1953 French Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1953 French Championships (now known as the French Open
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Ken Rosewall
(AUS) defeated
Victor Elias Seixas (USA) 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2
Maureen Connolly
(USA) defeated Doris Hart
(USA) 6-2 6-4
French Open (tennis)
The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are...
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Men's Singles
Ken RosewallKen Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
(AUS) defeated
Victor Elias Seixas (USA) 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2Women's Singles
Maureen ConnollyMaureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year.-Biography:...
(USA) defeated
Doris HartDoris 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...
(USA) 6-2 6-4