1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1959 Wimbledon Championships s AUS Roy Emerson AUS Neale Fraser AUS Rod Laver AUS Bob Mark 8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1959 Wimbledon Championships Sven Davidson and Ulf Schmidt were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Davidson partnered with Staffan Stockenberg but lost in the first round to Jean-Noël Grinda and Jean-Claude Molinari. Schmidt competed with Jan-Erik Lundqvist but lost in the first round to Roger Becker and Bob Howe. Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser defeated Rod Laver and Bob Mark in the final, 8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championship.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 4 AUS Roy Emerson / AUS Neale Fraser (champions) 2 1 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli / ITA Orlando Sirola (semifinals) 3 3 USA 1912 Barry MacKay (tennis) / USA 1912 Alex Olmedo (third round) 4 2 AUS Rod Laver / AUS Bob Mark (final) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 10 6 ESP 1945 José Luis ArillaESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 4 8 3 4 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 6 8 6 CHI Luis AyalaIND Ramanathan Krishnan 4 8 6 2 AUT Ladislav LegensteinDEN Torben Ulrich 6 8 6 SAF 1928 Gordon ForbesSAF 1928 Abe Segal 3 6 4 ESP 1945 Juan Manuel CouderESP 1945 Manuel Santana 3 14 4 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 6 16 6 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 4 4 3 4 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 6 6 AUT Ladislav LegensteinDEN Torben Ulrich 3 2 2 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 4 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 3 16 7 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 8 6 14 9 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 7 6 10 GBR Michael HannGBR Ivor Warwick 3 9 2 8 Q AUS Stan HicksAUS Neville Nette 6 6 8 4 3 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Budge Patty 8 2 6 6 6 USA 1912 Glenn BassettUSA 1912 Bob Sherman 6 6 5 5 8 FRG Wilhelm BungertFRG Dieter Ecklebe 4 3 7 7 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Adrian BeySAF 1928 John Hammill 5 3 3 GBR Billy KnightGBR Tony Pickard 7 6 6 ESP 1945 José Luis ArillaESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 6 6 6 USA 1912 Jon DouglasUSA 1912 Mike Franks 4 3 3 GBR Jimmy TattersallIND Arcot Udaykumar 6 12 6 NOR Finn-Dag JaggeNOR Gunnar Sjøwall 1 10 2 DEN Søren HøjbergDEN Jan Leschly 6 6 4 6 SUI Paul BlondelCUB Orlando Garrido 3 2 6 4 USA 1912 Malcolm FoxGBR Geoffrey Owen 6 9 6 2 2 SAF 1928 Ian VermaakSAF 1928 Ray Weedon 4 11 1 6 6 2 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 6 8 8 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 J Patty 3 3 10 6 USA 1912 G BassettUSA 1912 R Sherman w/o GBR W KnightGBR A Pickard ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 9 7 6 GBR J TattersallIND A Udaykumar 4 7 9 1 DEN S HøjbergDEN J Leschly 0 4 2 SAF 1928 I VermaakSAF 1928 R Weedon 6 6 6 2 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 2 6 19 6 GBR W KnightGBR A Pickard 4 6 4 12 1 ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 6 2 6 SAF 1928 I VermaakSAF 1928 R Weedon 4 4 6 4 2 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 10 6 ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 A Gimeno 4 8 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 6 6 CHN Chu Chen HuaCHN Mei Fu Chi 4 4 0 FRA Jean BorotraGBR Tony Clayton 8 6 4 AUS Ken FletcherAUS Martin Mulligan 10 6 6 AUS Dennis ReillyCAN 1957 Paul Willey 6 2 2 1 GBR John BarrettUSA 1912 John Fleitz 3 6 6 6 SAF 1928 William JacobsonGBR Gerry Oakley 4 2 3 GBR Alan MillsGBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 BRA 1889 Ronnie BarnesBRA 1889 Carlos Fernandes 4 6 6 1 6 YUG Boro JovanovićYUG Ilija Panajotović 6 2 1 6 