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1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1959 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
Runners-upAustralia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
Score8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1958 · Wimbledon Championships · 1960 →

Sven Davidson and Ulf Schmidt were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Davidson partnered with Staffan Stockenberg but lost in the first round to Jean-Noël Grinda and Jean-Claude Molinari. Schmidt competed with Jan-Erik Lundqvist but lost in the first round to Roger Becker and Bob Howe.

Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser defeated Rod Laver and Bob Mark in the final, 8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championship.[1]

Seeds

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01.   Australia Roy Emerson / Australia Neale Fraser (champions)
02.   Italy Nicola Pietrangeli / Italy Orlando Sirola (semifinals)
03.   United States Barry MacKay / United States Alex Olmedo (third round)
04.   Australia Rod Laver / Australia Bob Mark (final)

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 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
6 10 6
Spain José Luis Arilla
Spain Andrés Gimeno
4 8 3
2 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
4 4 3
4 Australia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
6 6 6
4 Australia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
6 6 8 6
Chile Luis Ayala
India Ramanathan Krishnan
4 8 6 2
4 Australia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
6 3 16 7
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
8 6 14 9
Austria Ladislav Legenstein
Denmark Torben Ulrich
6 8 6
South Africa Gordon Forbes
South Africa Abe Segal
3 6 4
Austria Ladislav Legenstein
Denmark Torben Ulrich
3 2 2
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
6 6 6
Spain Juan Manuel Couder
Spain Manuel Santana
3 14 4
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
6 16 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
6 7 6 10
United Kingdom Michael Hann
United Kingdom Ivor Warwick
3 9 2 8 2 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 6 8 8
Q Australia Stan Hicks
Australia Neville Nette
6 6 8 4 3 United States G Mulloy
United States J Patty
3 3 10 6
United States Gardnar Mulloy
United States Budge Patty
8 2 6 6 6 2 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 2 6 19 6
United States Glenn Bassett
United States Bob Sherman
6 6 5 5 8 United Kingdom W Knight
United Kingdom A Pickard
4 6 4 12 1
West Germany Wilhelm Bungert
West Germany Dieter Ecklebe
4 3 7 7 6 United States G Bassett
United States R Sherman
w/o
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Adrian Bey
South Africa John Hammill
5 3 3 United Kingdom W Knight
United Kingdom A Pickard
United Kingdom Billy Knight
United Kingdom Tony Pickard
7 6 6 2 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 10 6
Spain José Luis Arilla
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6 6 6 Spain JL Arilla
Spain A Gimeno
4 8 3
United States Jon Douglas
United States Mike Franks
4 3 3 Spain JL Arilla
Spain A Gimeno
6 9 7 6
United Kingdom Jimmy Tattersall
India Arcot Udaykumar
6 12 6 United Kingdom J Tattersall
India A Udaykumar
4 7 9 1
Norway Finn-Dag Jagge
Norway Gunnar Sjøwall
1 10 2 Spain JL Arilla
Spain A Gimeno
6 6 2 6
Denmark Søren Højberg
Denmark Jan Leschly
6 6 4 6 South Africa I Vermaak
South Africa R Weedon
4 4 6 4
Switzerland Paul Blondel
Cuba Orlando Garrido
3 2 6 4 Denmark S Højberg
Denmark J Leschly
0 4 2
United States Malcolm Fox
United Kingdom Geoffrey Owen
6 9 6 2 2 South Africa I Vermaak
South Africa R Weedon
6 6 6
South Africa Ian Vermaak
South Africa Ray Weedon
4 11 1 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Australia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
6 6 6
China Chu Chen Hua
China Mei Fu Chi
4 4 0 4 Australia R Laver
Australia R Mark
6 6 3 6
France Jean Borotra
United Kingdom Tony Clayton
8 6 4 Australia K Fletcher
Australia M Mulligan
1 4 6 1
Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia Martin Mulligan
10 6 6 4 Australia R Laver
Australia R Mark
6 9 6
Australia Dennis Reilly
Canada Paul Willey
6 2 2 1 United Kingdom A Mills
United Kingdom G Paish
3 7 3
United Kingdom John Barrett
United States John Fleitz
3 6 6 6 United Kingdom J Barrett
United States J Fleitz
2 9 2
South Africa William Jacobson
United Kingdom Gerry Oakley
4 2 3 United Kingdom A Mills
United Kingdom G Paish
6 11 6
United Kingdom Alan Mills
