First-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated

Julia Sampson Julia Ann Sampson Hayward (née Sampson; February 2, 1934 – December 27, 2011) was a female tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1950s. She won two Grand Slam titles in doubles. Tennis career As the second seeded foreign ...

6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the

1953 Australian Championships The 1953 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 9 January to 17 January. It was the 41st edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the ...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Maureen Connolly ''(champion)'' #

''(finalist)'' #

Helen Angwin Helen Angwin (born c. 1931) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the first half of the 1950s. Career In 1952 she was runner-up in the singles event of the Australian Championship, losing the final in straight sets to compat ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Mary Hawton ''(semifinals)'' #

Beryl Penrose Beryl Penrose (22 December 1930 – 20 June 2021) was an Australian international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open eight times, from 1950 to 1957. Penrose won the singles title in 1955 defeating compatriot Thelma Coyne Long i ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Pam Southcombe ''(quarterfinals)'' # Alison Baker ''(second round)'' # Dorn Fogarty ''(semifinals)'' #

Nell Hall Hopman Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and ca ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Gwen Thiele Gwen Thiele (née O'Halloran; 23 March 1918 – 16 November 1979) was an Australian tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (do ...

''(second round)''

Draw

Key

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

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

External links

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1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

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