1953 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles explained

Tony Trabert defeated Vic Seixas 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1953 U.S. National Championships.^[1]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Tony Trabert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.^{[2] [1]}

U.S.

1. Vic Seixas (finalist)
2. Tony Trabert (champion)
3. Gardnar Mulloy (quarterfinals)
4. Arthur Larsen (fourth round)
5. Ham Richardson (fourth round)
6. Straight Clark (third round)
7. Budge Patty (quarterfinals)
8. Tom Brown (fourth round)

Foreign

1. Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
2. Lew Hoad (semifinals)
3. Mervyn Rose (fourth round)
4. Kurt Nielsen (quarterfinals)
5. Rex Hartwig (second round)
6. Enrique Morea (second round)
7. Sven Davidson (quarterfinals)
8. Ian Ayre (fourth round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Earlier rounds

Section 8

External links

• 1953 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

Notes and References

1. Book: Talbert, Bill. Bill Talbert. Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's singles Champions, 1881–1966,. 1967. 172306. Barre Publishers. Barre. 128.
2. News: Seeding Made for National Tennis Meet. Sarasota Journal. AP. August 27, 1953. 9. Google News Archive.