Essex Championships 1956


General 0000-00-00 - 1956-07-20
Amateur
Grass
5
Frinton-on-Sea, England
England

Source World Tennis



Media


Winner Ian Clyde Vermaak


Players
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Pierre Auger
John Ballantine
D.F. Barker
M. Chataigner
R.E. Collings
P.W. Evans
F. Fleming
Gordon Lovell Forbes
D. Fox
D. Gemmill
P.W. Gomersall
D. Gooding
John Edward Innocent
Jean Claude Loyau
J. Merlett
Brian C. Palmer
N.F. Pertwee
John Anthony (Tony) Pickard
Joseph (Beppo) Pottinger (Pöttinger)
J. Prieur
G.C. Pryse-Rice
P.R. Richard
Khwaja Saeed-Hai
R. Southwell
D.N. Spriggs
P. Strover
Hugh West Sweeney
B. Till
Ian Clyde Vermaak


Rounds
Round 1
Ian Vermaak*
P.W. Evans
6-0 6-2
J. Prieur*
D.F. Barker
6-4 6-3
B. Till*
P.R. Richard
7-6 6-4
Khwaja Saeed-Hai*
D. Gemmill
6-2 6-2
Pierre Auger*
D. Fox
6-1 6-1
D.N. Spriggs*
R. Southwell
6-3 6-2
Brian C. Palmer*
M. Chataigner
6-3 6-4
Hugh West Sweeney*
N.F. Pertwee
6-2 6-2
Tony Pickard*
D. Gooding
6-2 6-3
John Ballantine*
F. Fleming
6-0 6-3
Jean Claude Loyau*
G.C. Pryse-Rice
6-0 6-3
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson*
J. Merlett
6-2 6-2
R.E. Collings*
P. Strover
6-3 6-4
John Edward Innocent*
P.W. Gomersall
6-2 6-0

Round 2
Ian Vermaak*
J. Prieur
Khwaja Saeed-Hai*
B. Till
Pierre Auger*
D.N. Spriggs
Hugh West Sweeney*
Brian C. Palmer
Tony Pickard*
John Ballantine
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson*
Jean Claude Loyau
Beppo Pottinger*
R.E. Collings
Gordon Forbes*
John Edward Innocent

Quarterfinals
Ian Vermaak*
Khwaja Saeed-Hai
6-1 6-2
Hugh West Sweeney*
Pierre Auger
6-4 6-4
Tony Pickard*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
1-6 6-0 6-2
Gordon Forbes*
Beppo Pottinger
6-2 6-0

Semifinals
Ian Vermaak*
Hugh West Sweeney
6-1 6-1
Gordon Forbes*
Tony Pickard
6-3 6-3

Final
Ian Vermaak*
Gordon Forbes
6-4 5-7 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Ian Vermaak*
P.W. Evans
J. Prieur*
D.F. Barker
Khwaja Saeed-Hai*
D. Gemmill
B. Till*
P.R. Richard
Hugh West Sweeney*
N.F. Pertwee
Brian C. Palmer*
M. Chataigner
Pierre Auger*
D. Fox
D.N. Spriggs*
R. Southwell
John Edward Innocent*
P.W. Gomersall
R.E. Collings*
P. Strover
Tony Pickard*
D. Gooding
John Ballantine*
F. Fleming
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson*
J. Merlett
Jean Claude Loyau*
G.C. Pryse-Rice
Round 2
Ian Vermaak*
J. Prieur
Khwaja Saeed-Hai*
B. Till
Hugh West Sweeney*
Brian C. Palmer
Pierre Auger*
D.N. Spriggs
Gordon Forbes*
John Edward Innocent
Beppo Pottinger*
R.E. Collings
Tony Pickard*
John Ballantine
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson*
Jean Claude Loyau
Quarterfinals
Ian Vermaak*
Khwaja Saeed-Hai
Hugh West Sweeney*
Pierre Auger
Gordon Forbes*
Beppo Pottinger
Tony Pickard*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Semifinals
Ian Vermaak*
Hugh West Sweeney
Gordon Forbes*
Tony Pickard
Final
Ian Vermaak*
Gordon Forbes