In the 1956 Wimbledon Championships men's singles, Lew Hoad defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title.[1] It was the first of three years in which Australian players dominated the Wimbledon Men's Singles final.[2]Tony Trabert was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. The competition lasted from Monday 25 June to Saturday 7 July 1956.[3]
Ulf Schmidt, from Sweden, was the only player from outside Australia and the United States to reach the quarterfinal stage.[4]
It was the first Wimbledon tournament in which Australian Rod Laver competed in senior competition; 17-year-old Laver, a qualifier, was defeated in the first round by Orlando Sirola.[5]
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In the 1956 Wimbledon Championships men s singles Lew Hoad defeated Ken Rosewall in the final 6 2 4 6 7 5 6 4 to win the gentlemen s singles tennis title 1 It was the first of three years in which Australian players dominated the Wimbledon Men s Singles final 2 Tony Trabert was the defending champion but was ineligible to compete after turning professional The competition lasted from Monday 25 June to Saturday 7 July 1956 3 Men s singles1956 Wimbledon ChampionshipsFinalChampionLew HoadRunner upKen RosewallScore6 2 4 6 7 5 6 4DetailsDraw128 10Q Seeds8EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girls 1955 Wimbledon Championships 1957 Main article 1956 Wimbledon Championships Ulf Schmidt from Sweden was the only player from outside Australia and the United States to reach the quarterfinal stage 4 It was the first Wimbledon tournament in which Australian Rod Laver competed in senior competition 17 year old Laver a qualifier was defeated in the first round by Orlando Sirola 5 Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Finals 2 3 Top half 2 3 1 Section 1 2 3 2 Section 2 2 3 3 Section 3 2 3 4 Section 4 2 4 Bottom half 2 4 1 Section 5 2 4 2 Section 6 2 4 3 Section 7 2 4 4 Section 8 3 References 4 External linksSeeds Edit0 1 Lew Hoad champion 0 2 Ken Rosewall final 0 3 Sven Davidson second round 0 4 Budge Patty second round 0 5 Jaroslav Drobny first round 0 6 Ham Richardson semifinals 0 7 Kurt Nielsen third round 0 8 Vic Seixas semifinals Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Draw EditKey Edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals Edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 Lew Hoad46613 Mal Anderson611111 Lew Hoad36666 Ham Richardson6424 Neale Fraser311546 Ham Richardson69761 Lew Hoad64762 Ken Rosewall26548 Vic Seixas1366 Allen Morris11038 Vic Seixas368352 Ken Rosewall63667 Ulf Schmidt1322 Ken Rosewall666Top half Edit Section 1 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 Lew Hoad966 Don Fontana7201 L Hoad967Q Peter Wooller332 T Fancutt735 Trevor Fancutt6661 L Hoad666 Dean Brinkman3693 J Fleitz320Q Dennis Hughes64116Q D Hughes244 Emilio Martinez36643 J Fleitz666 John Fleitz612661 L Hoad666 Gilbert Shea668 J O Brien414 Orlando Garrido446 G Shea454 Soren Hojberg344 R Perry676 Bob Perry666 R Perry28664 Pablo Eisenberg666 J O Brien66826 Josip Palada242 P Eisenberg014 John O Brien666 J O Brien666 Billy Knight422Section 2 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 Jaroslav Drobny1614 Ramanathan Krishnan6466 R Krishnan17266 Don Candy1266 D Candy65633 Pierre Darmon1022 R Krishnan441 Mal Anderson666 M Anderson666 Gino Mezzi124 M Anderson667 Gunnar Sjowall766 G Sjowall115 Khwaja Saeed531 M Anderson93646 Nicola Pietrangeli667 N Pietrangeli76362 Brian Bowman245 N Pietrangeli766 Geoffrey Paish43661 I Pimentel533 Isaias Pimentel66346 N Pietrangeli966 Dick Potter414 S Stockenberg744 Buster Farrer666 W Farrer4210 Fred Dehnert64264 S Stockenberg6612 Staffan Stockenberg16646Section 3 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 Budge Patty669 Freddie Huber2474 J Patty10634 Bobby Wilson666 R Wilson12266 Paul Willey411 R Wilson653 Gardnar Mulloy1141 N Fraser876 Neale Fraser1366 N Fraser666 Andres Hammersley63465Q J Blatchford114Q Joe Blatchford26637 N Fraser667 Roy Emerson666 R Howe245Q Brian Page112 R Emerson6636 Tony Pickard666 A Pickard1463LL Derek Collins322 R Emerson2614 Bob Howe666 R Howe6266 Robert Abdesselam144 R Howe666LL Eddie Ford57082 F Feldbausch423 Franz Feldbausch75666Section 4 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 Ham Richardson69118 Jack Arkinstall471366 H Richardson666LL Derrick Lester131Q G Mudge110Q Gordon Mudge6666 H Richardson6106 Barry MacKay666 T Ulrich483 Geoff Cass124 B MacKay542 Vladimir Petrovic122 T Ulrich766 Torben Ulrich6666 H Richardson70 Jiri Parma452 A Segal50r Alan Mills676 A Mills323 Bernard Destremau310 A Segal666 Abe Segal666 A Segal6622 Arthur Marshall666 A Marshall0220 Kamel Moubarek011 A Marshall666LL Munir Pirzada668LL M Pirzada023Q Ralph White316Bottom half Edit Section 5 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round Ilija Panajotovic4261 Ivor Warwick6646 I Warwick1066 Hans Redl231 J Horn821 John Horn666 I Warwick021 Eduardo Argon332 G Forbes666 Sam Giammalva666 S Giammalva174 Gordon Forbes666 G Forbes696 Wayne Van Voorhees114 G Forbes216 Tony Vincent661468 V Seixas668 Peter Scholl33663 A Vincent3731 Irvin Dorfman443 H Flam6566 Herbie Flam666 H Flam6118 Jean Claude Molinari6668 V Seixas46610 Howard Walton441 J C Molinari532 Malcolm Fox1238 V Seixas7668 Vic Seixas666Section 6 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round Michael Hann3666LL Roche Goosen6342 M Hann554 Robin Kipping41866 R Kipping776Q Kamilo Keretic66644 R Kipping457 Bruce Gulley6167 A Morris679 Reg Bennett4605 B Gulley233 Allen Morris7656 A Morris666 Eric Bulmer5374 A Morris112836 Peter Moys5672 A Cooper610663 Oliver Prenn7856 O Prenn64091 Don Black63610 D Black46676 Gerry Oakley2648 D Black26167 Ashley Cooper46266 A Cooper64649 Mike Davies64643 A Cooper62616 Geoffrey Owen5133 S Davidson363643 Sven Davidson766Section 7 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round Finn Sohol041 Andres Gimeno666 A Gimeno666 Graham Regan6618 G Regan221 Hans van Dalsum3366 A Gimeno6314 Julian Mayers125 U Schmidt4666 Ian Vermaak667 I Vermaak64673 Hugh Sweeney033 U Schmidt86156 Ulf Schmidt666 U Schmidt7566 Ibrahim Badreldin Sayed134 L Ayala5742 Luis Ayala666 L Ayala141266 Joe Hackett413 R Becker661023 Roger Becker666 L Ayala56656 Tony Clayton43107 K Nielsen74474Q Akhtar Ali6612Q A Ali11021Q Bob Mark0237 K Nielsen68667 Kurt Nielsen666Section 8 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round Kevin Meyer3 td style, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
