1955 Torneo Godó
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The 1955 Torneo Godó was the third edition of the Torneo Godó
Torneo Godó
The Barcelona Open also known as Torneo Godó, Trofeo Conde de Godó, Open Banco Sabadell, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event has been held annually in Barcelona, Spain since 1953, and is played on clay courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit...

 and it took place from May 10-15, 1955.

Seeds



  1.   Budge Patty
    Budge Patty
    John "Budge" Edward Patty was an American male tennis player. He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles...

     (Runner-up)

  2.   Art Larsen
    Art Larsen
    Arthur David Larsen was an American male tennis player best remembered for his victory at the U.S. Championships in 1950 and for his eccentricities...

     (Champion)

  3.   Mervyn Rose
    Mervyn Rose
    Mervyn Rose was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959...

     (Semifinalist)

  4.   Herbert Flam
    Herbert Flam
    ----Herbert Flam was an American tennis player.Considered to be one of the best male Jewish tennis players in history, he was ranked World No...

     (Quarterfinalist)



    1.   Wladyslaw Skonecki (Third round)

    2.   Robert Bedard (Quarterfinalist)

    3.   Staffan Stockenberg (Quarterfinalist)

    4.   George Worthington (Quarterfinalist)


Finals

First round

Only three first round matches were played, the rest of the players received a bye into the second round.

Those three round matches were the following matches:
Draper def.   Carbó 6/2, 6/1. Walter def.   Catá 6/3, 5/7, 6/1. Bartrolí def.   Alaponst 6/3, 6/2.

Top half

Bottom half

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