3 Q AUS Alan LaneAUS Barry Phillips-Moore 6 6 3 2 6 NED Pieter van EijsdenNED Hendrik Goris 1 2 6 6 1 FRA Jean-Noël GrindaFRA Jean-Claude Molinari 6 6 6 SWE Sven DavidsonSWE Staffan Stockenberg 1 3 3 AUS Frank GormanAUS Bob Hewitt 8 6 8 4 CHI Luis AyalaIND Ramanathan Krishnan 10 4 10 6 4 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 6 6 3 6 AUS K FletcherAUS M Mulligan 1 4 6 1 GBR J BarrettUSA 1912 J Fleitz 2 9 2 GBR A MillsGBR G Paish 6 11 6 BRA 1889 R BarnesBRA 1889 C Fernandes 2 6 6 10 AUS A LaneAUS B Phillips-Moore 6 2 2 8 FRA J-N GrindaFRA J-C Molinari 3 2 2 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 6 6 6 4 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 6 9 6 GBR A MillsGBR G Paish 3 7 3 BRA 1889 R BarnesBRA 1889 C Fernandes 5 2 2 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 7 6 6 4 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 6 6 8 6 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 4 8 6 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA 1912 Jack FrostAUS Warren Woodcock 6 3 2 1 AUT Ladislav LegensteinDEN Torben Ulrich 4 6 6 6 URU Eduardo ArgonAUS Allan Kendall 7 3 2 Q CHI Daniel AchondoCHI José Tort 9 6 6 AUT Franz HainkaAUT Franz Saiko 6 6 6 GBR Colin BaxterGBR John Maguire 3 3 4 IRL Vivian GottoIRL Joe Hackett 3 4 7 USA 1912 Butch BuchholzAUS Warren Jacques 6 6 9 AUS Alan BaileySAF 1928 Robin Sanders 1 6 8 6 6 DEN Kurt NielsenDEN Jørgen Ulrich 6 3 10 2 1 SAF 1928 Gordon ForbesSAF 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 NED Willem MarisNED Hans van de Weg 4 4 3 GBR Peter MoysGBR John Ward 6 11 10 6 GBR Colin HannamGBR Geoff Ward 3 9 12 2 HUN István GulyásTCH Jiří Javorský 5 6 3 4 3 USA 1912 Barry MacKay (tennis)USA 1912 Alex Olmedo 7 3 6 6 AUT L LegensteinDEN T Ulrich 6 6 6 CHI D AchondoCHI J Tort 4 3 4 AUT F HainkaAUT F Saiko 4 8 4 USA 1912 E BuchholzAUS W Jacques 6 10 6 AUS A BaileySAF 1928 R Sanders 8 4 0 SAF 1928 G ForbesSAF 1928 A Segal 10 6 6 GBR P MoysGBR J Ward 1 3 7 1 3 USA 1912 B MacKayUSA 1912 A Olmedo 6 6 5 6 AUT L LegensteinDEN T Ulrich 6 9 6 USA 1912 E BuchholzAUS W Jacques 2 7 3 SAF 1928 G ForbesSAF 1928 A Segal 6 10 2 1 6 3 USA 1912 B MacKayUSA 1912 A Olmedo 4 8 6 6 1 AUT L LegensteinDEN T Ulrich 6 8 6 SAF 1928 G ForbesSAF 1928 A Segal 3 6 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q GBR Clive BernsteinGBR Geoff Cass 0 6 7 1 SAF 1928 John MaloneySAF 1928 Rod Mandelstam 6 8 5 6 URS 1955 Toomas LeiusURS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 4 7 6 6 YUG Milan BranovićAUS Don Candy 6 5 3 3 ESP 1945 Juan Manuel CouderESP 1945 Manuel Santana 8 6 6 LL CHI Ernesto AguirreCHI Patricio Rodríguez 6 3 4 GBR Mike DaviesGBR Bobby Wilson 7 9 6 BEL Jacques BrichantHUN Antal Jancsó 5 7 4 YUG Kamilo KeretićYUG Sima Nikolić 3 5 6 7 6 Q GBR Roy DixonGBR Freddie Field 6 7 3 5 8 SWE Jan-Erik LundqvistSWE Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 4 2 GBR Roger BeckerAUS Bob Howe 2 2 8 6 6 NZL Lew GerrardNZL Mark Otway 6 6 6 9 FRA Alain BressonFRA Pierre Darmon 3 3 8 7 POL 1928 Wiesław GąsiorekPOL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 2 0 4 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 SAF 1928 J MaloneySAF 1928 R Mandelstam 7 6 6 6 URS 1955 T LeiusURS 1955 S Likhachev 9 2 1 4 ESP 1945 JM CouderESP 1945 M Santana 3 13 1 6 6 GBR M DaviesGBR R Wilson 6 11 6 3 4 Q GBR R DixonGBR F Field 1 4 4 GBR R BeckerAUS R Howe 6 6 6 NZL L GerrardNZL M Otway 1 2 6 7 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 6 6 1 9 SAF 1928 J MaloneySAF 1928 R Mandelstam 1 6 4 6 3 ESP 1945 JM CouderESP 1945 M Santana 6 3 6 4 6 GBR R BeckerAUS R Howe 6 3 4 4 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 4 6 6 6 ESP 1945 JM CouderESP 1945 M Santana 3 14 4 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 6 16 6 References External links 1959 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles