Second-seeded
Jack Crawford defeated first-seeded, and reigning champion,
Henri Cochet
Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Born in ...
8–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1933 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Jack Crawford is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Henri Cochet
Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Born in ...
''(finalist)''
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Jack Crawford ''(champion)''
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Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Daniel Prenn
Daniel Prenn (7 September 1904 – 3 September 1991) was a Russian Empire-born German, Polish, and British tennis player who was Jewish. He was ranked the world No. 6 for 1932 by A. Wallis Myers, and the European No. 1 by "American Lawn Tennis" ...
''(fourth round)''
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Giorgio de Stefani ''(fourth round)''
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Jiro Satoh ''(semifinals)''
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Frank Shields
Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for ''Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1937).
Tennis career
Between 1928 and 1945 he was ranked e ...
''(fourth round)''
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Roderich Menzel
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (; 13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was a Czech-German amateur tennis player and, after his active career, a writer.
Birth
Roderich Menzel was born in Reichenberg in Bohemia (today Liberec in the Czech Republi ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Vivian McGrath
Vivian Erzerum Bede McGrath (17 February 1916 – 9 April 1978) was a tennis champion from Australia. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the early great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw".
Biography ...
''(second round)''
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Christian Boussus
Christian Boussus (5 March 1908 – August 2003) was a left-handed French tennis player who found success in the 1920s and 1930s.
Tennis career
He started playing amateur tennis in the late 1920s by entering one of his first tournaments at the ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Colin Robbins ''(fourth round)''
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Ryosuke Nunoi ''(third round)''
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Harry Lee ''(semifinals)''
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Hendrik Timmer
Hendrik ("Henk") Timmer (; 8 February 1904 – 13 November 1998) was a Dutch sportsman, who primarily played tennis. Born in Utrecht, Timmer also won golf tournaments, became Dutch squash champion, played badminton and hockey. He died aged 94 ...
''(second round)''
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Patrick Hughes ''(third round)''
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Vernon Kirby
Vernon Gordon 'Bob' Kirby (22 June 1911 – 27 September 1994) was a South African tennis player.
Biography
Kirby was educated at the Durban High School where he played cricket and football. He started tennis at the age of five and played in ...
''(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
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Men's Singles,1933
1933 in French tennis
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...