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1956 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Mary Carter

Final score
  
3–6, 6–2, 9–7

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Thelma Long

Draw
  
32

Singles
  
men

Mary Carter defeated Thelma Long 3–6, 6–2, 9–7 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1956 Australian Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Mary Carter is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Mary Hawton (Semifinalist)
  2. Mary Carter (Champion)
  3. Beryl Penrose (Quarterfinalist)
  4. Fay Muller (Quarterfinalist)
  5. Thelma Long (Finalist)
  6. Daphne Seeney (Semifinalist)
  7. Loris Nichols (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Lorraine Coghlan (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

    • References

    1956 Australian Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia
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