International tennis championships of Germany 1956
◄ International Tennis Championships of Germany ►
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| date | July 27 - August 5, 1956 |
| venue |
Hamburg BR Germany
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| First run | 1892 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| Defending champion | |
| Men's singles |
 Kind Larsen
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| Ladies singles |
 Beryl Penrose
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| Men's doubles |
Gottfried von Cramm Budge Patty
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| Ladies doubles |
Mary Carter Beryl Penrose
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| Mixed |
Erika Vollmer Hugh Stewart
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| Title holder | |
| Men's singles |
Lew Hoad
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| Ladies singles |
Thelma Long
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| Men's doubles |
Don Candy Lew Hoad
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| Ladies doubles |
Fay Muller Daphne Seeney
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| Mixed |
Thelma Long Luis Ayala
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The 50th International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from July 27th to August 5th, 1956 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
This anniversary event was all about the Australians. Lew Hoad , who was victorious in Wimbledon , also won his only appearance in Hamburg and the men's doubles with his compatriot Don Candy . In the women's category, Thelma Long won 18 years after her victory in women's doubles with Nancye Wynne, this time both in singles and in mixed with Chilean Luis Ayala , who was also in the final in men's doubles. In women's doubles, two other Australians were successful with Fay Muller and Daphne Seeney . Erika Vollmer was in both double finals . In the women's singles, Edda Buding reached the semi-finals.
Results
Men's singles
| final | |||||||
| Lew Hoad
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6th | 5 | 6th | 8th | |||
 Orlando Sirola
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2 | 7th | 4th | 6th | |||
Ladies singles
| final | |||||
| Thelma Long
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7th | 6th | |||
| Silvana Lazzarino
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5 | 2 | |||
Men's doubles
| final | |||||||
| Don Candy Lew Hoad
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6th | 7th | 6th | ||||
Luis Ayala Sven Davidson
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4th | 5 | 2 | ||||
Ladies doubles
| final | |||||
| Fay Muller Daphne Seeney
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0 | 6th | 6th | ||
 Věra Pužejová Erika Vollmer
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6th | 4th | 2 | ||
Mixed
| final | |||||
| Thelma Long Luis Ayala
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6th | 6th | |||
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3 | 2 | |||
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- Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from July 26th to August 6th 1956, available in the online archive at http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
- Tennis, official organ of the German Tennis Federation , Volume X, Issue 15 (August 1st 1956 edition)