1953 NCAA tennis championships

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1953 NCAA tennis championships
NCAA logo.svg
DateJune 22–27, 1953
Edition42nd
Location Flag of New York.svg Syracuse, NY, USA
Venue Drumlins Country Club
(Syracuse University)
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Ham Richardson
(Tulane)
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Perry / Flag of the United States.svg Lawrence Huebner
(UCLA)
Men's team
UCLA (3rd title)
  1952  · NCAA tennis championships ·  1954  

The 1953 NCAA tennis championships were the seventh annual tournaments hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champions of men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis among its members in the United States, held at the end of the 1952 NCAA tennis season. [1]

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This year's tournaments were played in Syracuse, New York, hosted by Syracuse University, from June 22–27, 1953.

The tournament was directed by Syracuse athletic director Milton R. Howard, and the official referee was Perry Rockafellow, the tennis coach from Colgate.

A total of 72 teams entered in the singles tournament and 30 teams joined the doubles bracket, representing a total of 31 universities. [2]

Team scoring

RankTeamSinglesDoublesTotal
Gold medal icon.svg UCLA 5611
Silver medal icon.svg California 246
Bronze medal icon.svg Tulane 415
4 USC 224
5 Washington 112
6 Texas 112

Singles tournament

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                     
G Shea (USC)116
F Hagist (CAL)9 1
G Shea (USC)4 3 60
R Livingston (UCLA)663 6
R Livingston (UCLA)112 6
W Quillian (WASH)9 63
R Livingston (UCLA)2 1 1
H Richardson (TUL)666
H Richardson (TUL)66
J Ricksen (CAL)1 2
H Richardson (TUL)66
R Perry (UCLA)1 2
R Perry (UCLA)66
J Hernandez (TEX)1 3

Doubles tournament

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                     
Perry / Huebner (UCLA)88
Ricksen / Ricksen (CAL)6 6
Perry / Huebner (UCLA)696
Shea / Grigry (USC)1 7 3
Shea / Grigry (USC)4 86
Quillian / Flye (WASH)66 3
Perry / Huebner (UCLA)2 74 76
Mayne / Ditzler (CAL)65 65 4
Mayne / Ditzler (CAL)66
Hernandez / Springer (TEX)3 1
Mayne / Ditzler (CAL)4 1466
Livingston / Reed (UCLA)612 1 4
Livingston / Reed (UCLA)3 69
Richardson / Wickersham (TUL)6 1 7

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association Yearbook, 1953–1954. New York, NY: NCAA Service Bureau. 1954.