1953 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1953 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Maureen Connolly
Runner-up	Doris Hart
Final score	8–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed
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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]

Seeds[]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	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

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	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

Section 2[]

	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

Section 3[]

	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

Section 4[]

	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

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

	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	0r
		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

Section 6[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
			6	4
		Betty Dawes	8	6					B Dawes	1	3
		Barbara 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

Section 7[]

	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

Section 8[]

	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

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com