1956 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1956 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Shirley Fry GBR Angela Buxton 6–3, 6–1 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam 1956 Wimbledon Championships Shirley Fry defeated Angela Buxton in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Louise Brough was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fry. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Louise Brough (semifinals) 2 1 USA 1912 Beverly Fleitz (quarterfinals) 3 3 GBR Angela Mortimer (quarterfinals) 4 6 USA 1912 Althea Gibson (quarterfinals) 5 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry (champion) 6 2 GBR Angela Buxton (final) 7 4 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode (second round) 8 7 GBR Shirley Bloomer (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 USA 1912 Beverly Fleitz w/o 6 GBR Angela Buxton 3 GBR Angela Mortimer 3 0 GBR Pat Ward 6 6 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 4 6 6 4 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 3 4 8 GBR Shirley Bloomer 7 1 3 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 5 6 6 6 GBR Angela Buxton 6 6 GBR Pat Ward 1 4 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 4 6 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 4 6 3 6 GBR Angela Buxton 3 1 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 USA 1912 Beverly Fleitz 6 6 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 4 3 GBR Gem Hoahing 6 6 AUS Jennifer Edmondson 4 2 AUS Daphne Seeney 6 6 GBR Leonie Brighton 2 3 AUS Nell Hopman 1 4 HUN 1949 Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 6 2 USA 1912 B Fleitz 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 1 3 AUS D Seeney 2 3 HUN 1949 Z Körmöczy 6 6 2 USA 1912 B Fleitz 6 8 HUN 1949 Z Körmöczy 0 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 GBR Angela Buxton 6 6 FRA Suzanne le Besnerais 4 0 GBR Norma Kemsey-Bourne 4 1 DEN Lisa Gram-Andersen 6 6 NED Joopy Roos-Van der Wal 4 6 6 GBR Bobbie Wilson 6 2 2 GBR Elaine Watson 6 6 GBR Joan Curry 2 3 6 GBR A Buxton 6 6 DEN L Gram-Andersen 3 2 NED J Roos-Van der Wal 8 2 GBR E Watson 10 6 6 GBR A Buxton 6 6 GBR E Watson 4 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 4 6 AUS Thelma Long 1 6 3 GBR Anthea Gibb 4 3 GBR Pearl Panton 6 6 Q GBR Hazel Moorley 7 6 GBR Sheila Bramley 5 4 GBR Denise Collier 2 2 USA 1912 Darlene Hard 6 6 GBR Bea Walter 0 6 6 GBR Rosemary Deloford 6 4 1 SWE Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén 6 5 USA 1912 Barbara Davidson 8 7 SAF 1928 Thea Hale 6 6 GBR Gill Evans 2 2 Q FRA Florence de la Courtie 6 6 Q GBR Jane Godfrey 4 2 3 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 GBR P Panton 1 2 Q GBR H Moorley 2 3 USA 1912 D Hard 6 6 GBR B Walter 3 9 4 USA 1912 B Davidson 6 7 6 SAF 1928 T Hale 7 4 8 Q FRA F de la Courtie 5 6 6 3 GBR A Mortimer 6 7 USA 1912 D Hard 3 5 USA 1912 B Davidson w/o SAF 1928 T Hale 3 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 SAF 1928 T Hale 2 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode 8 6 GBR Sue Waters 6 2 GBR Valerie Lewis 6 0 3 TCH Věra Pužejová 1 6 6 GBR Pauline Roberts 6 7 4 GBR Doreen Spiers 8 5 6 FRG Erika Vollmer 6 6 Q GBR Sidney Brock 1 1 GBR Sheila Armstrong 0 5 Q NZL Elaine Becroft 6 7 SAF 1928 Estelle van Tonder 1 5 USA 1912 Jean Clarke 6 7 GBR Heather Macfarlane 3 2 GBR Pat Ward 6 6 Q GBR Jill Rook 0 0 SAF 1928 Bernice Carr 6 6 7 USA 1912 D Knode 4 9 1 TCH V Pužejová 6 7 6 GBR D Spiers 2 0 FRG E Vollmer 6 6 Q NZL E Becroft 6 3 7 USA 1912 J Clarke 3 6 5 GBR P Ward 12 4 6 SAF 1928 B Carr 10 6 2 TCH V Pužejová 10 6 FRG E Vollmer 8 3 Q NZL E Becroft 4 4 GBR P Ward 6 6 TCH V Pužejová 3 2 GBR P Ward 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Jenny Hoad 6 3 6 GBR Georgie Woodgate 3 6 2 GBR Lorna Cawthorn 2 2 GBR Vera Thomas 6 6 GBR Joan MacLeod 2 6 9 GBR Viola White 6 2 7 GBR Janet Morgan 4 6 7 Q SAF 1928 Sheila Waddington 6 4 9 BER 1910 Heather Brewer 6 6 NED Nel van der Storm 1 3 ESP 1945 María Josefa de Riba 7 6 GBR Marion Boundy 5 2 FRA Ginette Bucaille 6 6 NOR Astrid Winther 2 1 BEL Christiane Mercelis 2 1 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 AUS J Hoad 8 6 GBR V Thomas 6 4 GBR J MacLeod 6 0 8 Q SAF 1928 S Waddington 4 6 10 BER 1910 H Brewer 6 6 ESP 1945 MJ de Riba 4 0 FRA G Bucaille 3 2 5 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 AUS J Hoad 6 6 Q SAF 1928 S Waddington 0 2 BER 1910 H Brewer 3 4 5 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 AUS J Hoad 2 2 5 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Kathleen Holt 4 7 6 AUS Margaret H. O'Donnell 6 5 4 USA 1912 Louise Snow 6 6 GBR Sheila Speight 0 3 GBR Pat Hird 2 6 6 IRL June Fitzpatrick 6 3 2 DEN Else Schmith 3 4 BRA 1889 Ingrid Metzner 6 6 GBR Anne Shilcock 6 6 FRG Ilse Buding 3 2 Q AUS Kay Newcombe 0 2 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 Q GBR Pat Wheeler 2 6 6 GBR Margot Parker 6 0 2 FRG Edda Buding 4 2 4 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 GBR K Holt 3 1 USA 1912 L Snow 6 6 BRA 1889 I Metzner 3 6 7 GBR P Hird 6 0 5 GBR A Shilcock 3 6 6 GBR A Haydon 6 3 2 Q GBR P Wheeler 1 2 4 USA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 USA 1912 L Snow 6 1 2 GBR P Hird 3 6 6 GBR A Shilcock 6 2 1 4 USA 1912 A Gibson 4 6 6 GBR P Hird 0 4 4 USA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SAF 1928 Sandra Reynolds 4 6 3 GBR Pat Brown 6 4 6 AUT Elizabeth Broz 2 5 SWE Solveig Gustafsson 6 7 USA 1912 Betty Pratt 6 6 GBR Marion Craig-Smith 4 3 GBR Jean Knight 0 0 8 GBR Shirley Bloomer 6 6 GBR P Brown 6 6 SWE S Gustafsson 1 3 USA 1912 B Pratt 6 2 6 8 GBR S Bloomer 4 6 8 GBR P Brown 2 5 8 GBR S Bloomer 6 7 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Caroline Yates-Bell 6 6 6 GBR Barbara Knapp 0 8 4 Q FRA Colette Monnot 3 2 AUS Fay Muller 6 6 GBR Jennifer Middleton 6 6 GBR Pauline Edwards 2 4 SAF 1928 Jean Forbes 0 0 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 GBR C Yates-Bell 0 0 AUS F Muller 6 6 GBR J Middleton 0 4 1 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 AUS F Muller 3 1 1 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 References External links 1956 LS 1956 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1956 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships