Wimbledon Championships 1956

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1956 ►
Date: June 25 - July 6, 1956
Edition: 70th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Tony Trabert
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Rex Hartwig Lew Hoad
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Lew Hoad
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Shirley Fry
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Angela Mortimer Althea Gibson
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Shirley Fry Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1956

The 70th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1956 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Men's singles

Lew Hoad won his first individual title at Wimbledon. In the final, he prevailed against his compatriot Ken Rosewall in four sets.

Ladies singles

In the final, Shirley Fry defeated the British Angela Buxton and won her only individual title at Wimbledon.

Men's doubles

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson won the women's doubles title.

Mixed

In mixed, Shirley Fry and Vic Seixas won . It was Seixa's fourth Wimbledon mixed title in a row.

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .