1956 French Championships

The 1956 French Championships Women's doubles was one of the competitions of the 1956 French Championships, a tennis tournament held at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France from 15 May until 26 May 1956. The matches were played in a best-of-three sets format. Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard and Dorothy Head Knode 6–8, 8–6, 6–1 in the final to win the title.^[2]^[3]

Women's doubles

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Score

6–8, 8–6, 6–1

Details

Draw

27

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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Draw edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Shirley Bloomer Angela Mortimer	4	6	2

	Jenny Hoad Fay Muller	6	3	6
						Jenny Hoad Fay Muller	3	3

						Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	6	6
	Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	6	6

	Maud Galtier Anne-Marie Seghers	4	0
											Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	8	6	1

											Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	5	8	6
	Ginette Bucaille Suzanne Le Besnerais	4	5

	Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	6	7
						Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	7	3	6

						Josette Amouretti Věra Puzejova	5	6	2
	Josette Amouretti Věra Puzejova	6	6

	Andrée Varin Michelle Bourbonnais	3	1

^ ^a ^b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 108, 400. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1957). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual 1957. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 204–205, 214.
^ "Scratch Pair Win French Doubles". The Canberra Times. Vol. 30, no. 8, 859. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 May 1956. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.