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1956 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
Runners-upAustralia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
Score6–1, 8–6
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1955 · Wimbledon Championships · 1957 →

Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson defeated Fay Muller and Daphne Seeney in the final, 6–1, 8–6 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Gibson became the first African American to win a Wimbledon title; she would go on to win the singles title the next year.

Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Muller and Seeney.

Seeds

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01.   United States Louise Brough / United States Shirley Fry (semifinals)
02.   United Kingdom Angela Mortimer / United Kingdom Anne Shilcock (semifinals)
03.   United Kingdom Angela Buxton / United States Althea Gibson (champions)
04.   United States Beverly Fleitz / United States Darlene Hard (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
6 6
South Africa Doreen Wedderburn
United Kingdom Georgie Woodgate
2 4
2 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
4 2
Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
6 6
United Kingdom Doreen Spiers
United Kingdom Bea Walter
2 4
Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
6 6
Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
1 6
3 United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
6 8
Australia Thelma Long
United States Betty Pratt
7 1 1
3 United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
5 6 6
3 United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
7 6
United States Louise Brough
United States Shirley Fry
5 4
France Béatrice de Chambure
France Colette Monnot
0 1
1 United States Louise Brough
United States Shirley Fry
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
7 6
Netherlands Joopy Roos-Van der Wal
Netherlands Nel van der Storm
5 2
2 United Kingdom A Mortimer
United Kingdom A Shilcock
6 7
France S le Besnerais
France G Bucaille
1 5
United Kingdom Lesley Fulton
United Kingdom Mrs FB Webb
1 1
France Suzanne le Besnerais
France Ginette Bucaille
6 6
2 United Kingdom A Mortimer
United Kingdom A Shilcock
6 6
South Africa D Wedderburn
United Kingdom G Woodgate
2 4
India Rita Davar
United Kingdom Gem Hoahing
w/o
New Zealand Elaine Becroft
United Kingdom Rosemary Bulleid
New Zealand E Becroft
United Kingdom R Bulleid
3 6 4
South Africa D Wedderburn
United Kingdom G Woodgate
6 3 6
South Africa Doreen Wedderburn
United Kingdom Georgie Woodgate
9 4 6
United Kingdom Sheila Bramley
United Kingdom Heather Macfarlane
7 6 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United States Beverly Fleitz
United States Darlene Hard
6 6
United Kingdom Pearl Panton
United Kingdom Vera Thomas
0 3 4 United States B Fleitz
United States D Hard
w/o
United Kingdom Carole Levy
Australia Kay Newcombe
6 3 1 United Kingdom D Spiers
United Kingdom B Walter
United Kingdom Doreen Spiers
United Kingdom Bea Walter
3 6 6 United Kingdom D Spiers
United Kingdom B Walter
4 6 6
United Kingdom Joan Curry
United Kingdom Rita Drobný
0 6 3 United Kingdom M Craig-Smith
United Kingdom P Hird
6 4 3
United Kingdom Mary Eyre
United Kingdom Viola White
6 4 6 United Kingdom M Eyre
United Kingdom V White
2 7 3
United Kingdom Janet Morgan
United Kingdom Sheila Speight
4 5 United Kingdom M Craig-Smith
United Kingdom P Hird
6 5 6
United Kingdom Marion Craig-Smith
United Kingdom Pat Hird
6 7 United Kingdom D Spiers
United Kingdom B Walter
2 4
West Germany Edda Buding
West Germany Ilse Buding
Australia F Muller
Australia D Seeney
6 6
Sweden Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
Sweden Solveig Gustafsson
w/o West Germany E Buding
West Germany I Buding
2 4
Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
6 6 Australia F Muller
Australia D Seeney
6 6
Spain Pilar Barril
Spain María Josefa de Riba
1 1 Australia F Muller
Australia D Seeney
6 6
United Kingdom Denise Collier
United Kingdom Pauline Roberts
6 3 2 United Kingdom J Rook
United Kingdom C Yates-Bell
1 2
United Kingdom Jill Rook
United Kingdom Caroline Yates-Bell
3 6 6 United Kingdom J Rook
United Kingdom C Yates-Bell
6 6
United States Gloria Butler
United States Barbara Davidson
w/o United States J Clarke
United States L Snow
4 4
United States Jean Clarke
United States Louise Snow

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Q United Kingdom Gem Gilbert
United Kingdom Sue Waters
2 0
Australia Thelma Long
United States Betty Pratt
6 6 Australia T Long
United States E Pratt
8 6
United Kingdom Sheila Armstrong
United Kingdom Ann Haydon
3 2 United Kingdom S Bloomer
United Kingdom P Ward
6 0
United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer
United Kingdom Pat Ward
6 6 Australia T Long
United States E Pratt
6 6
United Kingdom Valerie Lewis
United Kingdom Evelyn Moeller
6 6 United Kingdom V Lewis
United Kingdom E Moeller
2 4
Q United Kingdom Pauline Edwards
United Kingdom Hazel Moorley
1 4 United Kingdom V Lewis
United Kingdom E Moeller
6 6
United Kingdom SM Colebrooke
United Kingdom Barbara Knapp
6 7 United Kingdom SM Colebrooke
United Kingdom B Knapp
3 2
United Kingdom Jennifer Middleton
United Kingdom Elaine Watson
3 5 Australia T Long
United States E Pratt
7 1 1
Bermuda Heather Brewer
Australia Nell Hopman
6 6 3 United Kingdom A Buxton
United States A Gibson
5 6 6
United Kingdom Margot Gordon
West Germany Erika Vollmer
3 4 Bermuda H Brewer
Australia E Hopman
6 5 3
Austria Elizabeth Broz
Australia Margaret H. O'Donnell
2 2 United States D Knode
Belgium C Mercelis
3 7 6
United States Dorothy Knode
Belgium Christiane Mercelis
6 6 United States D Knode
Belgium C Mercelis
3 2
South Africa Jean Forbes
South Africa Thea Hale
w/o 3 United Kingdom A Buxton
United States A Gibson
6 6
Australia Jenny Hoad
Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Australia J Hoad
Hungary Z Körmöczy
1 1
Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová
Norway Astrid Winther
1 1 3 United Kingdom A Buxton
United States A Gibson
6 6
3 United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Susan Billington
United Kingdom Margot Parker
7 6
Q United Kingdom Gill Evans
South Africa Estelle van Tonder
5 2
United Kingdom S Billington
United Kingdom M Parker
2 6 4
France B de Chambure
France C Monnot
6 3 6
France Béatrice de Chambure
France Colette Monnot
6 6
United Kingdom Rosemary Deloford
United Kingdom Billie Woodgate
4 2
France Béatrice de Chambure
France Colette Monnot
0 1
1 United States L Brough
United States S Fry
6 6
Q South Africa Sandra Reynolds
South Africa Sheila Waddington
6 7
Q United Kingdom Lorna White
United Kingdom Bobbie Wilson
3 5
South Africa S Reynolds
South Africa S Waddington
0 0
1 United States L Brough
United States S Fry
6 6
Denmark Lisa Gram-Andersen
Denmark Else Schmith
1 0
1 United States Louise Brough
United States Shirley Fry
6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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