1957 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1957 Wimbledon Championships USA Althea Gibson USA Darlene Hard 6–3, 6–2 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam thumb|Darlene Hard congratulates Althea Gibson after the final thumb|Parade in Gibson's honor in New York City 1957 Wimbledon Championships Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Gibson was the first African American player to win a Wimbledon singles title.Johnson Publishing Company Jet https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g7UDAAAAMBAJ 13 October 2003 Johnson Publishing Company 51– 0021-5996 She did not lose a set during the tournament. Shirley Fry was the reigning champion, but did not compete. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Althea Gibson (champion) 2 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough (quarterfinals) 3 6 GBR Shirley Bloomer (fourth round) 4 3 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode (semifinals) 5 2 USA 1912 Darlene Hard (final) 6 5 AUS Thelma Long (first round) 7 4 GBR Angela Mortimer (third round) 8 7 TCH Věra Pužejová (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 USA 1912 Louise Brough 2 2 5 USA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 4 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode 6 6 MEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 4 0 USA 1912 Betty Pratt 7 7 4 GBR Christine Truman 9 5 6 SAF 1928 Sandra Reynolds 3 4 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 5 USA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 4 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode 2 3 GBR Christine Truman 1 1 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 5 USA 1912 Darlene Hard 3 2 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 AUS Mary Hawton 2 0 FRA Florence de la Courtie 6 6 Q GBR Gill Worrall 4 1 NZL Heather Robson 6 6 AUT Elizabeth Broz 1 2 DEN Milly Vagn-Nielsen 0 0 BER 1910 Heather Brewer 6 6 2 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 FRA F de la Courtie 2 0 NZL H Robson 1 2 BER 1910 H Brewer 6 6 2 USA 1912 L Brough 7 6 BER 1910 H Brewer 5 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 GBR Rita Bentley 2 0 BRA 1889 Maria de Amorim 3 6 1 NED Berna Thung 6 4 6 FRG Edda Buding 6 6 Q FRA Marie-Odile Bouchet 4 1 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 SAF 1928 Valerie Forbes 1 3 5 USA 1912 D Hard 6 6 NED B Thung 1 1 FRG E Buding 3 6 6 GBR A Haydon 6 4 3 5 USA 1912 D Hard 3 7 6 FRG E Buding 6 5 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode 4 9 6 AUS Jenny Hoad 6 7 1 BEL Christiane Mercelis 6 6 GBR Anthea Warwick 2 0 FRA Susan Chatrier 6 6 GBR Barbara Knapp 2 4 Q GBR Joyce Fulton 3 5 GBR Pearl Panton 6 7 Q GBR Sheila Bramley 1 7 2 GBR Phyllis Edwards 6 5 6 CAN 1957 Hanna Sladek 8 8 GBR Joan MacLeod 6 6 GBR Pat Hird 6 6 GBR Pauline Roberts 1 1 Q GBR Barbara Horton 2 1 GBR Denise Collier 6 6 4 USA 1912 D Knode 6 5 6 BEL C Mercelis 4 7 4 FRA S Chatrier 6 6 GBR P Panton 1 1 GBR P Edwards 6 5 6 CAN 1957 H Sladek 4 7 1 GBR P Hird 6 6 GBR D Collier 1 2 4 USA 1912 D Knode 6 6 FRA S Chatrier 0 2 GBR P Edwards 7 3 6 GBR P Hird 5 6 4 4 USA 1912 D Knode 6 6 GBR P Edwards 3 