1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1959 Wimbledon Championships USA Alex Olmedo AUS Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1959 Wimbledon Championships Alex Olmedo defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Ashley Cooper was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Seeds 1 8 USA Alex Olmedo (champion) 2 1 AUS Neale Fraser (quarterfinals) 3 3 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli (first round) 4 6 GBR Bobby Wilson (quarterfinals) 5 2 USA 1912 Barry MacKay (semifinals) 6 7 CHI Luis Ayala (quarterfinals) 7 4 DEN Kurt Nielsen (second round) 8 5 AUS Roy Emerson (semifinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 AUS Neale Fraser 7 8 6 3 1 5 USA 1912 Barry MacKay 5 10 0 6 6 FRA Jean-Claude Molinari 3 3 0 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 8 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 4 GBR Bobby Wilson 3 4 2 6 CHI Luis Ayala 5 6 3 3 1 USA Alex Olmedo 7 3 6 6 5 USA 1912 Barry MacKay 13 9 8 9 3 AUS Rod Laver 11 11 10 7 6 8 AUS Roy Emerson 4 0 4 1 USA Alex Olmedo 6 6 6 AUS Rod Laver 4 3 4 1 USA Alex Olmedo 6 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 AUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 FRA Pierre Darmon 4 4 2 AUT Franz Saiko 8 3 6 2 BRA 1889 Carlos Fernandes 10 6 4 6 USA 1912 Bob Sherman 6 4 5 9 6 AUS Alan Bailey 4 6 7 7 8 NOR Gunnar Sjøwall 1 8 3 GBR Michael Hann 6 10 6 AUS Allan Kendall 6 6 2 7 8 URU Eduardo Argon 4 8 6 5 6 SAF 1928 John Maloney 4 2 4 ITA Orlando Sirola 6 6 6 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 FRA Alain Bresson 0 0 1 Q GBR Roy Dixon 6 13 4 7 4 Q USA 1912 Jacques Grigry 3 11 6 9 6 2 AUS N Fraser 6 6 6 BRA 1889 C Fernandes 3 1 2 AUS A Bailey 2 6 1 3 GBR M Hann 6 4 6 6 AUS A Kendall 7 1 6 8 ITA O Sirola 9 6 1 10 ESP 1945 M Santana 6 4 4 9 6 Q USA 1912 J Grigry 2 6 6 7 1 2 AUS N Fraser 7 6 6 GBR M Hann 5 4 2 ITA O Sirola 6 9 3 6 ESP 1945 M Santana 4 7 6 3 2 AUS N Fraser 3 6 14 8 6 ITA O Sirola 6 3 12 10 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA 1912 Barry MacKay 6 6 3 6 SAF 1928 Ian Vermaak 2 2 6 3 POL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 6 7 6 7 Q IND Jaidip Mukerjea 3 9 4 5 YUG Ilija Panajotović 6 4 6 6 GBR Jimmy Tattersall 4 6 3 1 GBR Geoff Ward 3 2 6 7 DEN Jan Leschly 6 6 3 9 GBR Billy Knight 6 6 6 GBR John Barrett 2 0 3 GBR Roger Becker 3 7 4 SWE Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 9 6 NZL Mark Otway 4 4 0 AUS Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 USA 1912 Jon Douglas 4 6 6 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 1 1 0 5 USA 1912 B MacKay 6 6 3 6 POL 1928 W Skonecki 4 3 6 1 YUG I Panajotović 6 5 6 4 5 DEN J Leschly 4 7 3 6 7 GBR W Knight 6 3 6 6 SWE J-E Lundqvist 3 6 1 