampson
6 6
  Ron Statham
  Helen Fletcher
2 9 6   R Statham
  H Fletcher
1 2
  Philippe Washer
  Christiane Mercelis
6 7 4   L Hoad
  J Sampson
  Narendra Nath
  Michelle Bourbonnais
6 6   M Mohtadi
  B Knapp
w/o
  Dennis Brown
  Lorna White
4 1   N Nath
  M Bourbonnais
5 7
  Matthew Mohtadi
  Barbara Knapp
6 6   M Mohtadi
  B Knapp
7 9
  Vivian Gotto
  Roguie Bain
3 2

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Barry Green
  Billie Woodgate
4 5
  Roger Becker
  Viola White
6 7
  R Becker
  V White
5 7
  C Ferrer
  MJ de Riba
7 9
  Clive Wilderspin
  Gem Hoahing
5 7
  Carlos Ferrer
  María Josefa de Riba
7 9
  C Ferrer
  MJ de Riba
2 3
3   G Paish
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Jacques Peten
  Audrey Bilse
5 4
  John Horn
  Elaine Watson
7 6
  J Horn
  E Watson
4 3
3   G Paish
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  Dora Kilian
3 2
3   Geoffrey Paish
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Ian Campbell
  Helen Proudfoot
3 6
  Antal Jancsó
  Márta Peterdy-Wolf
6 8
  A Jancsó
  M Peterdy-Wolf
4 6 2
  E Tsai
  H Brewer
6 3 6
  Leslie Cater
  Leonie Brighton
5 6 1
  Edwin Tsai
  Heather Brewer
7 4 6
  E Tsai
  H Brewer
6 4 4
  W Skonecki
  V Alvensleben-Rigollet
2 6 6
  Władysław Skonecki
  Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet
6 6
  Fred Dehnert
  Fenny ten Bosch
3 3
  W Skonecki
  V Alvensleben-Rigollet
  B Destremau
  N Adamson
  Bernard Destremau
  Nelly Adamson
  Boebi van Meegeren
  Mary Lagerborg
w/o

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Ernst Buchholz
  Toto Zehden
w/o
  Freddie Huber
  Elizabeth Broz
  A Huber
  E Broz
6 8
  C Kemp
  E Lombard
4 6
  Cyril Kemp
  Betty Lombard
6 2 6
  Doug Scharenguivel
  Mary Eyre
4 6 4
  A Huber
  E Broz
3 4
1   V Seixas
  D Hart
6 6
  Harry Hopman
  Nell Hopman
1 7 6
  Don Butler
  Rosemary Bulleid
6 5 1
  H Hopman
  E Hopman
1 2
1   V Seixas
  D Hart
6 6
  Jaime Bartrolí
  Nancy Glover
0 0
1   Vic Seixas
  Doris Hart
6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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