1955 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Rose partnered with George Worthington but lost in the semifinals to Hartwig and his partner Lew Hoad.

Men's Doubles
1955 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad
Runners-up Neale Fraser
Ken Rosewall
Final score7–5, 6–4, 6–3
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4

Hartwig and Hoad defeated Neale Fraser and Ken Rosewall in the final, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Vic Seixas / Tony Trabert (Semifinals)
02.   Rex Hartwig / Lew Hoad (Champions)
03.   Neale Fraser / Ken Rosewall (Semifinals)
04.   Budge Patty / Ham Richardson (Third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
2 Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad
6 6 2 6
Ramanathan Krishnan
Naresh Kumar
2 4 6 2
2 Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad
7 6 6 2 6
Mervyn Rose
George Worthington
9 4 4 6 1
John Ager
Pablo Eisenberg
3 1 2
Mervyn Rose
George Worthington
6 6 6
2 Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad
7 6 6
3 Neale Fraser
Ken Rosewall
5 4 3
Herbie Flam
Adrian Quist
4 6 6 2
3 Neale Fraser
Ken Rosewall
6 4 8 6
3 Neale Fraser
Ken Rosewall
6 1 6 4 6
1 Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
2 6 1 6 3
Bob Perry
Gilbert Shea
6 1 1
1 Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
8 6 6

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
2 Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad
6 3 9 8
Jean-Noël Grinda
Jean-Claude Molinari
3 6 7 6 2 R Hartwig
L Hoad
6 6 6
Andrés Hammersley
Harry Hopman
0 11 6 7 A Hammersley
H Hopman
2 2 1
Q John Drinkall
Martin Hime
6 9 1 5 2 R Hartwig
L Hoad
6 6 6
Eric Bulmer
John Ward
6 6 5 6 E Bulmer
J Ward
2 0 3
Ralph Oliver
Howard Walton
0 2 7 3 E Bulmer
J Ward
10 2 6 3 6
Eric Filby
Doug Scharenguivel
4 2 7 E della Paolera
A Russell
8 6 4 6 3
Ernesto della Paolera
Alejo Russell
6 6 9 2 R Hartwig
L Hoad
6 6 2 6
Eduardo Argon
Jaime Bartrolí
0 1 3 R Krishnan
N Kumar
2 4 6 2
Ramanathan Krishnan
Naresh Kumar
6 6 6 R Krishnan
N Kumar
6 6 6
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Gino Mezzi
w/o Q R Kaley
F Wallis
1 3 2
Q Reg Kaley
Francis Wallis
R Krishnan
N Kumar
6 6 6
Hans van Dalsum
Fred Dehnert
3 2 2 A Mottram
G Paish
2 2 3
LL Basil Hutchins
Geoffrey Owen
6 6 6 B Hutchins
G Owen
3 2 2
Tony Mottram
Geoffrey Paish
7 6 6 A Mottram
G Paish
6 6 6
Ian McDonald
Hans Redl
5 1 1

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 Budge Patty
Ham Richardson
6 6 6
Freddie Huber
Franz Saiko
3 1 3 4 J Patty
H Richardson
6 6 6
Josip Palada
Ilija Panajotović
13 2 3 4 I Gulyás
I Sikorszki
2 4 2
István Gulyás
István Sikorszki
11 6 6 6 4 J Patty
H Richardson
w/o
Philippe Chatrier
Marc Lasry
0 1 3 J Ager
P Eisenberg
John Ager
Pablo Eisenberg
6 6 6 J Ager
P Eisenberg
6 5 6 7
Gardnar Mulloy
Bud Robineau
7 3 4 S Schwartz
S Stockenberg
1 7 4 5
Sidney Schwartz
Staffan Stockenberg
9 6 6 J Ager
P Eisenberg
3 1 2
Headley Baxter
Claude Lister
0 3 1 M Rose
G Worthington
6 6 6
Mike Davies
Billy Knight
6 6 6 M Davies
W Knight
4 6 6 0 3
Abe Segal
Ian Vermaak
5 13 6 12 J Arkinstall
R Howe
6 4 2 6 6
Jack Arkinstall
Bob Howe
7 15 3 14 J Arkinstall
R Howe
3 5 2
Luis Ayala
Władysław Skonecki
6 6 7 M Rose
G Worthington
6 7 6
Arsenio Motolko
Isaías Pimentel
3 4 5 L Ayala
W Skonecki
2 6 1 3
Mervyn Rose
George Worthington
6 6 10 M Rose
G Worthington
6 2 6 6
Mal Anderson
Geoff Radford
4 2 8

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen
6 6 6
Donald Flye
Malcolm Fox
1 2 3 S Davidson
K Nielsen
1 4 4
Herbie Flam
Adrian Quist
6 6 6 H Flam
A Quist
6 6 6
Q Colin Hannam
Dick Potter
1 1 2 H Flam
A Quist
6 3 6 6
LL Norman Dale
John Melhuish
1 3 2 L Bergelin
T Johansson
1 6 4 1
Lennart Bergelin
Torsten Johansson
6 6 6 L Bergelin
T Johansson
6 9 6 6
Q András Kálmán
DE Wright
3 4 3 S Højberg
A Vincent
3 11 4 4
Søren Højberg
Tony Vincent
6 6 6 H Flam
A Quist
4 6 6 2
Robert Bédard
Don Fontana
4 3 8 6 4 3 N Fraser
K Rosewall
6 4 8 6
Jean Borotra
Robert Haillet
6 6 6 2 6 J Borotra
R Haillet
4 5 4
Trevor Fancutt
Owen Williams
6 6 6 T Fancutt
O Williams
6 7 6
Ivan Devroe
Jacques Peten
1 3 0 T Fancutt
O Williams
2 2 1
Q Rupert Huber
Peter Scholl
2 4 1 3 N Fraser
K Rosewall
6 6 6
Jaroslav Drobný
Enrique Morea
6 6 6 J Drobný
E Morea
6 6 2 3
Tony Clayton
Peter Moys
2 1 1 3 N Fraser
K Rosewall
4 8 6 6
3 Neale Fraser
Ken Rosewall
6 6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
George Druliner
John Fleitz
6 2 8 6
René Buser
Stefán László
4 6 6 2 G Druliner
J Fleitz
6 6 6 6
Gordon Forbes
Russell Seymour
w/o JM Draper
E Martínez
0 2 8 1
José María Draper
Emilio Martínez
G Druliner
J Fleitz
5 5 2
Geoff Ward
Ivor Warwick
2 6 6 5 R Perry
G Shea
7 7 6
Art Larsen
Hugh Stewart
6 4 8 7 A Larsen
H Stewart
5 2 4
Ashley Cooper
Bill Gilmour
6 4 10 6 8 R Perry
G Shea
7 6 6
Bob Perry
Gilbert Shea
4 6 12 3 10 R Perry
G Shea
6 1 1
Arthur Gubb
Cedric Mason
4 5 2 1 V Seixas
A Trabert
8 6 6
Nicola Pietrangeli
Orlando Sirola
6 7 6 N Pietrangeli
O Sirola
6 9 9
Jacques Brichant
Philippe Washer
8 6 6 J Brichant
P Washer
4 7 7
Henry Billington
Don Butler
6 2 2 N Pietrangeli
O Sirola
6 18 4 4 1
Tony Pickard
Bobby Wilson
6 6 6 1 V Seixas
A Trabert
4 16 6 6 6
John Horn
Czesław Spychała
4 3 4 A Pickard
R Wilson
1 1 1
John Barrett
Roger Becker
6 2 1 1 V Seixas
A Trabert
6 6 6
1 Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
8 6 6

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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