1955 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
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Tony Trabert
Tony Trabert
Marion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...

 defeated Kurt Nielsen
Kurt Nielsen
Kurt Nielsen was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and is the only Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament....

 6–3 7–5 6–1 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championships
1955 Wimbledon Championships
-Men's Singles: Tony Trabert defeated Kurt Nielsen 6-3 7-5 6-1-Women's Singles: Louise Brough Clapp defeated Beverly Baker Fleitz 7-5, 8-6...

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See also:
1955 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles
1955 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Reigning champion Maureen Connolly did not defend her title. Louise Brough defeated Beverley Fleitz 7–5 8–6 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Tony Trabert
Tony Trabert
Marion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1.   Tony Trabert
    Tony Trabert
    Marion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...

     (Champion)
  2.   Ken Rosewall
    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)
  3.   Vic Seixas
    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...

     (Second round)
  4.   Lew Hoad
    Lew Hoad
    Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....

     (Quarterfinalist)
  5.   Rex Hartwig
    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:...

     (Third round)
  6.   Jaroslav Drobný
    Jaroslav Drobný
    Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...

     (Quarterfinalist)
  7.   J.E. Patty (Semifinalist)
  8.   Sven Davidson
    Sven Davidson
    Sven 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...

     (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

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