1955 French Championships – Men's singles explained

First-seeded Tony Trabert defeated Sven Davidson 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1955 French Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Tony Trabert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Tony Trabert (champion)
2. Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)
3. Budge Patty (quarterfinals)
4. Ham Richardson (semifinals)
5. Art Larsen (fourth round)
6. Enrique Morea (fourth round)
7. Giuseppe Merlo (semifinals)
8. Mervyn Rose (quarterfinals)
9. Władysław Skonecki (fourth round)
10. Philippe Washer (fourth round)
11. Sven Davidson (final)
12. Herbert Flam (quarterfinals)
13. Paul Rémy (fourth round)
14. Jacques Brichant (fourth round)
15. Kurt Nielsen (fourth round)
16. Luis Ayala (fourth round)

Draw

Key

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

Earlier rounds

Section 8

External links

• Web site: Official 1955 Men's Draw . 2007-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200905/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1955_en.pdf . 2007-09-30 . dead .   on the French Open website