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1957 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Shirley Fry

Final score
  
6–3, 6–4

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Althea Gibson

Draw
  
32

Singles
  
men

Shirley Fry defeated Althea Gibson 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1957 Australian Championships.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Shirley Fry (Champion)
  2. Althea Gibson (Finalist)
  3. Mary Carter (Quarterfinalist)
  4. Beryl Penrose (Semifinalist)
  5. Lorraine Coghlan (Semifinalist)
  6. Jenny Hoad (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Margaret Hellyer (Second round)
  8. Fay Muller (Second round)

Key

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

    • References

    1957 Australian Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia
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