1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1956 Wimbledon Championships s AUS Lew Hoad AUS Ken Rosewall ITA Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Orlando Sirola 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1956 Wimbledon Championships Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad were the defending champions, but Hartwig was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Hoad partnered with Ken Rosewall, and they defeated Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championship.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 AUS Lew Hoad / AUS Ken Rosewall (champions) 2 4 USA 1912 Ham Richardson / USA 1912 Vic Seixas (quarterfinals) 3 2 AUS Don Candy / USA 1912 Bob Perry (quarterfinals) 4 3 CHI Luis Ayala / SWE Sven Davidson (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 12 AUS Mal AndersonAUS Roy Emerson 2 4 10 3 AUS Don CandyUSA 1912 Bob Perry 2 3 3 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Art Larsen 6 6 6 AUS Ashley CooperAUS Neale Fraser 6 3 6 6 4 CHI Luis AyalaSWE Sven Davidson 2 6 3 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 8 6 6 2 USA 1912 Ham RichardsonUSA 1912 Vic Seixas 3 10 3 4 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 4 6 7 6 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Art Larsen 6 2 5 3 AUS Ashley CooperAUS Neale Fraser 4 4 6 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 6 6 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 7 6 6 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 5 2 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 AUS Lew HoadAUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 CAN 1921 Lawrence BarclayCAN 1921 Paul Willey 1 1 2 DEN Kurt NielsenDEN Torben Ulrich 6 4 6 6 USA 1912 Gardnar MulloyUSA 1912 Bud Robineau 4 6 2 2 NED Hans van DalsumNED Fred Dehnert 1 2 4 USA 1912 Ronnie HolmbergUSA 1912 Barry MacKay (tennis) 6 6 6 USA 1912 Joe BlatchfordUSA 1912 John Fleitz 3 2 4 USA 1912 Sam GiammalvaUSA 1912 Gilbert Shea 6 6 6 FRA Pierre DarmonFRA Jean-Claude Molinari 6 4 6 12 9 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 3 6 4 14 7 AUS Kevin MeyerAUS John O'Brien 1 6 6 4 AUS Mal AndersonAUS Roy Emerson 6 8 4 6 CUB Reynaldo GarridoDEN Søren Højberg 1 2 3 GBR Billy KnightGBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Gino Mezzi USA 1912 Irvin DorfmanBRA Armando Vieira w/o 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 DEN K NielsenDEN T Ulrich 4 3 2 USA 1912 R HolmbergUSA 1912 B MacKay 0 6 7 3 USA 1912 S GiammalvaUSA 1912 G Shea 6 3 9 6 FRA P DarmonFRA J-C Molinari 6 1 7 AUS M AndersonAUS R Emerson 8 6 9 GBR W KnightGBR R Wilson 9 3 6 3 9 BEL J BrichantBEL G Mezzi 7 6 4 6 7 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 USA 1912 S GiammalvaUSA 1912 G Shea 4 2 3 AUS M AndersonAUS R Emerson 6 7 6 GBR W KnightGBR R Wilson 2 5 4 1 AUS L HoadAUS K Rosewall 6 6 12 AUS M AndersonAUS R Emerson 2 4 10 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 AUS Don CandyUSA 1912 Bob Perry 6 6 6 Q AUS Louis SurvilleUSA 1912 Hugh Sweeney 3 1 2 FRA Michel LemassonESP 1945 Emilio Martínez USA 1912 Pablo EisenbergSAF 1928 Julie Mayer w/o NOR Gunnar SjøwallNOR Finn Søhol AUS Brian BowmanAUS Dick Potter w/o USA 1912 Dean BrinkmanUSA 1912 Wayne Van Voorhees 5 3 4 Q GBR Basil HutchinsGBR Geoffrey Owen 7 6 6 GBR RG HarrisGBR Jimmy Wilson 4 1 6 ITA Umberto BergamoITA Giorgio Fachini 6 6 8 SUI René BuserCeylon 1951 Doug Scharenguivel 3 2 1 AUS Bob HoweUSA 1912 Art Larsen 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Gordon