Wimbledon Championships 1957

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1957 ►
Date: June 24 - July 5, 1957
Edition: 71st  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Lew Hoad
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Althea Gibson
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Budge Patty Gardnar Mulloy
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Althea Gibson Darlene Hard
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Darlene Hard Mervyn Rose
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1957

The 71st edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1957 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Queen Elizabeth II attended the tournament for the first time. She presented Althea Gibson , the first black title holder, with the trophy.

Men's singles

Lew Hoad defeated Ashley Cooper in the final and thus defended his title.

Ladies singles

In the women’s category, Althea Gibson prevailed over Darlene Hard .

Men's doubles

Althea Gibson and Darlene Hard won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Althea Gibson and Darlene Hard won the women's doubles title.

Mixed

In mixed, Darlene Hard and Mervyn Rose won .

source

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 4.