HARTWIG, REX 1954 & 55
WIMBLEDON DOUBLES CHAMPION ORIGINAL TENNIS AUTOGRAPH & POSTCARD
ORIGINAL INK SIGNATURE OF REX HARTWIG CENTRAL TO AN AUTOGRAPH
ALBUM PAGE SIZE 6” x 3 ¾”, SOLD WITH AN ORIGINAL 1950’s BLACK & WHITE PLAIN BACK PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD SIZE 5 ½” x 3 ½” OF
REX HARTWIG IN FULL LENGTH STANDING POSE WITH HIS TENNIS RACQUET. BOTH ITEMS IN
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Rex Noel Hartwig (2nd September 1929 – 30th
December 2022) was an Australian tennis player. He won the doubles at
Wimbledon twice: in 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad.
In 1954 Hartwig was runner-up at the Australian championships to his Davis Cup
teammate Mervyn Rose. In 1953, he won the doubles with Rose and the mixed
doubles with Julia Sampson Hayward. In 1954 he again won the mixed doubles
title at Melbourne, this time partnering Thelma Long. In 1953, he won the
doubles title at the U.S Open with Mervyn Rose, defeating Gardnar Mulloy
and Bill Talbert in the final that lasted 77 minutes. Playing singles, he
made the final in 1954, defeating Tony Trabert and Ken Rosewall but losing
in the final to Vic Seixas. Hartwig was member of the Australian Davis Cup
team in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
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