| Score: | 13–11, 4–6, 6–2, 9–7 |
| Draw: | 128 (10) |
| Seeds: | 12 |
| Before Name: | Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles |
| After Name: | Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles |
| Type: | grand slam |
See main article: 1954 Wimbledon Championships. In the 1954 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles competition, Jaroslav Drobný defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 13–11, 4–6, 6–2, 9–7 to take the gentlemen's singles tennis title.[1] It was Drobný's third singles final and second win at Wimbledon. Vic Seixas was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Budge Patty.
It was the first of 19-year-old Rosewall's Wimbledon singles finals, all of which he lost. This resulted in Rosewall being considered by many to be the greatest player never to win Wimbledon.[2]
Jaroslav Drobný, who was 32 at the time of the competition, was Czech-born but was said to play "like an Englishman".[3] Drobný was extremely popular with British tennis fans, and no British player had made it to the 1954 quarterfinals, the longest-surviving home player in the men's singles being 18-year-old Mike Davies, who was knocked out in the fourth round by Budge Patty. The Daily Herald reported that nearly everyone wanted to see Drobný win the title.[3] No unseeded players made it to the quarterfinals, the stage at which second-seeded Lew Hoad was knocked out in straight sets by Drobný. Top seed Tony Trabert was defeated in the semifinal by Rosewall.
See also: 1 and 8. 
Tony Trabert (semifinals)
See also: 2 and 1. 
Lew Hoad (quarterfinals)
See also: 3 and 6. Ken Rosewall (final)
See also: 4 and 3. Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)
See also: 5 and 7. Mervyn Rose (quarterfinals)
See also: 6 and 2. Art Larsen (third round)
See also: 7 and 4. Budge Patty (semifinals)
See also: 8 and 5. Rex Hartwig (quarterfinals)
See also: 9 and 8. 
Sven Davidson (fourth round)
See also: 10 and 7. Kurt Nielsen (fourth round)
See also: 11 and 2. 
Jaroslav Drobný (champion)
See also: 12 and 1. Gardnar Mulloy (fourth round)