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London Hard Courts 1953

General Date0000-00-00 - 1953-05-09
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceClay
Rounds5
CityHurlingham
CountryEngland

Source Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Media

Winner Player Ian Clyde Vermaak

Players

J.K. Ashner
R.W. Boutcher
Anthony J. (Tony) Clayton
J. Collum
William E. (Bill) Davis
John Laurence (Jack) Deloford
Lovell Percival (Percy) Ernst

Rupert William Ferdinands
Donald L. Fonseka
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland
Keith Roy Malcolm
Peter Moys
B.R. Rumball

Ian Clyde Vermaak
Francis J. Wallis
Geoffrey L. Ward
Ernest Wittman
Brian Maxwell Woodroffe

Rounds
Round 1

Donald L. Fonseka*
R.W. Boutcher

6-3 6-2

Francis J. Wallis*
J.K. Ashner

6-4 6-3

Rupert William Ferdinands*
Anthony J. (Tony) Clayton

7-9 7-5 7-5

Lovell Percival (Percy) Ernst*
John Laurence (Jack) Deloford

7-5 6-3

Round 2

Donald L. Fonseka*
Peter Moys

9-7 6-1

William E. (Bill) Davis*
Francis J. Wallis

7-5 6-4

Billy Knight*
Rupert William Ferdinands

6-1 6-3

Frederick (Derrick) Leyland*
Lovell Percival (Percy) Ernst

6-3 8-6

Brian Woodroffe*
Ernest Wittman

6-4 3-6 8-6

Keith Roy Malcolm*
B.R. Rumball

6-2 6-0

Geoffrey L. Ward*
J. Collum

6-3 6-2

Quarterfinals

Ian Vermaak*
Donald L. Fonseka

6-2 6-1

Billy Knight*
William E. (Bill) Davis

4-6 11-9 6-2

Frederick (Derrick) Leyland*
Brian Woodroffe

w.o.

Geoffrey L. Ward*
Keith Roy Malcolm

5-7 6-3 8-6

Semifinals

Ian Vermaak*
Billy Knight

6-3 6-3

Geoffrey L. Ward*
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland

6-2 6-2

Final

Ian Vermaak*
Geoffrey L. Ward

6-1 6-2

Tournament

Round 1