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
6 6 6 4 Australia R Laver
Australia R Mark
6 6 8 6
Brazil Ronnie Barnes
Brazil Carlos Fernandes
4 6 6 1 6 Chile L Ayala
India R Krishnan
4 8 6 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilija Panajotović
6 2 1 6 3 Brazil R Barnes
Brazil C Fernandes
2 6 6 10
Q Australia Alan Lane
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6 6 3 2 6 Australia A Lane
Australia B Phillips-Moore
6 2 2 8
Netherlands Pieter van Eijsden
Netherlands Hendrik Goris
1 2 6 6 1 Brazil R Barnes
Brazil C Fernandes
5 2 2
France Jean-Noël Grinda
France Jean-Claude Molinari
6 6 6 Chile L Ayala
India R Krishnan
7 6 6
Sweden Sven Davidson
Sweden Staffan Stockenberg
1 3 3 France J-N Grinda
France J-C Molinari
3 2 2
Australia Frank Gorman
Australia Bob Hewitt
8 6 8 4 Chile L Ayala
India R Krishnan
6 6 6
Chile Luis Ayala
India Ramanathan Krishnan
10 4 10 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States Jack Frost
Australia Warren Woodcock
6 3 2 1
Austria Ladislav Legenstein
Denmark Torben Ulrich
4 6 6 6 Austria L Legenstein
Denmark T Ulrich
6 6 6
Uruguay Eduardo Argon
Australia Allan Kendall
7 3 2 Chile D Achondo
Chile J Tort
4 3 4
Q Chile Daniel Achondo
Chile José Tort
9 6 6 Austria L Legenstein
Denmark T Ulrich
6 9 6
Austria Franz Hainka
Austria Franz Saiko
6 6 6 United States E Buchholz
Australia W Jacques
2 7 3
United Kingdom Colin Baxter
United Kingdom John Maguire
3 3 4 Austria F Hainka
Austria F Saiko
4 8 4
Republic of Ireland Vivian Gotto
Republic of Ireland Joe Hackett
3 4 7 United States E Buchholz
Australia W Jacques
6 10 6
United States Butch Buchholz
Australia Warren Jacques
6 6 9 Austria L Legenstein
Denmark T Ulrich
6 8 6
Australia Alan Bailey
South Africa Robin Sanders
1 6 8 6 6 South Africa G Forbes
South Africa A Segal
3 6 4
Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich
6 3 10 2 1 Australia A Bailey
South Africa R Sanders
8 4 0
South Africa Gordon Forbes
South Africa Abe Segal
6 6 6 South Africa G Forbes
South Africa A Segal
10 6 6
Netherlands Willem Maris
Netherlands Hans van de Weg
4 4 3 South Africa G Forbes
South Africa A Segal
6 10 2 1 6
United Kingdom Peter Moys
United Kingdom John Ward
6 11 10 6 3 United States B MacKay
United States A Olmedo
4 8 6 6 1
United Kingdom Colin Hannam
United Kingdom Geoff Ward
3 9 12 2 United Kingdom P Moys
United Kingdom J Ward
1 3 7 1
Hungary István Gulyás
Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský
5 6 3 4 3 United States B MacKay
United States A Olmedo
6 6 5 6
3 United States Barry MacKay
United States Alex Olmedo
7 3 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Q United Kingdom Clive Bernstein
United Kingdom Geoff Cass
0 6 7 1
South Africa John Maloney
South Africa Rod Mandelstam
6 8 5 6 South Africa J Maloney
South Africa R Mandelstam
7 6 6 6
Soviet Union Toomas Leius
Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev
4 7 6 6 Soviet Union T Leius
Soviet Union S Likhachev
9 2 1 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Branović
Australia Don Candy
6 5 3 3 South Africa J Maloney
South Africa R Mandelstam
1 6 4 6 3
Spain Juan Manuel Couder
Spain Manuel Santana
8 6 6 Spain JM Couder
Spain M Santana
6 3 6 4 6
LL Chile Ernesto Aguirre
Chile Patricio Rodríguez
6 3 4 Spain JM Couder
Spain M Santana
3 13 1 6 6
United Kingdom Mike Davies
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
7 9 6 United Kingdom M Davies
United Kingdom R Wilson
6 11 6 3 4
Belgium Jacques Brichant
Hungary Antal Jancsó
5 7 4 Spain JM Couder
Spain M Santana
3 14 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kamilo Keretić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sima Nikolić
3 5 6 7 6 1 Australia R Emerson
Australia N Fraser
6 16 6
Q United Kingdom Roy Dixon
United Kingdom Freddie Field
6 7 3 5 8 Q United Kingdom R Dixon
United Kingdom F Field
1 4 4
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Sweden Ulf Schmidt
6 6 6 4 2 United Kingdom R Becker
Australia R Howe
6 6 6
United Kingdom Roger Becker
Australia Bob Howe
2 2 8 6 6 United Kingdom R Becker
Australia R Howe
6 3 4 4
New Zealand Lew Gerrard
New Zealand Mark Otway
6 6 6 9 1 Australia R Emerson
Australia N Fraser
4 6 6 6
France Alain Bresson
France Pierre Darmon
3 3 8 7 New Zealand L Gerrard
New Zealand M Otway
1 2 6 7
Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek
Poland Władysław Skonecki
2 0 4 1 Australia R Emerson
Australia N Fraser
6 6 1 9
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Neale Fraser
6 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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