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1954 Australian Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1954 Australian Championships
Final
Champion	Mervyn Rose
Runner-up	Rex Hartwig
Score	6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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1954 tennis event results

Mervyn Rose defeated Rex Hartwig 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1954 Australian Championships.^[1][2]

Ken Rosewall was the defending champion and the first-seed but lost in a five-set semifinal to fifth-seeded and eventual champion Mervyn Rose.

Seeds[edit]

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

Tony Trabert (second round)

Rex Hartwig (finalist)

Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)

Mervyn Rose (champion)

Ham Richardson (quarterfinals)

George Worthington (quarterfinals)

Bill Talbert (first round)

Clive Wilderspin (first round)

Robert Perry (second round)

Ian Ayre (second round)

Owen Williams (second round)

John Bromwich (semifinals)

Abe Segal (second round)

Neale Fraser (second round)

Jean-Noël Grinda (second round)

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Finals[edit]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Ken Rosewall	6	6	7
	6	Ham Richardson	3	4	5
										1	Ken Rosewall	3	3	6	6	5
										5	Mervyn Rose	6	6	3	1	7
	5	Mervyn Rose	8	9	9	6
	4	Vic Seixas	6	7	11	4
																			5	Mervyn Rose	6	0	6	6
																			3	Rex Hartwig	2	6	4	2
	3	Rex Hartwig	6	6	6
		Ashley Cooper	2	3	4
										3	Rex Hartwig	8	6	9
										13	John Bromwich	6	4	7
	7	George Worthington	6	3	6	3	1
	13	John Bromwich	3	6	2	6	6

Earlier rounds[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	1	Rosewall	6	6	6
		Cawthorn	2	3	1					1	Rosewall	6	6	6
	14	Segal	6	6	6					14	Segal	4	3	1
		Pickard	4	1	4														1	Rosewall	6	6	7
	11	Ayre	6	6	6														6	Richardson	3	4	5
		Reid	3	2	1					11	Ayre	0	3	4
	6	Richardson	6	7	6					6	Richardson	6	6	6
		Mason	0	5	4																							1	Rosewall	3	3	6	6	5
	5	Rose	6	6	6																							5	Rose	6	6	3	1	7
		Meyer	3	2	3					5	Rose	2	6	6	7
	10	Perry	2	6	6	6				10	Perry	6	4	4	5
		Knight	6	2	4	3													5	Rose	8	9	9	6
	15	Fraser	6	6	6														4	Seixas	6	7	11	4
		Anderson	3	3	0					15	Fraser	7	6	5
	4	Seixas	4	6	6	6				4	Seixas	9	8	7
		O'Brien	6	4	1	3

Section 2[edit]

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	3	Hartwig	7	6	6
		Davies	5	3	4					3	Hartwig	6	6	6
	16	Grinda	6	6	6					16	Grinda	4	0	2
		Hann	3	3	1														3	Hartwig	6	6	6
		Cooper	6	2	7	6														Cooper	2	3	4
	9	Wilderspin	4	6	5	3					Cooper	6	6	6
		Gilmour	6	8	6						Gilmour	4	2	3
	8	Talbert	3	6	1																							3	Hartwig	8	6	9
	7	Worthington	5	6	6	6																						13	Bromwich	6	4	7
		Emerson	7	4	0	0				7	Worthington
	12	Williams	6	8	6					12	Williams	w/o
		Blacklock	4	6	1														7	Worthington	3	6	2	6	6
	13	Bromwich	6	6	6														13	Bromwich	6	3	6	3	1
		Sherriff	2	3	1					13	Bromwich	1	1	6	6	6
	2	Trabert	6	7	6					2	Trabert	6	6	2	3	1
		Kennedy	4	5	4

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• [1] Source for the draw at ausopen.com