Australian Championships 1956 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1956
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Championships Men's Singles
1955 ◄ 1956 ► 1957
Grand Slams 1956 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1956 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was the top seeded Australian Ashley Cooper , who defeated his compatriot and defending champion Ken Rosewall in four sets (6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5) in the final .

Seeding list

All eight seeded players reached the quarter-finals, all unseeded players were eliminated at this point.

No. player Round reached 01. Lew Hoad victory 02. Ken Rosewall final 03. Herbert Flam Semifinals 04th Gilbert Shea Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05. Ashley Cooper Quarter finals 06th Neale Fraser Semifinals 07th Mervyn Rose Quarter finals 08th. Times Anderson Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

final

	final
	1	L. Hoad	6th	3	6th	7th
	2	K. Rosewall	4th	6th	4th	5

Upper half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

1

Hoad

6th

6th

6th

Sheil

2

1

1

1

Hoad

6th

6th

6th

Gilmour

6th

6th

6th

Gilmour

2

3

2

Stewart

4th

2

4th

1

Hoad

3

6th

6th

6th

9

7th

rose

6th

6th

6th

7th

rose

6th

1

8th

2

7th

Collins

2

0

2

7th

rose

6th

6th

4th

6th

mark

9

6th

5

3

7th

mark

1

2

6th

4th

Reyes

7th

2

7th

6th

5

1

Hoad

6th

6th

6th

6th

Fraser

8th

6th

3

6th

6th

Fraser

3

2

0

Jacques

6th

4th

6th

1

6th

Fraser

2

6th

6th

6th

Phillips Moore

6th

6th

6th

Phillips Moore

6th

0

2

3

Green

2

0

3

6th

Fraser

6th

6th

6th

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

4th

Shea

2

4th

3

Dobbs

1

2

4th

Emerson

3

8th

6th

1

2

4th

Shea

6th

3

3

6th

6th

4th

Shea

6th

6th

3

6th

6th

Gibson

4th

6th

6th

2

2

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

3

Flam

6th

6th

6th

Moss

0

1

0

3

Flam

1

8th

6th

6th

Candy

6th

6th

8th

Candy

6th

6th

4th

3

Lovett

2

2

6th

3

Flam

6th

6th

6th

6th

Newman

4th

6th

6th

6th

5

cooper

8th

3

2

3

Flanders

6th

4th

4th

4th

Newman

4th

7th

0

5

cooper

6th

6th

6th

5

cooper

6th

9

6th

Young

1

1

1

3

Flam

6th

6th

6th

Bowman

6th

3

5

13

6th

2

Rosewall

4th

0

2

Laver

4th

6th

7th

11

3

Bowman

2

6th

3

2

8th

Anderson

6th

6th

6th

8th

Anderson

6th

4th

6th

6th

Hearnden

3

1

4th

8th

Anderson

6th

6th

5

8th

Reid

6th

6th

6th

2

Rosewall

4th

3

7th

6th

Shepherd

3

1

1

Reid

1

4th

1

2

Rosewall

6th

6th

6th

2

Rosewall

6th

6th

6th

Brant

1

2

1

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( January 20, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )