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Queensland Championships 1956

General Date0000-00-00 - 1956-11-04
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds5
CityBrisbane, Australia
CountryAustralia

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Ashley John Cooper

Players

Malcolm James (Mal) Anderson
Alan Saxon Burns
Donald William (Don) Candy
Ashley John Cooper
Michael Grenfell (Mike) Davies
Roy Stanley Emerson
Neale Andrew Fraser
Graham Alvan Gaydon
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard

Neil C. Gibson
Paul Francis Hearnden
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Warren F. Jacques
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Graham Lovett
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

Peter Newman
Barry Phillips-Moore
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Desmond Shaw
Warren W. Woodcock

Rounds
Round 2

Desmond Shaw*
Paul Francis Hearnden

4-6 8-6 6-2 6-1

Mike Davies*
Peter Newman

6-1 6-4 6-4

Rod Laver*
Lew Gerrard

6-4 8-6 6-0

Bob Howe*
Warren F. Jacques

6-4 6-2

Ashley Cooper*
Graham Lovett

6-0 6-2 6-3

Barry Phillips-Moore*
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson

6-2 6-3 6-4

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Neil C. Gibson

6-4 6-1 6-1

Roy Emerson*
Billy Knight

6-4 8-6 6-4

Round 3

Lew Hoad*
Desmond Shaw

6-2 6-1 6-0

Mike Davies*
Warren W. Woodcock

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

Don Candy*
Rod Laver

6-1 9-7 11-9

Neale Fraser*
Bob Howe

7-5 8-10- 6-3 3-6 6-4

Ashley Cooper*
Barry Phillips-Moore

6-1 6-2 6-3

Mal Anderson*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

6-1 6-2 8-6

Roy Emerson*
Alan Saxon Burns

6-1 6-2 6-4

Ken Rosewall*
Graham Alvan Gaydon

6-1 6-1 7-5

Quarterfinals

Lew Hoad*
Mike Davies

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

Neale Fraser*
Don Candy

6-4 7-5 6-4

Ashley Cooper*
Mal Anderson

6-3 6-3 6-0

Ken Rosewall*
Roy Emerson

12-10 6-3 11-9

Semifinals

Lew Hoad*
Neale Fraser

6-1 6-3 6-1

Ashley Cooper*
Ken Rosewall

6-8 8-6 12-10 7-5

Final

Ashley Cooper*
Lew Hoad

5-7 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-4

Tournament

Round 2