ForbesSAF 1928 Ian Vermaak 6 6 6 GBR Eric FilbyGBR John Horn 3 2 4 LL GBR Eric BulmerGBR John Ward 8 8 4 6 IRL Ivor BodenIRL Joe Hackett 6 6 6 3 3 AUS D CandyUSA 1912 R Perry 7 6 6 FRA M LemassonESP 1945 E Martínez 5 1 1 NOR G SjøwallNOR F Søhol 7 6 6 5 6 Q GBR B HutchinsGBR G Owen 5 3 8 7 3 ITA U BergamoITA G Fachini 2 6 0 3 AUS R HoweUSA 1912 A Larsen 6 3 6 6 SAF 1928 G ForbesSAF 1928 I Vermaak 6 6 6 GBR E BulmerGBR J Ward 3 2 3 3 AUS D CandyUSA 1912 R Perry NOR G SjøwallNOR F Søhol w/o AUS R HoweUSA 1912 A Larsen 6 3 1 6 6 SAF 1928 G ForbesSAF 1928 I Vermaak 4 6 6 4 4 3 AUS D CandyUSA 1912 R Perry 2 3 3 AUS R HoweUSA 1912 A Larsen 6 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUT Freddie HuberUSA 1912 Tony Vincent 6 6 10 6 GBR Tony ClaytonCOL Gustavo Rueda 3 3 12 2 AUS Bruce FrancisAUS Arthur Marshall 3 3 4 AUS Ashley CooperAUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 Q GBR Keith CollarGBR Humphrey Truman 6 6 10 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Don BlackPAK Khwaja Saeed 4 4 8 FRA Bernard DestremauNED Boebi van Meegeren 6 8 4 2 6 GBR Reg BennettGBR Tim Lewis 1 6 6 6 4 GBR John BarrettGBR Geoffrey Paish 7 7 6 CAN 1921 Don FontanaGBR Tony Pickard 5 5 4 ESP 1945 Jaime BartrolíESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 7 3 3 5 TCH Jiří ParmaBEL Jacques Peten 5 6 6 7 GBR Geoff WardGBR Ivor Warwick USA 1912 Allen MorrisUSA 1912 Bill Talbert w/o YUG Kamilo KeretićYUG Josip Palada 2 1 0 4 CHI Luis AyalaSWE Sven Davidson 6 6 6 AUT A HuberUSA 1912 A Vincent 3 2 4 AUS A CooperAUS N Fraser 6 6 6 Q GBR K CollarGBR H Truman 6 6 7 FRA B DestremauNED R van Meegeren 2 4 5 GBR J BarrettGBR G Paish 4 6 6 6 TCH J ParmaBEL J Peten 6 1 2 3 GBR G WardGBR I Warwick 1 1 4 4 CHI L AyalaSWE S Davidson 6 6 6 AUS A CooperAUS N Fraser 6 7 9 GBR K CollarGBR H Truman 4 5 7 GBR J BarrettGBR G Paish 12 3 4 2 4 CHI L AyalaSWE S Davidson 10 6 6 6 AUS A CooperAUS N Fraser 6 3 6 6 4 CHI L AyalaSWE S Davidson 2 6 3 2 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals SWE Ulf SchmidtSWE Staffan Stockenberg 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Trevor FancuttUSA 1912 Malcolm Fox 3 4 4 EGY 1922 Ibrahim Badreldin-SayedEGY 1922 Kamel Moubarek 4 1 4 Q SAF 1928 Buster FarrerSAF 1928 Ivor Phillips 6 6 6 FRG Franz FeldbauschFRG Peter Scholl 6 6 6 Q GBR Rex HackHUN 1949 András Kálmán 4 2 2 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 6 6 6 GBR Henry BillingtonGBR Don Butler 3 2 2 CHI Andrés HammersleyGBR Gerry Oakley 2 5 4 IND Ramanathan KrishnanIND Naresh Kumar 6 7 6 GBR Colin HannamGBR Oliver Prenn 2 6 1 2 SAF 1928 Abe SegalUSA 1912 Hugh Stewart 6 3 6 6 URU Eduardo ArgonVEN 1930 Isaías Pimentel 5 7 3 GBR Roger BeckerGBR Mike Davies 7 9 6 TUN 1959 Mustapha BelkhodjaFRA Jean Borotra 3 4 4 2 USA 1912 Ham RichardsonUSA 1912 Vic Seixas 6 6 6 SWE U SchmidtSWE S Stockenberg 6 6 11 Q SAF 1928 W FarrerSAF 1928 I Phillips 2 2 9 FRG F FeldbauschFRG P Scholl 4 3 4 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 6 6 IND R KrishnanIND N Kumar 4 6 7 6 SAF 1928 A SegalUSA 1912 H Stewart 6 3 5 4 GBR R BeckerGBR M Davies 3 2 6 2 USA 1912 H RichardsonUSA 1912 V Seixas 6 6 8 SWE U SchmidtSWE S Stockenberg 4 3 5 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 6 7 IND R KrishnanIND N Kumar 7 3 6 2 4 2 USA 1912 H RichardsonUSA 1912 V Seixas 5 6 2 6 6 ITA N PietrangeliITA O Sirola 6 8 6 6 2 USA 1912 H RichardsonUSA 1912 V Seixas 3 10 3 4 References External links 1956 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles