1956 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
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Lew Hoad
defeated Ken Rosewall
6–2 4–6 7–5 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships
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is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Lew Hoad
Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
defeated Ken Rosewall
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
6–2 4–6 7–5 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships
1956 Wimbledon Championships
-Men's Singles: Lew Hoad defeated Ken Rosewall 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-4-Women's Singles: Shirley Fry Irvin defeated Angela Buxton 6-3, 6-1...
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See also:
- 1956 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles1956 Wimbledon Championships - Women's SinglesShirley Fry defeated Angela Buxton 6–3 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Lew HoadLew Hoad
Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Lew HoadLew HoadLewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
(Champion)- Ken RosewallKen RosewallKenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
(Finalist) 
Sven DavidsonSven DavidsonSven Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957...
(Second round)
J.E. Patty (Second round)
Jaroslav DrobnýJaroslav DrobnýJaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
(First round)- Ham Richardson (Semifinalist)
Kurt NielsenKurt NielsenKurt Nielsen was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and is the only Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament....
(Third round)- Vic SeixasVic SeixasElias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
(Semifinalist)
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Final Eight
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
External links
- 1956 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw