International tennis championships of Germany 1958
◄ International Tennis Championships of Germany ►
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| date | August 3-12, 1958 |
| venue |
Hamburg BR Germany
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| First run | 1892 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| Defending champion | |
| Men's singles |
 Mervyn Rose
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| Ladies singles |
.svg){kind=small} Yola Ramirez
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| Men's doubles |
Don Candy Mervyn Rose
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| Ladies doubles |
 Angela Mortimer Pat Ward
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| Mixed |
Edda Buding Mervyn Rose
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| Title holder | |
| Men's singles |
 Sven Davidson
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| Ladies singles |
Lorraine Coghlan
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| Men's doubles |
Francisco Contreras Mario Llamas
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| Ladies doubles |
Mary Hawton Thelma Long
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| Mixed |
Yola Ramirez Antal Jancsó
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The 52nd International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from August 3 to 12, 1958 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
In the men, the Swede set time Sven Davidson by which the final against Belgium's Jacques Brichant five match points fended. For the three-time defending champion Mervyn Rose , these championships were not so successful. In the singles he was eliminated in the semifinals against Brichant, in the mixed with Erika Vollmer he lost in the quarterfinals and in the men's doubles with his compatriot Warren Woodcook in the second round. Here the two Mexicans Francisco Contreras and Mario Llamas were successful against the two exiled Yugoslavs Ladislav Legenstajn and Vladimir Petrović . Her compatriot Yola Ramirez won the mixed doubles against Paris-based Hungarian Antal Jancsó after her individual title last year .
There were Australian victories in the women’s singles by Lorraine Coghlan and in the women’s doubles by Mary Hawton and Thelma Long , who were successful against the siblings Edda and Ilse Buding . The 38-year-old Ernst Buchholz was there for the last time in Hamburg .
Results
Men's singles
| final | |||||||
| Sven Davidson
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5 | 6th | 0 | 9 | 6th | ||
 Jacques Brichant
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7th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 3 | ||
Ladies singles
| final | |||||
| Lorraine Coghlan
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6th | 7th | |||
| Shirley Bloomer
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4th | 5 | |||
Men's doubles
| final | |||||||
| Francisco Contreras Mario Llamas
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6th | 6th | 6th | ||||
.svg){kind=small} Ladislav Lassenstajn Vladimir Petrović
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3 | 4th | 3 | ||||
Ladies doubles
| final | |||||
| Mary Hawton Thelma Long
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6th | 6th | |||
| Edda Buding Ilse Buding
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1 | 4th | |||
Mixed
| final | |||||
| Yola Ramirez Antal Jancsó
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8th | 6th | |||
Thelma Long Luis Ayala
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6th | 4th | |||
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- Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from August 4 to 13, 1958, available in the online archive of http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
- Tennis, official body of the German Tennis Federation , XII. Volume, Issue 16 (2nd August 1958 issue)