International tennis championships of Germany 1956 / men's singles

This article describes the results of the men's singles at the 1956 International Tennis Championships in Germany .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Lew Hoad victory 02.  Budge Patty Round of 16 03.  Kurt Nielsen Semifinals 04th  Sven Davidson  Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Luis Ayala Round of 16 06th  Giuseppe Merlo Quarter finals 07th  Ulf Schmidt Quarter finals 08th.  Nicola Pietrangeli  Quarter finals

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Lew Hoad

6th

6th

6th

4th

Sven Davidson

4th

4th

2

1

Lew Hoad

6th

5

6th

8th

Orlando Sirola

2

7th

4th

6th

3

Kurt Nielsen

1

11

0

3

Orlando Sirola

6th

9

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

L. Hoad

2

6th

6th

6th

W. Helmrich

6th

2

1

0

1

L. Hoad

6th

3

6th

6th

T. Fancutt

3

6th

2

3

T. Fancutt

4th

6th

8th

6th

G. Paish

6th

3

6th

4th

1

L. Hoad

6th

6th

6th

8th

N. Pietrangeli

3

4th

0

8th

N. Pietrangeli

6th

6th

6th

K. Meya

3

2

3

8th

N. Pietrangeli

6th

2

8th

6th

JC Molinari

6th

6th

6th

T. Ulrich

2

6th

6th

3

J. Javorský

2

4th

2

JC Molinari

1

3

3

T. Ulrich

6th

6th

7th

T. Ulrich

6th

6th

6th

H. Hermann

2

4th

5

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

S. Davidson

6th

6th

5

4th

6th

OH Garrido

4th

3

7th

6th

4th

4th

S. Davidson

6th

6th

6th

L. Buding

6th

6th

6th

6th

L. Buding

1

2

4th

FD Jagge

8th

1

3

3

4th

S. Davidson

6th

6th

1

6th

P. Darmon

4th

4th

6th

4th

P. Darmon

2

6th

7th

8th

P. Scholl

6th

4th

4th

6th

6th

P. Scholl

6th

4th

5

6th

G. Fachini

4th

6th

6th

2

3

4th

S. Davidson

3

4th

7th

7th

12

D. Candy

6th

6th

5

5

10

5

L. Ayala

6th

7th

6th

W. Feldbausch

2

5

2

5

L. Ayala

1

2

4th

D. Candy

6th

6th

6th

D. Candy

6th

6th

6th

H. Gulcz

1

4th

1

D. Candy

4th

8th

6th

6th

L. Lassenstajn

1

6th

7th

6th

L. Lassenstajn

6th

6th

2

1

U. Bergamo

6th

3

5

2

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

J. Asbóth

2

6th

7th

5

4th

R. Huber

6th

1

5

7th

6th

R. Huber

2

6th

5

3

J.-C. Biederlack

6th

6th

6th

3

K. Nielsen

6th

4th

7th

6th

G. Mezzi

1

1

1

J.-C. Biederlack

2

3

5

E. Brunner

2

3

2

3

K. Nielsen

6th

6th

7th

3

K. Nielsen

6th

6th

6th

3

K. Nielsen

6th

1

6th

8th

I. Vermaak

4th

6th

3

8th

8th

6th

G. Merlo

0

6th

4th

6th

I. Panajotović

6th

3

6th

6th

6th

I. Vermaak

2

6th

8th

3

2

A. Huber

13

1

6th

0

6th

A. Huber

6th

4th

6th

6th

6th

M. Nečas

11

6th

2

6th

2

A. Huber

3

3

3

E. argon

3

6th

4th

8th

8th

6th

G. Merlo

6th

6th

6th

E. Buchholz

6th

4th

6th

6th

6th

E. argon

0

5

3

B. Pöttinger

6th

0

4th

1

6th

G. Merlo

6th

7th

6th

6th

G. Merlo

4th

6th

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

I. Pimentel

7th

6th

1

6th

M. Branovic

5

3

6th

4th

I. Pimentel

8th

3

3

1

P. Remy

6th

6th

6th

6th

P. Remy

6th

5

6th

7th

5

7th

U. Schmidt

8th

7th

2

5

7th

G. Oakley

3

5

9

7th

U. Schmidt

6th

7th

11

7th

U. Schmidt

6th

3

8th

O. Sirola

8th

6th

10

O. Sirola

6th

6th

6th

G. Forbes

3

4th

2

O. Sirola

6th

10

6th

2

B. Patty

2

8th

2

A. Jancsó

7th

6th

3

2

4th

2

B. Patty

5

3

6th

6th

6th

swell

• 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)

Note: For some results there are slight deviations between the Hamburger Abendblatt and the magazine Tennis. We are following Tennis magazine here.

Remarks

1. ↑ Apparently the positions of the players seeded 3 and 6 in the tournament schedule were reversed compared to the usual in Hamburg.