Champion Althea Gibson Final score 6–0, 12–10 Doubles men | Runner-up Angela Mortimer Singles men | |
Althea Gibson defeated Angela Mortimer 6–0, 12–10 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1956 French Championships. With this win Gibson became the first African-American, woman or man, to win a Grand Slam Championship.
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The seeded players are listed below. Althea Gibson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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1956 French Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA