Swiss International Championships 1956


General 1956-06-04 - 1956-06-10
Amateur
Clay
6
Lugano
Switzerland

Source World Tennis, Deutsche Tennis Zeitung, Tennis Italiano



Media


Winner Neale Andrew Fraser


Players
Mario Albonico
Luis Alberto Ayala
Erwin Balestra
R. Bates
Mario Belardinelli
Umberto Bergamo
Paul Blondel
Ferruccio Bonetti
Milan (Misko) Branovic
Bernard Destremau
Roy Stanley Emerson
Trevor Thomas Fancutt
John Griffin Fleitz

René Émile Buser
Donald H. Fontana
Neale Andrew Fraser
Andres Gimeno Tolaguera
Christian Grandet
Cesare Guerci-Lena
Nadim Hajjar
Alfred (Freddie) Huber
Rupert Huber
Mr. Indorf
Sergio Jacobini
Arthur David (Art) Larsen
Alberto Lazzarino
Antonio Martinez Daniel
Emilio Martinez del Rey
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Jean Claude Molinari
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic)
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel
Ulf Christian Johan (Uffe) Schmidt
Orlando Sirola
Anthony (Tony) Vincent


Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Rupert Huber*
Umberto Bergamo
6-4 4-6 7-5
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Cesare Guerci-Lena
6-0 6-2
Andres Gimeno*
Ferruccio Bonetti
6-3 7-5
Nadim Hajjar*
Mr. Indorf
6-1 6-3

Round 2
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Erwin Balestra
6-1 6-2
Bernard Destremau*
Mario Belardinelli
6-1 6-1
Trevor Fancutt*
Christian Grandet
6-2 6-2
Neale Fraser*
Paul Blondel
6-2 6-4
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic)*
Alberto Lazzarino
6-2 6-4
Roy Emerson*
Nadim Hajjar
6-1 7-5
John Griffin Fleitz*
Rupert Huber
6-0 7-5
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Alfred (Freddie) Huber
6-1 6-3
Anthony (Tony) Vincent*
Andres Gimeno
2-6 6-1 6-3
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel*
René Émile Buser
6-3 6-0
Luis Ayala*
Mario Albonico
6-0 6-1
Jean Claude Molinari*
R. Bates
6-0 6-3
Ulf Schmidt*
Emilio Martinez
6-2 6-4
Orlando Sirola*
Antonio Martinez
2-6 6-2 9-7
Art Larsen*
Donald H. Fontana
6-0 6-3
Sergio Jacobini*

Round 3
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Bernard Destremau
6-4 6-2
Trevor Fancutt*
Sergio Jacobini
6-1 6-0
Neale Fraser*
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic)
4-6 6-2 6-4
Roy Emerson*
John Griffin Fleitz
6-4 6-2
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Anthony (Tony) Vincent
6-1 6-4
Luis Ayala*
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel
6-4 8-6
Ulf Schmidt*
Jean Claude Molinari
9-11 7-5 6-1
Art Larsen*
Orlando Sirola
6-1 8-6

Quarterfinals
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Trevor Fancutt
7-9 7-5 13-11
Neale Fraser*
Roy Emerson
8-10 6-3 6-2
Luis Ayala*
Milan (Misko) Branovic
6-2 6-1
Ulf Schmidt*
Art Larsen
7-5 6-3

Semifinals
Neale Fraser*
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
8-6 1-6 6-3 1-6 7-5
Ulf Schmidt*
Luis Ayala
6-3 1-6 2-6 11-9 6-3

Final
Neale Fraser*
Ulf Schmidt
8-6 2-6 2-6 3-6 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Nadim Hajjar*
Mr. Indorf
Rupert Huber*
Umberto Bergamo
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Cesare Guerci-Lena
Andres Gimeno*
Ferruccio Bonetti
Round 2
Neale Fraser*
Paul Blondel
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic)*
Alberto Lazzarino
Roy Emerson*
Nadim Hajjar
John Griffin Fleitz*
Rupert Huber
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Erwin Balestra
Bernard Destremau*
Mario Belardinelli
Trevor Fancutt*
Christian Grandet
Sergio Jacobini*
Ulf Schmidt*
Emilio Martinez
Jean Claude Molinari*
R. Bates
Art Larsen*
Donald H. Fontana
Orlando Sirola*
Antonio Martinez
Luis Ayala*
Mario Albonico
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel*
René Émile Buser
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Alfred (Freddie) Huber
Anthony (Tony) Vincent*
Andres Gimeno
Round 3
Neale Fraser*
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic)
Roy Emerson*
John Griffin Fleitz
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Bernard Destremau
Trevor Fancutt*
Sergio Jacobini
Ulf Schmidt*
Jean Claude Molinari
Art Larsen*
Orlando Sirola
Luis Ayala*
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel
Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Anthony (Tony) Vincent
Quarterfinals
Neale Fraser*
Roy Emerson
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Trevor Fancutt
Ulf Schmidt*
Art Larsen
Luis Ayala*
Milan (Misko) Branovic
Semifinals
Neale Fraser*
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Ulf Schmidt*
Luis Ayala
Final
Neale Fraser*
Ulf Schmidt