1957 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles

1957 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard 6–3 6–2 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

1.   Lew Hoad
   Lew Hoad
   Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
   
    (Champion)
2.   Ashley Cooper (Finalist)
3.   Ham Richardson (First round)
4.   Sven Davidson
   Sven Davidson
   Sven 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...
   
    (Semifinalist)
5.   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...
   
    (Semifinalist)
6.   Vic Seixas
   Vic Seixas
   Elias 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...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)
7.   Herbie Flam (Quarterfinalist)
8.   Mervyn Rose
   Mervyn Rose
   Mervyn Rose was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)

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

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