Wimbledon Championships 1958

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1958 ►
Date: June 24 - July 5, 1958
Edition: 72nd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 Shirley Fry Vic Seixas
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Ashley Cooper
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Althea Gibson
Men's double : SwedenSweden Sven Davidson Ulf Schmidt
SwedenSweden 
Ladies doubles : Brazil 1889Brazil Maria Bueno Althea Gibson
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Lorraine Coghlan Robert Howe
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1958

The 72nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1958 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Due to bad weather, the men's semi-finals had to be held on both Center Court and Court No. 1 to be carried out. The ball boys wore shorts from this year on.

Men's singles

Ashley Cooper won the men’s race .

Ladies singles

Althea Gibson defended her previous year's title. In the final, she beat Angela Mortimer in straight sets.

Men's doubles

Swedes Sven Davidson and Ulf Schmidt won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

In the women's doubles, Maria Bueno and Althea Gibson won the title.

Mixed

Lorraine Coghlan and Robert Howe won the mixed competition .

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.