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1953 Australian Championships (tennis)
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The 1953 Australian Championships were held at Kooyong Stadium
, Melbourne
. Maureen Connolly
won the women's singles, this was the first step towards the first Grand Slam by a woman.
Ken Rosewall
defeated Mervyn Rose
6-0 6-3 6-4
Maureen Connolly Brinker
defeated Julie Sampson Haywood
6-3, 6-2
Kooyong Stadium
Kooyong Stadium, at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, is a tennis venue, located in Melbourne, Australia. The stadium was built in 1927 and has a capacity of 8,500....
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year.-Biography:...
won the women's singles, this was the first step towards the first Grand Slam by a woman.
Men's Singles
Ken RosewallKen Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
defeated
Mervyn RoseMervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959...
6-0 6-3 6-4
Women's Singles
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year.-Biography:...
defeated
Julie Sampson Haywood
Julia Ann Sampson Hayward is a female former tennis player from the United States who won two Grand Slam titles.As the second seeded foreign player, Hayward reached the singles final of the 1953 Australian Championships, losing to Maureen Connolly Brinker 6–3, 6–2.Hayward and Rex Hartwig teamed to...
6-3, 6-2