Wimbledon Championships 1959

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1959 ►
Date: June 22 - July 3, 1959
Edition: 73rd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 
winner
Men's singles : PeruPeru Alex Olmedo
Ladies singles : Brazil 1889Brazil Maria Bueno
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson Neale Fraser
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Jeanne Arth Darlene Hard
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Darlene Hard Rod Laver
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1959

The 73rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1959 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

This year the renovation of the roof over the spectator area of ​​the Center Court was completed.

Men's singles

Alex Olmedo was the first and so far only Peruvian to win the individual title at Wimbledon. In the final, he beat Rod Laver in three sets.

Ladies singles

In the women’s category, the Brazilian Maria Bueno was victorious.

Men's doubles

Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser prevailed in the men's doubles.

Ladies doubles

In the women's doubles, Jeanne Arth and Darlene Hard won the title.

Mixed

In mixed, Darlene Hard and Rod Laver 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.