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British Hard Court Championships 1956

General Date1956-04-23 - 1956-04-29
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Jesse Edward (Budge) Patty

Players

Baldev Aggarwal
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
John Edward Barrett
Roger Becker
Brian C. Bowman
Basil Jack Bucknell
Donald William (Don) Butler
Derek Robert Collins
Michael Grenfell (Mike) Davies
Clifford William (Bokkie) Delaporte
Pablo S. Eisenberg
Malcolm P. Gibb
Ronald Guiney
Bruce Gulley
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann
Colin William Hannam

Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Samir Khoury
Norman Kitovitz
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers
Kevin J. Meyer
Jeffrey Michelmore
Alan Ronald Mills
Gordon E. Mudge
John F. O'Brien
Geoffrey Lane Paish
Jesse Edward (Budge) Patty
John Anthony (Tony) Pickard
Oliver B. Simon Prenn
Geoffrey W. Radford

Graham A. Regan
Hamilton Farrar (Ham) Richardson
Michael John (Mike) Sangster
Ulf Christian Johan (Uffe) Schmidt
Czeslaw Spychala
C. Brian Sumner
William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall
Torben Ulrich
Pierre T. Vercueil
Howard Francis Walton
Geoffrey L. Ward
Ivor James Warwick
Robert Keith (Bobby) Wilson

Rounds
Round 1

Malcolm P. Gibb*
Geoffrey W. Radford

2-6 6-2 6-2 3-6 8-6

Howard Francis Walton*
Geoffrey L. Ward

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

John Barrett*
Pierre T. Vercueil

6-1 6-0 6-2

Roger Becker*
Clifford William (Bokkie) Delaporte

6-1 6-2 6-1

Graham A. Regan*
Ivor James Warwick

6-4 6-1 6-1

Bob Howe*
Colin William Hannam

6-1 6-3 1-6 6-3

Oliver Prenn*
William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall

6-2 6-2 6-?

Bruce Gulley*
Baldev Aggarwal

6-0 6-3 6-2

Brian C. Bowman*
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers

6-3 6-1 7-5

Pablo S. Eisenberg*
Norman Kitovitz

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

Derek Robert Collins*
Gordon E. Mudge

0-6 1-6 6-1 6-2 6-2

W.T. (Tommy) Anderson*
Czeslaw Spychala

6-4 8-6 6-3

Torben Ulrich*
Samir Khoury

3-6 7-5 6-3 14-12

Round 2

Oliver Prenn*
Jeffrey Michelmore

6-4 6-1 6-1

Billy Knight*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson

6-3 6-2 7-5

Mike Davies*
C. Brian Sumner

6-3 6-3 6-3

Howard Francis Walton*
Tony Pickard

6-2 6-3 6-3

Bob Howe*
Derek Robert Collins

6-4 6-4 6-4

Roger Becker*
Bruce Gulley

6-0 6-3 6-4

Alan Mills*
Graham A. Regan

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

John Barrett*
Donald Butler

6-3 6-2 6-3

Ulf Schmidt*
John F. O'Brien

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

Torben Ulrich*
Michael Sangster

6-1 6-3 6-3

Budge Patty*
Geoff Paish

6-3 6-3 6-0

Lew Hoad*
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann

6-0 6-0 6-1

Pablo S. Eisenberg*
Kevin J. Meyer

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

Basil Jack Bucknell*
Ronald Guiney

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

Ham Richardson*
Brian C. Bowman

6-2 6-1 7-5

Bobby Wilson*
Malcolm P. Gibb

6-1 6-0 6-1

Round 3

Billy Knight*
Basil Jack Bucknell

6-1 6-2 6-0

Roger Becker*
Oliver Prenn

6-3 6-2 6-2

Ulf Schmidt*
Pablo S. Eisenberg

6-3 6-4 6-3

Ham Richardson*
John Barrett

6-1 10-8 6-1

Torben Ulrich*
Mike Davies

4-6 9-7 6-4 6-3

Bob Howe*
Alan Mills

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

Lew Hoad*
Howard Francis Walton

6-4 6-0 6-3

Budge Patty*
Bobby Wilson

6-? 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals

Torben Ulrich*
Bob Howe

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

Ham Richardson*
Ulf Schmidt

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

Budge Patty*
Roger Becker

11-9 4-6 6-4 6-4

Lew Hoad*
Billy Knight

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

Semifinals

Budge Patty*
Torben Ulrich

8-6 6-1 6-1

Ham Richardson*
Lew Hoad

8-6 6-3 6-3

Final

Budge Patty*
Ham Richardson

1-6 6-3 6-3 6-3

Tournament

Round 1