First-seeded
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
Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1954 French Championships.
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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Nelly Adamson ''(semifinals)''
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Helen Fletcher ''(first round)''
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Silvana Lazzarino ''(semifinals)''
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Anne-Marie Seghers ''(quarterfinals)''
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Baba Mercedes Lewis ''(third round)''
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Yola Ramírez
Yolanda Ramírez Ochoa (born 1 March 1935) is a Mexican tennis player active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was twice a singles finalist and once a women's doubles champion and mixed doubles champion at the French Open.
Career
Ramírez was a singl ...
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Toto Zehden ''(third round)''
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Dorothy Levine ''(quarterfinals)''
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Ginette Bucaille ''(finalist)''
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Jacqueline Kermina ''(third round)''
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A. Baxter ''(first round)''
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Pilar Barril
Pilar Barril (10 October 1931 – 30 September 2011) was a Spanish tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player u ...
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Shirley Bloomer
Shirley Brasher (née Bloomer; born 13 June 1934) is a former tennis player from England who won three Grand Slam titles during her career and who was the top-ranked singles player in her country in 1957.
Early life
She attended Cleethorpes Gir ...
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Nicla Migliori ''(second round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
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* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...
* r =
Retired
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
* on the French Open website
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