1957 Australian Championships - Women's Singles

1957 Australian Championships - Women's Singles

Shirley Fry defeated Althea Gibson 6–3 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1957 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

1.   Lew Hoad
   Lew Hoad
   Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
   
    (Semifinalist)
2.   Ashley Cooper (Champion)
3.   Neale Fraser
   Neale Fraser
   Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
   
    (Finalist)
4.   Mal Anderson (Semifinalist)
5.   Nicola Pietrangeli
   Nicola Pietrangeli
   Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....
   
    (Quarterfinalist)
6.   Mike Davies
   Mike Davies (tennis)
   Mike Davies is a Welsh former professional tennis player. He has had a 60-year career in the tennis business, first as a tennis player, including a period as the number one ranked player in Great Britain and a member of the British Davis Cup team, then as an entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of...
   
    (Second round)
7.   Warren Woodcock (Quarterfinalist)
8.   Bob Howe
   Robert Howe (tennis)
   Robert Howe is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.-References:...
   
    (Second round)

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

External links

• 1957 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw