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1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
Runners-upItaly Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
Score7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1955 · Wimbledon Championships · 1957 →

Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad were the defending champions, but Hartwig was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Hoad partnered with Ken Rosewall, and they defeated Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championship.[1]

Seeds

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01.   Australia Lew Hoad / Australia Ken Rosewall (champions)
02.   United States Ham Richardson / United States Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)
03.   Australia Don Candy / United States Bob Perry (quarterfinals)
04.   Chile Luis Ayala / Sweden Sven Davidson (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
6 6 12
Australia Mal Anderson
Australia Roy Emerson
2 4 10
1 Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
4 6 7 6
Australia Bob Howe
United States Art Larsen
6 2 5 3
3 Australia Don Candy
United States Bob Perry
2 3 3
Australia Bob Howe
United States Art Larsen
6 6 6
1 Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
7 6 6
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
5 2 1
Australia Ashley Cooper
Australia Neale Fraser
6 3 6 6
4 Chile Luis Ayala
Sweden Sven Davidson
2 6 3 2
Australia Ashley Cooper
Australia Neale Fraser
4 4 6
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
6 6 6
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
6 8 6 6
2 United States Ham Richardson
United States Vic Seixas
3 10 3 4

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
6 6 6
Canada Lawrence Barclay
Canada Paul Willey
1 1 2 1 Australia L Hoad
Australia K Rosewall
6 6 6
Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Torben Ulrich
6 4 6 6 Denmark K Nielsen
Denmark T Ulrich
4 3 2
United States Gardnar Mulloy
United States Bud Robineau
4 6 2 2 1 Australia L Hoad
Australia K Rosewall
6 6 6
Netherlands Hans van Dalsum
Netherlands Fred Dehnert
1 2 4 United States S Giammalva
United States G Shea
4 2 3
United States Ronnie Holmberg
United States Barry MacKay
6 6 6 United States R Holmberg
United States B MacKay
0 6 7 3
United States Joe Blatchford
United States John Fleitz
3 2 4 United States S Giammalva
United States G Shea
6 3 9 6
United States Sam Giammalva
United States Gilbert Shea
6 6 6 1 Australia L Hoad
Australia K Rosewall
6 6 12
France Pierre Darmon
France Jean-Claude Molinari
6 4 6 12 9 Australia M Anderson
Australia R Emerson
2 4 10
Australia Rod Laver
Australia Bob Mark
3 6 4 14 7 France P Darmon
France J-C Molinari
6 1 7
Australia Kevin Meyer
Australia John O'Brien
1 6 6 4 Australia M Anderson
Australia R Emerson
8 6 9
Australia Mal Anderson
Australia Roy Emerson
6 8 4 6 Australia M Anderson
Australia R Emerson
6 7 6
Cuba Reynaldo Garrido
Denmark Søren Højberg
1 2 3 United Kingdom W Knight
United Kingdom R Wilson
2 5 4
United Kingdom Billy Knight
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
6 6 6 United Kingdom W Knight
United Kingdom R Wilson
9 3 6 3 9
Belgium Jacques Brichant
Belgium Gino Mezzi
Belgium J Brichant
Belgium G Mezzi
7 6 4 6 7
United States Irvin Dorfman
Brazil Armando Vieira
w/o

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Australia Don Candy
United States Bob Perry
6 6 6
Q Australia Louis Surville
United States Hugh Sweeney
3 1 2 3 Australia D Candy
United States R Perry
7 6 6
France Michel Lemasson
Spain Emilio Martínez
France M Lemasson
Spain E Martínez
5 1 1
United States Pablo Eisenberg
South Africa Julian Mayers
w/o 3 Australia D Candy
United States R Perry
Norway Gunnar Sjøwall
Norway Finn Søhol
Norway G Sjøwall
Norway F Søhol
w/o
Australia Brian Bowman
Australia Dick Potter
w/o Norway G Sjøwall
Norway F Søhol
7 6 6 5 6
United States Dean Brinkman
United States Wayne Van Voorhees
5 3 4 Q United Kingdom B Hutchins
United Kingdom G Owen
5 3 8 7 3
Q United Kingdom Basil Hutchins
United Kingdom Geoffrey Owen
7 6 6 3 Australia D Candy
United States R Perry
2 3 3
United Kingdom RG Harris
United Kingdom Jimmy Wilson
4 1 6 Australia R Howe
United States A Larsen
6 6 6
Italy Umberto Bergamo
Italy Giorgio Fachini
6 6 8 Italy U Bergamo
Italy G Fachini
2 6 0 3
Switzerland René Buser
Dominion of Ceylon Doug Scharenguivel
3 2 1 Australia R Howe
United States A Larsen
6 3 6 6
Australia Bob Howe
United States Art Larsen
6 6 6 Australia R Howe
United States A Larsen
6 3 1 6 6
South Africa Gordon Forbes
South Africa Ian Vermaak
6 6 6 South Africa G Forbes
South Africa I Vermaak
4 6 6 4 4
United Kingdom Eric Filby
United Kingdom John Horn
3 2 4 South Africa G Forbes
South Africa I Vermaak
6 6 6
LL United Kingdom Eric Bulmer
United Kingdom John Ward
8 8 4 6 United Kingdom E Bulmer
United Kingdom J Ward
3 2 3
Republic of Ireland Ivor Boden
Republic of Ireland Joe Hackett
6 6 6 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Austria Freddie Huber
United States Tony Vincent
6 6 10 6
United Kingdom Tony Clayton
Colombia Gustavo Rueda
3 3 12 2 Austria A Huber
United States A Vincent
3 2 4
Australia Bruce Francis
Australia Arthur Marshall
3 3 4 Australia A Cooper
Australia N Fraser
6 6 6
Australia Ashley Cooper
Australia Neale Fraser
6 6 6 Australia A Cooper
Australia N Fraser
6 7 9
Q United Kingdom Keith Collar
United Kingdom Humphrey Truman
6 6 10 United Kingdom K Collar
United Kingdom H Truman
4 5 7
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Don Black
Pakistan Khwaja Saeed
4 4 8 Q United Kingdom K Collar
United Kingdom H Truman
6 6 7
France Bernard Destremau
Netherlands Boebi van Meegeren
6 8 4 2 6 France B Destremau
Netherlands R van Meegeren
2 4 5
United Kingdom Reg Bennett
United Kingdom Tim Lewis
1 6 6 6 4 Australia A Cooper
Australia N Fraser
6 3 6 6
United Kingdom John Barrett
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
7 7 6 4 Chile L Ayala
Sweden S Davidson
2 6 3 2
Canada Don Fontana
United Kingdom Tony Pickard
5 5 4 United Kingdom J Barrett
United Kingdom G Paish
4 6 6 6
Spain Jaime Bartrolí
Spain Andrés Gimeno
7 3 3 5 Czechoslovakia J Parma
Belgium J Peten
6 1 2 3
Czechoslovakia Jiří Parma
Belgium Jacques Peten
5 6 6 7 United Kingdom J Barrett
United Kingdom G Paish
12 3 4 2
United Kingdom Geoff Ward
United Kingdom Ivor Warwick
4 Chile L Ayala
Sweden S Davidson
10 6 6 6
United States Allen Morris
United States Bill Talbert
w/o United Kingdom G Ward
United Kingdom I Warwick
1 1 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kamilo Keretić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
2 1 0 4 Chile L Ayala
Sweden S Davidson
6 6 6
4 Chile Luis Ayala
Sweden Sven Davidson
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Sweden Ulf Schmidt
Sweden Staffan Stockenberg
6 6 6
South Africa Trevor Fancutt
United States Malcolm Fox
3 4 4 Sweden U Schmidt
Sweden S Stockenberg
6 6 11
Egypt Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Egypt Kamel Moubarek
4 1 4 Q South Africa W Farrer
South Africa I Phillips
2 2 9
Q South Africa Buster Farrer
South Africa Ivor Phillips
6 6 6 Sweden U Schmidt
Sweden S Stockenberg
4 3 5
West Germany Franz Feldbausch
West Germany Peter Scholl
6 6 6 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 6 7
Q United Kingdom Rex Hack
Hungary András Kálmán
4 2 2 West Germany F Feldbausch
West Germany P Scholl
4 3 4
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
6 6 6 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 6 6
United Kingdom Henry Billington
United Kingdom Don Butler
3 2 2 Italy N Pietrangeli
Italy O Sirola
6 8 6 6
Chile Andrés Hammersley
United Kingdom Gerry Oakley
2 5 4 2 United States H Richardson
United States V Seixas
3 10 3 4
India Ramanathan Krishnan
India Naresh Kumar
6 7 6 India R Krishnan
India N Kumar
4 6 7 6
United Kingdom Colin Hannam
United Kingdom Oliver Prenn
2 6 1 2 South Africa A Segal
United States H Stewart
6 3 5 4
South Africa Abe Segal
United States Hugh Stewart
6 3 6 6 India R Krishnan
India N Kumar
7 3 6 2 4
Uruguay Eduardo Argon
Venezuela Isaías Pimentel
5 7 3 2 United States H Richardson
United States V Seixas
5 6 2 6 6
United Kingdom Roger Becker
United Kingdom Mike Davies
7 9 6 United Kingdom R Becker
United Kingdom M Davies
3 2 6
Tunisia Mustapha Belkhodja
France Jean Borotra
3 4 4 2 United States H Richardson
United States V Seixas
6 6 8
2 United States Ham Richardson
United States Vic Seixas
6 6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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