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1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

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Champion
  
Alex Olmedo

Final score
  
6–4, 6–3, 6–4

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Rod Laver

Draw
  
128 (8Q)

Singles
  
men

Alex Olmedo defeated Rod Laver 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Alex Olmedo (Champion)
  2. Neale Fraser (Quarterfinalist)
  3. Nicola Pietrangeli (First round)
  4. Bobby Wilson (Quarterfinalist)
  5. Barry Mackay (Semifinalist)
  6. Luis Ayala (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Kurt Nielsen (Second round)
  8. Roy Emerson (Semifinalist)

Key

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

    • References

    1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Wikipedia
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