Vic SeixasElias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
defeated
Rex HartwigRex Noel Hartwig was an Australian tennis player.-Wimbledon:He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: In 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad.-Australian Championships:...
3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1954 U.S. National ChampionshipsList of Champions of the 1954 U.S. National Championships :-Men's Singles: Vic Seixas defeated Rex Hartwig 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4-Women's Singles: Doris Hart defeated Louise Brough Clapp 6-8, 6-1, 8-6...
.
See also:
- 1954 U.S. National Championships - Women's Singles
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Vic SeixasElias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
-
 Tony TrabertMarion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...
(Quarterfinalist)
-
 Lew HoadLewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
(Quarterfinalist)
- Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
(Champion)
- Ken 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...
(Semifinalist)
- Ham Richardson (Semifinalist)
-
 Sven DavidsonSven Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957...
(Fourth round)
- Arthur Larsen (Quarterfinalist)
- Rex Hartwig
Rex Noel Hartwig was an Australian tennis player.-Wimbledon:He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: In 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad.-Australian Championships:...
(Finalist)
- Eddie Moylan (Fourth round)
- Lennart Bergelin
Lennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping...
(Third round)
|
- Straight Clark
Louis Straight Clark was an American tennis player in the mid-20th Century. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.A member of the U.S...
(Third round)
- Neale Fraser
Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
(Fourth round)
- Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy is a tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. When he was the Tennis Coach of the University of Miami, he recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Pancho won three straight NCAA Singles Titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945,...
(Fourth round)
-
 Owen Williams (Fourth round)
- Tom Brown (Quarterfinalist)
-
 Kosei Kamo (Third round)
- Tut Bartzen (Third round)
-
 Lorne MainLorne Main is a former world-class amateur tennis player who competed 11 Grand Slam tournaments in singles. Main won the singles title of the prestigious Monte Carlo tennis championship in 1954 and was an integral Canada Davis Cup team team member during the early 1950s...
(Third round)
- Bill Talbert
William Franklin "Billy" Talbert was an American tennis player and administrator.He was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 13 times between 1941 & 1954. He won nine Grand Slam doubles titles, and also reached the men’s doubles finals of the U.S. National Championship nine times. mainly with favorite...
(Fourth round)
-
 Roger BeckerRoger Becker was a British tennis player.In 1952, Becker played in the Davis Cupat 18 years of age, the youngest British player to have done so at the time, his record stood until 2005 when it was broken by Andy Murray aged 17. He served as Paul Hutchins's coach for a time.-Sources:*...
(Third round)
|
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Final Eight
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
External links
The source of this article is
wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the
GFDL.
