1953 Australian Championships - Men's Singles

Ken Rosewall defeated Mervyn Rose 6-0 6-3 6-4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1953 Australian Championships.

''See also:

1953 Australian Championships - Women's Singles

Seeds

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

Mervyn Rose (Finalist) Vic Seixas (Semifinalist) Ken Rosewall (Champion) Fausto Gardini (Second round) Lew Hoad (Second round) Ham Richardson (Quarterfinalist)

Geoffrey Brown (Quarterfinalist) Straight Clark (Quarterfinalist) Don Candy (Second round) Rex Hartwig (Second round) Ian Ayre (Semifinalist) Neale Fraser (Second round)

Draw

Key

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

Finals

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

Section 2

External links

• 1953 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw