1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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Men's Doubles
1955 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Australia Rex Hartwig
Australia Lew Hoad
Runners-up Australia Neale Fraser
Australia Ken Rosewall
Final score 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed

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Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Rose partnered with George Worthington but lost in the semifinals to Hartwig and his partner Lew Hoad.

Hartwig and Hoad defeated Neale Fraser and Ken Rosewall in the final, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                                   
  2  Australia Rex Hartwig
Australia Lew Hoad
6 6 2 6  
 India Ramanathan Krishnan
India Naresh Kumar
2 4 6 2  
  2  Australia Rex Hartwig
Australia Lew Hoad
7 6 6 2 6  
   Australia Mervyn Rose
Australia George Worthington
9 4 4 6 1  
 United States John Ager
United States Pablo Eisenberg
3 1 2
   Australia Mervyn Rose
Australia George Worthington
6 6 6  
    2  Australia Rex Hartwig
Australia Lew Hoad
7 6 6
  3  Australia Neale Fraser
Australia Ken Rosewall
5 4 3
   United States Herbie Flam
Australia Adrian Quist
4 6 6 2  
3  Australia Neale Fraser
Australia Ken Rosewall
6 4 8 6  
3  Australia Neale Fraser
Australia Ken Rosewall
6 1 6 4 6
  1  United States Vic Seixas
United States Tony Trabert
2 6 1 6 3  
 United States Bob Perry
United States Gilbert Shea
6 1 1
  1  United States Vic Seixas
United States Tony Trabert
8 6 6  

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
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External links

  • [1] Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com