1957 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

April 2022 1957 Wimbledon Championships s USA 1912 Althea Gibson USA 1912 Darlene Hard AUS Mary Hawton AUS Thelma Long 6–1, 6–2 48 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1957 Wimbledon Championships Defending champion Althea Gibson and her partner Darlene Hard defeated Mary Hawton and Thelma Long in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Angela Buxton and Gibson were the reigning champions, but Buxton did not compete. Seeds 1 4 USA 1912 Althea Gibson / USA 1912 Darlene Hard (champions) 2 1 AUS Mary Hawton / AUS Thelma Long (final) 3 3 GBR Anne Shilcock / GBR Pat Ward (semifinals) 4 2 MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez / MEX 1934 Rosie Reyes (semifinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 AUS Mary HawtonAUS Thelma Long 7 6 GBR Shirley BloomerUSA 1912 Betty Pratt 5 2 4 MEX 1934 Yola RamírezMEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 6 6 AUS Jenny HoadDEN Milly Vagn-Nielsen 3 4 TCH Věra PužejováFRG Erika Vollmer 3 2 3 GBR Anne ShilcockGBR Pat Ward 6 6 GBR Pat HirdGBR Angela Mortimer 3 0 1 USA 1912 Althea GibsonUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 2 AUS Mary HawtonAUS Thelma Long 7 6 4 MEX 1934 Yola RamírezMEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 5 2 3 GBR Anne ShilcockGBR Pat Ward 2 2 1 USA 1912 Althea GibsonUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 2 AUS Mary HawtonAUS Thelma Long 1 2 1 USA 1912 Althea GibsonUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 AUS Mary HawtonAUS Thelma Long 6 6 SUI Heidi EnzenSUI Ruth Kaufmann 1 1 NZL Ruia MorrisonNZL Heather Robson 6 3 6 FRA Ginette BucailleFRA Susan Chatrier 2 6 4 GBR Ann HaydonGBR Christine Truman 6 6 BER 1910 Heather BrewerSAF 1928 Jean Forbes 3 3 GBR Marion Craig-SmithGBR Barbara Knapp 1 3 GBR Shirley BloomerUSA 1912 Betty Pratt 6 6 2 AUS M HawtonAUS T Long 6 6 NZL R MorrisonNZL H Robson 2 3 GBR A HaydonGBR C Truman 7 0 4 GBR S BloomerUSA 1912 E Pratt 5 6 6 2 AUS M HawtonAUS T Long 7 6 GBR S BloomerUSA 1912 E Pratt 5 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 MEX 1934 Yola RamírezMEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 6 2 13 FRG Edda BudingFRG Ilse Buding 2 6 11 GBR Evelyn FultonGBR Joyce Fulton 6 6 GBR Kathleen HoltGBR Joan MacLeod 3 2 BRA 1889 Maria de AmorimBEL Poucette Bernheim 0 2 USA 1912 Mimi ArnoldUSA 1912 Karol Fageros 6 6 GBR Sheila BramleyGBR Heather Macfarlane 6 4 6 GBR Mary EyreGBR Viola White 1 6 3 GBR Rosemary DelofordGBR Elaine Shenton 3 2 SAF 1928 Daphne FancuttUSA 1912 Dorothy Knode 6 6 GBR Rita BentleyGBR Hazel Cheadle 8 6 USA 1912 Gloria ButlerESP 1945 Mary Terán de Weiss 6 4 Q GBR Pauline DrewGBR MM Gell 2 2 AUS Jenny HoadDEN Milly Vagn-Nielsen 6 6 CAN 1957 Hanna SladekGBR Georgie Woodgate 3 4 Q GBR Sidney BrockGBR Mrs LL Glover 6 6 4 MEX 1934 Y RamírezMEX 1934 R Reyes 6 6 GBR E FultonGBR J Fulton 0 4 USA 1912 M ArnoldUSA 1912 K Fageros 6 7 GBR S BramleyGBR H Macfarlane 2 5 SAF 1928 D FancuttUSA 1912 D Knode 6 6 GBR R BentleyGBR H Cheadle 3 3 AUS J HoadDEN M Vagn-Nielsen 7 6 GBR S BrockGBR Mrs LL Glover 5 1 4 MEX 1934 Y RamírezMEX 1934 R Reyes 8 6 USA 1912 M ArnoldUSA 1912 K Fageros 6 3 SAF 1928 D FancuttUSA 1912 D Knode 6 6 3 AUS J HoadDEN M Vagn-Nielsen 1 8 6 4 MEX 1934 Y RamírezMEX 1934 R Reyes 6 6 AUS J HoadDEN M Vagn-Nielsen 3 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR Pauline RobertsGBR Billie Woodgate 1 5 TCH Věra PužejováFRG Erika Vollmer 6 7 Q GBR Jenny WagstaffGBR Bobbie Wilson 6 6 ESP 1945 Pilar BarrilESP 1945 María Josefa de Riba 3 3 GBR Sheila MacintoshGBR Janet Morgan 1 3 GBR Pearl PantonGBR Vera Thomas 6 6 GBR Thelma ListerGBR Margot Parker 3 6 6 YUG Marica Cranadak-MilonjaFRG Ingeborg Vogler 6 1 2 GBR Jean KnightGBR Anthea Warwick 5 1 IRL June FitzpatrickIRL Heather Flinn 7 6 SAF 1928 Sandra ReynoldsSAF 1928 Renée Schuurman 7 9 FRA Suzanne le BesneraisAUT Elizabeth Broz 5 7 Q GBR MG FryGBR Gwen Scott 2 6 GBR Carole LevyGBR Bea Walter 6 8 GBR Gill EvansGBR Jill Rook 3 6 1 3 GBR Anne ShilcockGBR Pat Ward 6 0 6 TCH V PužejováFRG E Vollmer 6 7 Q GBR J WagstaffGBR B Wilson 1 5 GBR P PantonGBR V Thomas 5 6 6 GBR T ListerGBR M Parker 7 4 4 IRL J FitzpatrickIRL H Flinn 7 0 SAF 1928 S ReynoldsSAF 1928 R Schuurman 9 6 GBR C LevyGBR B Walter 6 3 2 3 GBR A ShilcockGBR P Ward 4 6 6 TCH V PužejováFRG E Vollmer 6 6 GBR P PantonGBR V Thomas 1 1 SAF 1928 S ReynoldsSAF 1928 R Schuurman 6 6 2 3 GBR A ShilcockGBR P Ward 8 2 6 TCH V PužejováFRG E Vollmer 3 2 3 GBR A ShilcockGBR P Ward 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR Pat HirdGBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 Q KEN colonial Fran MarshallGBR Joy Michell 2 3 HUN Zsuzsa KörmöczyBEL Christiane Mercelis 7 6 GBR Hazel MoorleyAUS Kay Newcombe 5 3 NED Nel van der StormNED Berna Thung 4 8 GBR Sheila ArmstrongAUS Margaret Hellyer 6 10 GBR Lorna CawthornGBR Gem Hoahing 2 2 1 USA 1912 Althea GibsonUSA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 GBR P HirdGBR A Mortimer 4 6 6 HUN Z KörmöczyBEL C Mercelis 6 3 4 GBR S ArmstrongAUS M Hellyer 3 6 1 USA 1912 A GibsonUSA 1912 D Hard 6 8 GBR P HirdGBR A Mortimer 3 0 1 USA 1912 A GibsonUSA 1912 D Hard 6 6 References External links 1957 LD Women's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships