Australian Hard Courts Championship 1953


General 1953-03-07 - 1953-03-14
Amateur
Clay
5
Rockdale, Tennis Club, Sydney
Australia

Source Racquet/Sydney Morning Herald


Info Draw: 32



Media


Winner Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad


Players
Adrian Alle
Malcolm James (Mal) Anderson
Maxwell (Max) Anderson
Ian George Ayre
Harold Baines
N.E. Balley
John Edward Bromwich
Geoffrey Edmund Brown
Don Buchanan
B. Cormack
Roy Stanley Emerson
Neale Andrew Fraser
William W. (Bill) Gilmour
Rex Noel Hartwig
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Brian Hudson
Eric Johnson
Allan Crawford Kendall
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Neville James Langford
John F. O'Brien
Geoffrey C. Pryor
Adrian Karl Quist
Graham A. Regan
Mervyn Gordon Rose
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Edward Charles Ross (Ross) Sherriff
Oswald William Thomas (Bill) Sidwell
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove
Ken Thoms
Clive Eric Wilderspin
Warren W. Woodcock


Rounds
Round 1
Mervyn Rose*
Ken Thoms
6-0 6-2 6-4
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove*
Allan Kendall
6-2 0-6 6-2 6-0
John Bromwich*
Eric Johnson
6-1 6-4 6-2
Neale Fraser*
Graham A. Regan
6-1 6-1 6-4
John F. O'Brien*
Adrian Alle
6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2
Clive Wilderspin*
B. Cormack
6-0 6-1 6-1
Ian Ayre*
Geoffrey C. Pryor
6-1 6-0 6-4
Bill Sidwell*
Roy Emerson
6-0 8-6 6-2
Lew Hoad*
Don Buchanan
8-6 6-3 6-2
Bill Gilmour*
Brian Hudson
6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1
Neville James Langford*
Adrian Quist
6-1 3-6 6-3 ret.
Rex Hartwig*
Mal Anderson
5-7 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
Geoff Brown*
Billy Knight
6-1 6-4 6-3
Maxwell (Max) Anderson*
N.E. Balley
7-5 6-4 6-4
Ross Sherriff*
Warren W. Woodcock
6-3 5-7 9-7 6-0
Ken Rosewall*
Harold Baines
8-6 6-1 6-1

Round 2
John F. O'Brien*
Clive Wilderspin
8-6 4-6 6-4 6-3
Bill Sidwell*
Ian Ayre
6-0 3-6 2-6 6-3 7-5
Mervyn Rose*
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove
6-0 6-1 6-1
John Bromwich*
Neale Fraser
4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0
Lew Hoad*
Bill Gilmour
4-6 6-2 8-6 6-2
Rex Hartwig*
Neville James Langford
6-2 6-1 6-0
Maxwell (Max) Anderson*
Geoff Brown
w.o.
Ken Rosewall*
Ross Sherriff
2-6 6-2 7-5 6-2

Quarterfinals
John Bromwich*
Mervyn Rose
8-6 6-1 6-1
Lew Hoad*
Rex Hartwig
4-6 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-1
Bill Sidwell*
John F. O'Brien
6-1 6-2 3-6 6-2
Ken Rosewall*
Maxwell (Max) Anderson
6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1

Semifinals
John Bromwich*
Bill Sidwell
6-1 6-3 6-0
Lew Hoad*
Ken Rosewall
6-1 3-6 6-1 6-8 7-5

Final
Lew Hoad*
John Bromwich
7-5 6-3 2-6 9-7


Tournament
Round 1
Lew Hoad*
Don Buchanan
Bill Gilmour*
Brian Hudson
Rex Hartwig*
Mal Anderson
Neville James Langford*
Adrian Quist
Ken Rosewall*
Harold Baines
Ross Sherriff*
Warren W. Woodcock
Maxwell (Max) Anderson*
N.E. Balley
Geoff Brown*
Billy Knight
John Bromwich*
Eric Johnson
Neale Fraser*
Graham A. Regan
Mervyn Rose*
Ken Thoms
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove*
Allan Kendall
Bill Sidwell*
Roy Emerson
Ian Ayre*
Geoffrey C. Pryor
John F. O'Brien*
Adrian Alle
Clive Wilderspin*
B. Cormack
Round 2
Lew Hoad*
Bill Gilmour
Rex Hartwig*
Neville James Langford
Ken Rosewall*
Ross Sherriff
Maxwell (Max) Anderson*
Geoff Brown
John Bromwich*
Neale Fraser
Mervyn Rose*
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove
Bill Sidwell*
Ian Ayre
John F. O'Brien*
Clive Wilderspin
Quarterfinals
Lew Hoad*
Rex Hartwig
Ken Rosewall*
Maxwell (Max) Anderson
John Bromwich*
Mervyn Rose
Bill Sidwell*
John F. O'Brien
Semifinals
Lew Hoad*
Ken Rosewall
John Bromwich*
Bill Sidwell
Final
Lew Hoad*
John Bromwich