1956 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

April 2022 1956 Wimbledon Championships s USA 1912 Vic Seixas USA 1912 Shirley Fry USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy USA 1912 Althea Gibson 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 80 (4 Q Qualifiers) 4 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles grand slam 1956 Wimbledon Championships Vic Seixas and Doris Hart were the defending champions, but Hart did not compete. Seixas competed with Shirley Fry, and they defeated Gardnar Mulloy and Althea Gibson in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 USA 1912 Vic Seixas / USA 1912 Shirley Fry (champions) 2 8 CHI Luis Ayala / AUS Thelma Long (fourth round) 3 6 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy / USA 1912 Althea Gibson (final) 4 3 AUS Bob Howe / USA 1912 Darlene Hard (semifinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Shirley Fry EGY 1922 Jaroslav DrobnýGBR Rita Drobný w/o 4 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 8 AUS Neale FraserGBR Pat Ward 4 6 AUS Mal AndersonAUS Fay Muller 6 1 2 3 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Althea Gibson 1 6 6 USA 1912 Hugh StewartFRG Erika Vollmer 2 2 SAF 1928 Trevor FancuttAUS Daphne Seeney 6 6 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 7 4 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 3 5 3 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 SAF 1928 Trevor FancuttAUS Daphne Seeney 4 4 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Shirley Fry 2 6 7 3 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 2 5 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA 1912 Vic SeixasUSA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 NED Hans van DalsumNED Nel van der Storm 2 2 GBR Mike DaviesGBR Doreen Spiers 6 2 4 GBR Don ButlerGBR Rosemary Bulleid 3 6 6 BEL Gino MezziBEL Christiane Mercelis 0 3 GBR Geoffrey PaishGBR Anne Shilcock 6 6 USA 1912 Irvin DorfmanUSA 1912 Gloria Butler 2 2 USA 1912 Bob PerryAUS Jennifer Edmondson 6 6 1 USA 1912 V SeixasUSA 1912 S Fry 6 6 GBR D ButlerGBR R Bulleid 3 1 GBR G PaishGBR A Shilcock 6 11 USA 1912 R PerryAUS J Edmondson 2 9 1 USA 1912 V SeixasUSA 1912 S Fry 3 6 6 GBR G PaishGBR A Shilcock 6 3 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Bob MarkDEN Else Schmith SAF 1928 Abe SegalBER 1910 Heather Brewer w/o CAN 1921 Don FontanaSAF 1928 Sandra Reynolds w/o CUB Orlando GarridoUSA 1912 Louise Snow EGY 1922 Jaroslav DrobnýGBR Rita Drobný 5 6 6 FRA Pierre DarmonFRA Ginette Bucaille 7 4 1 AUS Bruce GulleyGBR Sue Waters 7 2 6 GBR Peter MoysGBR Marion Boundy 5 6 1 AUS R MarkDEN E Schmith 3 2 CUB O GarridoUSA 1912 L Snow 6 6 EGY 1922 J DrobnýGBR R Drobný 6 6 AUS B GulleyGBR S Waters 1 3 EGY 1922 J DrobnýGBR R Drobný 6 6 CUB O GarridoUSA 1912 L Snow 2 2 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 8 6 AUT Freddie HuberUSA 1912 Betty Pratt 6 4 GBR Ivor WarwickGBR Sheila Armstrong 5 3 TCH Jiří ParmaTCH Věra Pužejová 7 6 USA 1912 Sam GiammalvaFRG Edda Buding 6 6 SAF 1928 RGM GulneyFRA Marie-Odile Bouchet 2 2 IND Naresh KumarAUS Jenny Hoad 3 7 6 AUS Brian BowmanGBR Jennifer Middleton 6 5 4 4 AUS R HoweUSA 1912 D Hard 9 8 TCH J ParmaTCH V Pužejová 7 6 USA 1912 S GiammalvaFRG E Buding 6 8 IND N KumarAUS J Hoad 2 6 4 AUS R HoweUSA 1912 D Hard 6 8 USA 1912 S GiammalvaFRG E Buding 4 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q USA 1912 Joe BlatchfordGBR Diane Midgley 1 6 2 SAF 1928 Buster FarrerSAF 1928 Estelle van Tonder 6 3 6 GBR Colin HannamGBR Georgie Woodgate 6 5 3 GBR John WardGBR Leonie Brighton 4 7 6 AUS Don CandyUSA 1912 Barbara Davidson 6 6 NOR Gunnar SjøwallNOR Astrid Winther 4 2 GBR Gerry OakleyGBR Pat Hird 6 6 GBR Geoff WardGBR Bea Walter 3 0 AUS Bruce FrancisAUS Kay Newcombe 6 4 4 AUS Arthur MarshallGBR Pauline Roberts 4 6 6 GBR Howard WaltonGBR Gill Evans 2 3 AUS Neale FraserGBR Pat Ward 6 6 SWE Staffan StockenbergSWE Solveig Gustafsson 1 3 SWE Sven DavidsonAUS Margaret H. O'Donnell 6 6 ESP 1945 Jaime BartrolíESP 1945 Pilar Barril 4 2 GBR Roger BeckerGBR Marion Craig-Smith 6 6 SAF 1928 W FarrerSAF 1928 E van Tonder 6 6 GBR J WardGBR L Brighton 4 3 AUS D CandyUSA 1912 B Davidson w/o GBR G OakleyGBR P Hird AUS A MarshallGBR P Roberts 6 2 3 AUS N FraserGBR P Ward 4 6 6 SWE S DavidsonAUS M O'Donnell 1 7 6 GBR R BeckerGBR M Craig-Smith 6 5 2 SAF 1928 W FarrerSAF 1928 E van Tonder 6 2 GBR G OakleyGBR P Hird 8 6 AUS N FraserGBR P Ward 7 7 6 SWE S DavidsonAUS M O'Donnell 9 5 3 GBR G OakleyGBR P Hird 6 1 3 AUS N FraserGBR P Ward 2 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round NZL Peter BecroftNZL Elaine Becroft 9 6 NOR Finn SøholFRA Colette Monnot 7 4 GBR Pat SherwoodGBR Gem Hoahing 6 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Don BlackFRA Françoise Lemal 2 4 SAF 1928 Gordon ForbesSAF 1928 Jean Forbes w/o Q GBR Roy WilsonGBR Bobbie Wilson CAN 1921 Paul WilleyAUS PA Thompson BEL Jacques PetenBEL Poucette Coessens w/o IRN 1925 Matthew MohtadiGBR Barbara Knapp 3 1 AUS Rod LaverAUS Nell Hopman 6 6 FRA Jean BorotraFRA Suzanne le Besnerais 4 3 AUS Mal AndersonAUS Fay Muller 6 6 NED Boebi van MeegerenSAF 1928 Doreen Wedderburn 3 0 USA 1912 Ronnie HolmbergUSA 1912 Dorothy Knode 6 6 GBR Michael HannGBR Evelyn Moeller 9 3 6 VEN 1930 Isaías PimentelGBR Margot Gordon 7 6 3 NZL P BecroftNZL E Becroft 5 6 4 GBR P SherwoodGBR C Hoahing 7 3 6 Q GBR R WilsonGBR B Wilson CAN 1921 P WilleyAUS PA Thompson w/o AUS R LaverAUS E Hopman 5 1 AUS M AndersonAUS F Muller 7 6 USA 1912 R HolmbergUSA 1912 D Knode 9 1 6 GBR M HannGBR E Moeller 7 6 1 GBR P SherwoodGBR C Hoahing 14 4 6 Q GBR R WilsonGBR B Wilson 12 6 2 AUS M AndersonAUS F Muller 6 6 USA 1912 R HolmbergUSA 1912 D Knode 4 3 GBR P SherwoodGBR C Hoahing 5 0 AUS M AndersonAUS F Muller 7 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round DEN Søren HøjbergDEN Lisa Gram-Andersen 2 6 7 Q LIB Samir KhouryGBR Sheila Bramley 6 3 5 FRA Jean-Claude MolinariFRA Béatrice de Chambure 6 6 Q GBR Ralph WhiteGBR Pauline Drew 2 3 AUS Kevin MeyerGBR Mary Eyre 8 6 NED Fred DehnertNED Joopy Roos-Van der Wal 6 4 USA 1912 John FleitzUSA 1912 Beverly Fleitz 2 5 3 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 7 DEN S HøjbergDEN L Gram-Andersen 4 1 FRA J-C MolinariFRA B de Chambure 6 6 AUS K MeyerGBR M Eyre 2 2 3 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 FRA J-C MolinariFRA B de Chambure w/o 3 USA 1912 G MulloyUSA 1912 A Gibson Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Billy KnightGBR Shirley Bloomer USA 1912 Bill TalbertGBR Angela Buxton w/o GBR John BarrettFRG Ilse Buding 6 6 AUT Hans RedlAUT Elizabeth Broz 2 1 SAF 1928 Ian VermaakSAF 1928 Thea Hale 6 6 ESP 1945 Andrés GimenoESP 1945 María Josefa de Riba 3 0 USA 1912 Hugh StewartFRG Erika Vollmer 6 6 GBR Alan MillsGBR Billie Woodgate 4 2 GBR W KnightGBR S Bloomer 6 6 GBR J BarrettFRG I Buding 2 2 SAF 1928 I VermaakSAF 1928 T Hale 7 4 2 USA 1912 H StewartFRG E Vollmer 5 6 6 GBR W KnightGBR S Bloomer 2 4 USA 1912 H StewartFRG E Vollmer 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Tony PickardGBR Elaine Watson 7 6 IRL Joe HackettIRL Mary O'Sullivan 5 4 SAF 1928 Trevor FancuttAUS Daphne Seeney 6 6 SWE Ulf SchmidtSWE Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén 4 4 IND Ramanathan KrishnanGBR Vera Thomas USA 1912 Barry MacKay (tennis)USA 1912 Jean Clarke w/o GBR Gerald SmithGBR Heather Macfarlane 3 5 2 CHI Luis AyalaAUS Thelma Long 6 7 GBR A PickardGBR E Watson 2 6 SAF 1928 T FancuttAUS D Seeney 6 8 IND R KrishnanGBR V Thomas 0 1 2 CHI L AyalaAUS T Long 6 6 SAF 1928 T FancuttAUS D Seeney 6 8 2 CHI L AyalaAUS T Long 3 6 References External links 1956 MX X=Mixed Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Mixed doubles