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 GBR Valerie Clark 0 0 Q GBR Jenny Wagstaff 3 2 FRG Ingeborg Vogler 6 6 GBR Pat Wheeler 6 3 2 USA 1912 Karol Fageros 4 6 6 SUI Ruth Kaufmann 0 3 FRG Ilse Buding 6 6 GBR Penny Burrell 0 0 USA 1912 Mimi Arnold 6 6 GBR Viola White 7 6 GBR Sheila Macintosh 5 4 SAF 1928 Renée Schuurman 6 6 ESP 1945 Mary Terán de Weiss 4 2 MEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 6 6 GBR Lorna Cawthorn 3 2 7 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 FRG I Vogler 1 1 USA 1912 K Fageros 4 6 7 FRG I Buding 6 3 5 USA 1912 M Arnold 6 6 GBR V White 4 0 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 5 1 MEX 1934 R Reyes 7 6 7 GBR A Mortimer 3 6 3 USA 1912 K Fageros 6 4 6 USA 1912 M Arnold 3 3 MEX 1934 R Reyes 6 6 USA 1912 K Fageros 5 4 MEX 1934 R Reyes 7 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Heather Macfarlane 0 1 GBR Hazel Cheadle 6 6 GBR Georgie Woodgate 6 7 GBR Kathleen Holt 0 5 NZL Ruia Morrison 6 6 GBR Marion Craig-Smith 3 2 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 4 3 GBR Joan Curry 6 6 GBR Sue Waters 1 0 USA 1912 Betty Pratt 6 6 GBR Gill Evans 5 6 6 Q KEN colonial Fran Marshall 7 3 3 GBR Vera Thomas 6 5 7 GBR Elaine Shenton 2 7 9 SAF 1928 Daphne Fancutt 6 9 9 6 AUS Thelma Long 8 7 7 GBR H Cheadle 1 4 GBR G Woodgate 6 6 NZL R Morrison GBR J Curry w/o USA 1912 E Pratt 6 6 GBR G Evans 3 1 GBR E Shenton 4 0 SAF 1928 D Fancutt 6 6 GBR G Woodgate 6 3 1 NZL R Morrison 2 6 6 USA 1912 E Pratt 6 6 SAF 1928 D Fancutt 4 3 NZL R Morrison 4 9 USA 1912 E Pratt 6 11 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Bea Walter 6 8 Q GBR Pat Ingram 0 6 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 YUG Marica Cranadak-Milonja 1 1 Q GBR Sonia Cox 6 7 10 SUI Heidi Enzen 1 9 8 GBR Hazel Moorley 6 4 6 NED Nel van der Storm 3 6 1 GBR Jill Rook 6 6 GBR Julie Lintern 4 4 IRL June Fitzpatrick 2 4 FRA Suzanne le Besnerais 6 6 GBR Billie Woodgate 2 6 6 BEL Poucette Bernheim 6 2 0 GBR Pat Ward 1 3 3 GBR Shirley Bloomer 6 6 GBR B Walter 3 2 GBR C Truman 6 6 Q GBR S Cox 7 3 6 NED N van der Storm 5 6 2 GBR J Rook 6 4 6 FRA S le Besnerais 4 6 0 GBR R Woodgate 0 1 3 GBR S Bloomer 6 6 GBR C Truman 6 6 Q GBR S Cox 1 1 GBR J Rook 1 2 3 GBR S Bloomer 6 6 GBR C Truman 6 6 3 GBR S Bloomer 3 3 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRG Erika Vollmer 1 0 Q GBR Meriel Morgan 6 6 SAF 1928 Sandra Reynolds 4 9 6 GBR Anne Shilcock 6 7 4 GBR Sheila Armstrong 10 3 6 GBR Rosemary Deloford 8 6 2 FRA Ginette Bucaille 1 3 8 TCH Věra Pužejová 6 6 FRG E Vollmer 5 6 11 SAF 1928 S Reynolds 7 3 13 GBR S Armstrong 6 1 6 8 TCH V Pužejová 4 6 1 SAF 1928 S Reynolds 6 8 GBR S Armstrong 3 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez 7 6 6 GBR Gem Hoahing 9 3 8 GBR Jean Knight 9 4 6 AUS Kay Newcombe 7 6 2 AUS Margaret Hellyer 6 6 ESP 1945 María Josefa de Riba 1 0 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 4 4 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 6 6 GBR J Knight 3 1 AUS M Hellyer 4 2 1 USA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 1 1 1 USA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 References External links 1957 LS 1958 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships