1953 French Championships – Men's singles

Third-seeded Ken Rosewall defeated Vic Seixas 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1953 French Championships.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Ken Rosewall is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇪🇬 Jaroslav Drobný (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Gardnar Mulloy (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall (champion)
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Lew Hoad (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Vic Seixas (final)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Budge Patty (fourth round)
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Mervyn Rose (fourth round)
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Fausto Gardini (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Bernard Bartzen (fourth round)
 * 10) 🇦🇷 Enrique Morea (semifinals)
 * 11)  Felicisimo Ampon (quarterfinals)
 * 12) 🇸🇪 Sven Davidson (fourth round)
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Paul Rémy (third round)
 * 14) 🇸🇪 Torsten Johansson (third round)
 * 15)  Raymundo Deyro (fourth round)
 * 16) 🇮🇹 Giovanni Cucelli (second round)

Key

 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Wild card
 * LL = Lucky loser
 * r = Retired