4 AUS R Hewitt 6 8 6 USA 1912 J Douglas 1 6 4 5 USA 1912 B MacKay 6 6 6 DEN J Leschly 3 2 4 GBR W Knight 6 7 6 AUS R Hewitt 3 5 3 5 USA 1912 B MacKay 6 8 10 GBR W Knight 2 6 8 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 4 6 5 5 USA 1912 Butch Buchholz 6 3 7 7 SAF 1928 Gordon Forbes 6 6 6 SUI Paul Blondel 3 0 1 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 6 6 6 HUN Antal Jancsó 3 3 2 AUS Neville Nette 11 3 8 4 NZL Lew Gerrard 9 6 10 6 ESP 1945 Juan Manuel Couder 4 6 6 2 6 AUS Warren Jacques 6 3 4 6 3 Q AUS Alan Lane 5 2 6 0 SWE Sven Davidson 7 6 1 6 USA 1912 Malcolm Fox 6 6 11 6 YUG Sima Nikolić 4 2 13 1 FRA Jean-Claude Molinari 4 6 7 6 CHN Chu Chen Hua 6 3 5 4 USA 1912 E Buchholz 3 7 11 10 SAF 1928 G Forbes 6 5 9 8 USA 1912 G Mulloy 6 7 6 NZL L Gerrard 3 5 4 ESP 1945 JM Couder 1 6 1 2 SWE S Davidson 6 4 6 6 USA 1912 M Fox 3 6 3 2 FRA J-C Molinari 6 3 6 6 USA 1912 E Buchholz 4 5 4 USA 1912 G Mulloy 6 7 6 SWE S Davidson 7 1 13 6 4 FRA J-C Molinari 9 6 11 4 6 USA 1912 G Mulloy 1 2 9 2 FRA J-C Molinari 6 6 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 DEN Kurt Nielsen 6 1 6 7 AUS Martin Mulligan 4 6 3 5 FRG Wilhelm Bungert 4 2 6 3 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 4 6 BRA 1889 José Edison Mandarino 2 6 6 6 Q AUS Stan Hicks 6 4 2 4 GBR Geoffrey Owen 3 5 7 2 Q GBR John Ward 6 7 5 6 UAR Jaroslav Drobný 12 6 8 6 GBR Alan Mills 14 3 10 8 GBR Oliver Prenn 6 6 6 6 CHI Patricio Rodríguez 3 8 2 3 NED Willem Maris 6 6 6 Q GBR Dickie Dillon 1 3 2 AUS Bob Howe 10 6 9 IND Premjit Lall 8 3 7 7 DEN K Nielsen 8 4 5 AUS R Laver 10 6 7 BRA 1889 JE Mandarino 4 4 6 0 Q GBR J Ward 6 6 3 6 GBR A Mills 6 6 6 GBR O Prenn 4 1 1 NED W Maris 5 4 1 AUS R Howe 7 6 6 AUS R Laver 6 6 7 Q GBR J Ward 2 3 5 GBR A Mills 9 6 7 6 AUS R Howe 11 4 5 2 AUS R Laver 6 3 6 6 GBR A Mills 3 6 3 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ITA Giuseppe Merlo 6 2 6 6 FRG Dieter Ecklebe 4 6 3 1 LL GBR Trevor Adamson 1 1 1 USA 1912 Jack Frost 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Ray Weedon 3 4 4 DEN Jørgen Ulrich 6 6 6 YUG Milan Branović 4 1 1 SAF 1928 Robin Sanders 6 6 6 NED Pieter van Eijsden 3 6 4 3 British Guiana Ian McDonald 6 4 6 6 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 7 11 8 SWE Ulf Schmidt 5 9 6 YUG Kamilo Keretić 3 4 1 AUS Frank Gorman 6 6 6 COL William Álvarez 4 3 3 8 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 ITA G Merlo 0 0 3 USA 1912 J Frost 6 6 6 DEN J Ulrich 6 6 6 SAF 1928 R Sanders 2 3 2 British Guiana I McDonald 3 2 1 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 6 6 AUS F Gorman 1 6 6 3 8 AUS R Emerson 6 4 8 6 USA 1912 J Frost 7 5 1 DEN J Ulrich 9 7 6 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 2 6 4 1 8 AUS R Emerson 6 3 6 6 DEN J Ulrich 9 3 8 1 8 AUS R Emerson 7 6 10 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUT Franz Hainka 4 6 2 2 USA 1912 Mike Franks 6 2 6 6 FRA Jean-Noël Grinda 6 6 6 URS 1955 Andrei Potanin 1 3 1 GBR Malcolm Gracie 6 6 6 AUS Dennis Reilly 4 3 2 AUS Ken Fletcher 6 6 6 POL 1928 Wiesław Gąsiorek 2 1 3 IRL Joe Hackett 6 6 3 4 GBR Colin Baxter 3 8 6 6 AUS Don Candy 6 6 6 USA 1912 Glenn Bassett 4 1 2 Q GBR Colin Hannam 2 4 5 GBR Tony Pickard 6 6 7 GBR Ivor Warwick 3 0 4 4 GBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 USA 1912 M Franks 6 6 5 4 5 FRA J-N Grinda 3 3 7 6 7 GBR M Gracie 2 1 0 AUS K Fletcher 6 6 6 GBR C Baxter 3 2 2 AUS D Candy 6 6 6 GBR A Pickard 3 6 4 4 GBR R Wilson 6 8 6 FRA J-N Grinda 6 7 6 AUS K Fletcher 2 5 4 AUS D Candy 4 3 6 4 4 GBR R Wilson 6 6 1 6 FRA J-N Grinda 3 15 1 4 GBR R Wilson 6 17 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Gerry Oakley 6 7 6 CAN 1957 Paul Willey 3 5 3 SAF 1928 John Hammill 6 2 4 10 3 SWE Staffan Stockenberg 4 6 6 8 6 CUB Orlando Garrido 6 5 5 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Adrian Bey 1 7 7 6 NOR Finn-Dag Jagge 2 4 8 6 6 GBR Ralph Oliver 6 6 6 2 2 Q URS 1955 Toomas Leius 3 4 5 SAF 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 7 Q GBR Tony Clayton 2 1 3 BEL Jacques Brichant 6 6 6 AUT Ladislav Legenstein 1 10 6 6 2 GBR Geoffrey Paish 6 12 2 2 6 TCH Jiří Javorský 3 0 3 6 CHI Luis Ayala 6 6 6 GBR G Oakley 6 6 9 SWE S Stockenberg 2 2 7 Rhodesia and Nyasaland A Bey 7 6 6 NOR F-D Jagge 5 2 2 SAF 1928 A Segal 6 4 8 6 BEL J Brichant 4 6 6 2 GBR G Paish 3 1 4 6 CHI L Ayala 6 6 6 GBR G Oakley 4 7 6 4 Rhodesia and Nyasaland A Bey 6 9 4 6 SAF 1928 A Segal 3 10 4 2 6 CHI L Ayala 6 8 6 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland A Bey 2 1 0 6 CHI L Ayala 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Mike Davies 6 6 6 6 NZL Brian Woolf 1 8 4 2 YUG Boro Jovanović 6 6 6 HUN István Gulyás 3 4 3 BRA 1889 Ronnie Barnes 6 11 9 1 1 CHN Mei Fu Chi 3 9 11 6 6 DEN Torben Ulrich 6 6 6 6 AUS Bob Mark 4 8 4 4 IND Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Tim Heckler 3 1 0 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 4 6 6 7 ESP 1945 José Luis Arilla 6 4 3 5 SAF 1928 Rod Mandelstam 6 6 6 ITA Antonio Maggi 4 1 2 AUS Warren Woodcock 2 4 3 1 USA Alex Olmedo 6 6 6 GBR M Davies 6 3 6 6 YUG B Jovanović 1 6 3 2 CHN FC Mei 1 1 1 DEN T Ulrich 6 6 6 IND R Krishnan 6 6 6 AUS B Phillips-Moore 2 2 3 SAF 1928 R Mandelstam 1 1 3 1 USA A Olmedo 6 6 6 GBR M Davies 6 4 6 6 1 DEN T Ulrich 3 6 8 1 6 IND R Krishnan 4 6 4 5 1 USA A Olmedo 6 3 6 7 DEN T Ulrich 3 3 2 1 USA A Olmedo 6 6 6 References External links 1959 MS 1959 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1959 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles