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1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

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Champion
  
Lew Hoad

Final score
  
6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Ken Rosewall

Draw
  
128 (8Q)

Singles
  
men

Lew Hoad (AUS) defeated Ken Rosewall (AUS) 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Lew Hoad (Champion)
  2. Ken Rosewall (Finalist)
  3. Sven Davidson (Second round)
  4. J.E. Patty (Second round)
  5. Jaroslav Drobný (First round)
  6. Ham Richardson (Semifinalist)
  7. Kurt Nielsen (Third round)
  8. Vic Seixas (Semifinalist)

Key

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

    1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Wikipedia