# 1953 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall defeated Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose in the final, 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1953 Wimbledon Championship.

## Seeds

    01. Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall (champions)
    02. Gardnar Mulloy / Vic Seixas (semifinals)
    03. Rex Hartwig / Mervyn Rose (final)
    04. Jaroslav Drobný / Budge Patty (third round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Freddie Huber Hans Redl | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Freddie Huber Hans Redl | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Władysław Skonecki Staffan Stockenberg | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Władysław Skonecki Staffan Stockenberg | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| | Hugh Stewart Armando Vieira | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Gardnar Mulloy Vic Seixas | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Naresh Kumar Narendra Nath | 2 | 1 | 8 | | 2 | Gardnar Mulloy Vic Seixas | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Gardnar Mulloy Vic Seixas | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | René Buser Ivan Devroe | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | 1 | L Hoad K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Josip Palada Vladimir Petrović | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | J Palada V Petrović | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Clive Bernstein Jacques Peten | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Hoad K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | O Rodriguez Mario Zeppenfeldt | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | S Davidson A Larsen | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Cyril Kemp Matthew Mohtadi | | | | | | | C Kemp M Mohtadi | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Antal Jancsó István Sikorszki | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | S Davidson A Larsen | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sven Davidson Art Larsen | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Hoad K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | Roger Becker Gerry Oakley | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Huber H Redl | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| | Freddie Huber Hans Redl | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | A Huber H Redl | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Vivian Gotto Jim McArdle | 5 | 3 | 2 | | | | D Fonseka D Scharenguivel | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Donald Fonseka Doug Scharenguivel | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | A Huber H Redl | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | |
| | Kurt Nielsen Torben Ulrich | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | K Nielsen T Ulrich | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | | K Nielsen T Ulrich | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tut Bartzen Grant Golden | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | B Bartzen G Golden | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Geoff Ward John Ward | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Jaroslav Drobný Budge Patty | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Henry Billington Don Butler | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | J Drobný J Patty | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eduardo Argon Gianni Clerici | 2 | 3 | 1 | | J Arkinstall B Green | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jack Arkinstall Barry Green | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | J Drobný J Patty | w/o | | | | | | |
| | Bernard Destremau Jean-Claude Molinari | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | J Brichant P Washer | | | | | | | |
| | Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer | 6 | 7 | 6 | | J Brichant P Washer | 8 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Johann Kupferburger Ian Vermaak | 8 | 6 | 7 | | J Kupferburger I Vermaak | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jaime Bartrolí Carlos Ferrer | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Brichant P Washer | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Stan Clark Cliff Hovell | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | W Skonecki S Stockenberg | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| | Robert Abdesselam Jean Borotra | 6 | 6 | 6 | | R Abdesselam J Borotra | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Ager Malcolm Fox | 5 | 3 | 4 | | J-N Grinda H Hopman | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jean-Noël Grinda Harry Hopman | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J-N Grinda H Hopman | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | Władysław Skonecki Staffan Stockenberg | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | W Skonecki S Stockenberg | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | | |
| | Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński | 3 | 0 | 5 | | W Skonecki S Stockenberg | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Colin Hannam Tony Pickard | 7 | 7 | 6 | | C Hannam A Pickard | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Anderson Edmund David | 5 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Søren Højberg Jørgen Ulrich | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Billy Knight Bobby Wilson | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | W Knight R Wilson | 6 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Douglas Snart Boebi van Meegeren | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | E Bulmer R Kaley | 3 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Eric Bulmer Reg Kaley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | W Knight R Wilson | 4 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Don Black Eric Filby | 4 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | H Stewart A Vieira | 6 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | |
| | Hugh Stewart Armando Vieira | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | H Stewart A Vieira | 4 | 16 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ian Ayre Clive Wilderspin | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | | I Ayre C Wilderspin | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ernst Buchholz Horst Hermann | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Stewart A Vieira | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| | JM Brown Edwin Tsai | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Hartwig M Rose | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| | Enrique Morea George Worthington | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | E Morea G Worthington | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Russell Seymour Bryan Woodroffe | 6 | 6 | 15 | | | | R Seymour B Woodroffe | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gérard Pilet Jacques Thomas | 3 | 3 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | E Morea G Worthington | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Fausto Gardini Giuseppe Merlo | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | 3 | R Hartwig M Rose | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Peter Hare Howard Walton | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | F Gardini G Merlo | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tim Lewis Ian McDonald | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | 3 | R Hartwig M Rose | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rex Hartwig Mervyn Rose | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Joe Hackett Guy Jackson | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Gino Mezzi | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | | | J Hackett G Jackson | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fred Dehnert Hans van Dalsum | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | H Baxter C Lister | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Headley Baxter Claude Lister | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | J Hackett G Jackson | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | József Asbóth Frigyes Bujtor | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | N Kumar N Nath | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Bernard Crouch Gerry Piercy | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | J Asbóth F Bujtor | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tommy Anderson Ron Statham | 5 | 0 | 1 | | | | N Kumar N Nath | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Naresh Kumar Narendra Nath | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Kumar N Nath | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| | Philippe Chatrier Gil de Kermadec | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Mulloy V Seixas | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| | Malcolm Gracie Ivor Warwick | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | P Chatrier G de Kermadec | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Barrett John Horn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | F Ampon R Deyro | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Felicisimo Ampon Raymundo Deyro | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | F Ampon R Deyro | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Colin Baxter Ian Campbell | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Mulloy V Seixas | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Bob Lee Tony Starte | 9 | 6 | 6 | | | | R Lee A Starte | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tony Mottram Geoffrey Paish | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | G Mulloy V Seixas | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Gardnar Mulloy Vic Seixas | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |