1956 Wimbledon Championships | ||||
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Date | 25 June β 7 July | |||
Edition | 70th | |||
Category | Grand Slam | |||
Surface | Grass | |||
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | |||
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | |||
Attendance | 276,861 | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's singles | ||||
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Women's singles | ||||
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Men's doubles | ||||
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Women's doubles | ||||
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Mixed doubles | ||||
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Boys' singles | ||||
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Girls' singles | ||||
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The 1956 Wimbledon Championships took place on the: outdoor grass courts at theββAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1956. It was the 70th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1956. Lew Hoad and Shirley Fry won the "singles titles."
Championsβ»
Seniorsβ»
Men's singlesβ»
Lew Hoad defeated
Ken Rosewall, 6β2, 4β6, 7β5, 6β4
Women's singlesβ»
Shirley Fry defeated
Angela Buxton, 6β3, 6β1
Men's doublesβ»
Lew Hoad /
Ken Rosewall defeated
Nicola Pietrangeli /
Orlando Sirola, 7β5, 6β2, 6β1
Women's doublesβ»
Angela Buxton /
Althea Gibson defeated
Fay Muller /
Daphne Seeney, 6β1, 8β6
Mixed doublesβ»
Vic Seixas /
Shirley Fry defeated
Gardnar Mulloy /
Althea Gibson, 2β6, 6β2, 7β5
Juniorsβ»
Boys' singlesβ»
Ronnie Holmberg defeated
Rod Laver, 6β1, 6β1
Girls' singlesβ»
Ann Haydon defeated
Ilse Buding, 6β3, 6β4
Referencesβ»
- ^ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 128. ISBN 978-1899039401.
- ^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
External linksβ»
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