The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.
Fred Perry is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. ::U.S. •
Don Budge (finalist) •
Bryan Grant (semifinals) •
Sidney Wood (fourth round) •
Frank Parker (semifinals) •
Bobby Riggs (fourth round) •
Gregory Mangin (quarterfinals) •
John McDiarmid (quarterfinals) •
Hal Surface (second round) ::Foreign •
Fred Perry (champion) •
Bernard Destremau (fourth round) •
Jacques Brugnon (third round) •
Yvon Petra (fourth round) •
Pierre Pellizza (fourth round) ==Draw==