Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win ...
defeated defending champion
Doris Hart in the final 6–2, 6–4, to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1953 French Championships. With this win, Connolly became the first woman to complete the Career
Grand Slam
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in Women's singles.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win ...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker (née Connolly; September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win ...
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Doris Hart ''(finalist)''
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Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 dou ...
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Baba Mercedes Lewis ''(first round)''
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Dorothy Head ''(semifinals)''
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Angela Mortimer
Florence Angela Margaret Mortimer Barrett, MBE (née Mortimer; born 21 April 1932) is a British former world No. 1 tennis player. Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, ...
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Jean Rinkel-Quertier ''(quarterfinals)''
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Susan Chatrier ''(quarterfinals)''
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Ann Gray ''(third round)''
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Julia Sampson ''(third round)''
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Nelly Adamson ''(quarterfinals)''
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Helen Fletcher ''(third round)''
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Ginette Bucaille ''(quarterfinals)''
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Silvana Lazzarino ''(third round)''
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Anne Shilcock ''(third round)''
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Raymonde Jones-Veber ''(third round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
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* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
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* r =
Retired
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Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
* on the French Open website
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1953 in tennis
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...
1953 in French women's sport
1953 in French tennis