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German International Covered Court Championships 1956

General Date1956-01-31 - 1956-02-05
Tournament type
SurfaceIndoor wood
Rounds5
CityKoln (Cologne)
CountryGermany

Source World Tennis/Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Info 26th edition.

Media

Winner Player Torsten Johansson

Players

Hans-Jürgen (Pitt) Baums
Johann Christoph Biederlack
Manfred Bohnen
Milan (Misko) Branovic
Ernst Buchholz
Franz Feldbausch
Dieter Gerloff
Jochen Grosse

Robert Haillet
Werner Helmrich
Horst Hermann
Torsten Johansson
Johan Alexander (Lex) Karamoy
Engelbert Koch
Gino Mezzi
Jean Moreau

Gérard Pilet
Karl-Heinz Sanders
Ralph Schöpp
Orlando Sirola
Wladyslaw Skonecki
Hugh W. Stewart
Robert André Lothar (Boebi) van Meegeren

Rounds
Round 1

Robert Haillet*
Dieter Gerloff

6-4 6-2 6-2

Milan (Misko) Branovic*
Jean Moreau

6-4 6-3 6-3

Engelbert Koch*
Johan Alexander (Lex) Karamoy

6-1 6-1 6-3

Torsten Johansson*
Johann Christoph Biederlack

6-1 6-3 6-2

Orlando Sirola*
Horst Hermann

w.o.

Franz Feldbausch*
Ralph Schöpp

6-4 6-2 6-2

Ernst Buchholz*
Robert Van Meegeren

6-3 6-1 6-2

Round 2

Hugh W. Stewart*
Hans-Jürgen (Pitt) Baums

6-1 6-2 6-2

Gino Mezzi*
Karl-Heinz Sanders

6-4 6-4 8-6

Robert Haillet*
Milan (Misko) Branovic

3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3

Torsten Johansson*
Engelbert Koch

6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3

Orlando Sirola*
Franz Feldbausch

3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2

Ernst Buchholz*
Gérard Pilet

6-3 6-8 6-2 7-5

Werner Helmrich*
Manfred Bohnen

6-3 5-7 15-13 6-4

Wladyslaw Skonecki*
Jochen Grosse

6-2 6-0 6-2

Quarterfinals

Orlando Sirola*
Ernst Buchholz

2-6 6-3 6-0 7-9 6-1

Torsten Johansson*
Robert Haillet

6-4 10-8 6-4

Hugh W. Stewart*
Gino Mezzi

6-4 8-6 6-4

Werner Helmrich*
Werner Helmrich

7-5 6-4 6-3

Semifinals

Torsten Johansson*
Hugh W. Stewart

1-6 1-6 6-1 6-2 6-2

Orlando Sirola*
Wladyslaw Skonecki

6-4 6-1 6-1

Final

Torsten Johansson*
Orlando Sirola

6-1 6-2 6-3

Tournament

Round 1