Mervyn Rose defeated
Rex Hartwig 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1954 Australian Championships
The 1954 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 22 January to 1 February. It was the 42nd edition of the Australian Championships (now known a ...
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was the defending champion and the first-seed but lost in a five-set semifinal to fifth-seeded and eventual champion Mervyn Rose.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Mervyn Rose is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Ken Rosewall ''(semifinals)''
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Tony Trabert ''(second round)''
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Rex Hartwig ''(finalist)''
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Vic Seixas ''(quarterfinals)''
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Mervyn Rose ''(champion)''
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''(quarterfinals)''
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George Worthington ''(quarterfinals)''
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Bill Talbert ''(first round)''
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Clive Wilderspin
Clive Eric Wilderspin, (3 April 1930 – 13 November 2021) was an Australian former tennis player who was active from the late 1940s until the mid-1950s.
Tennis career
Wilderspin began playing at age nine and joined Hensman Park club when he ...
''(first round)''
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Robert Perry ''(second round)''
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Ian Ayre
Ian Ayre is the CEO of Nashville SC of Major League Soccer and a former chief executive officer and main board director of Premier League club Liverpool.
Career
Leaving school at age 16, he joined the Royal Navy. After leaving the senior servi ...
''(second round)''
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Owen Williams ''(second round)''
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John Bromwich ''(semifinals)''
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Abe Segal
Alan Abraham Segal (23 October 1930 – 4 April 2016) was a South African tennis player.
Early life and career
He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was Jewish.
During the 1950s and 1960s, he was the doubles partner of Gordon Forb ...
''(second round)''
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Neale Fraser ''(second round)''
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Jean-Noel Grinda ''(second round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
* r =
Retired
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Singles,1954
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
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