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New South Wales Championships 1956

General Date1956-11-07 - 1956-11-17
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CitySydney
CountryAustralia

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall

Players

Malcolm James (Mal) Anderson
James B. (Jim) Bennett
Ken Binns
Don Buchanan
Alan Saxon Burns
Donald William (Don) Candy
Ashley John Cooper
Michael Grenfell (Mike) Davies
Roy Stanley Emerson
Herbert (Herb) Flam
Myron Jay (Mike) Franks
Neale Andrew Fraser
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard

Sammy Giammalva sr
Neil C. Gibson
William W. (Bill) Gilmour
Mike E. Green
Bruce Gulley
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Warren F. Jacques
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Ron Langdon
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Graham Lovett
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

Peter Newman
John F. O'Brien
Barry Phillips-Moore
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Desmond Shaw
Edward Charles Ross (Ross) Sherriff
Brian Reginald Tobin
R. J. (Bobby) Wong
Warren W. Woodcock
David J. (Dave) Yates

Rounds
Round 1

Ross Sherriff*
Lew Hoad

4-6 3-6 6-4 ret.

Mal Anderson*
Ron Langdon

6-2 3-6 6-8 6-4 6-0

Sammy Giammalva sr*
R. J. (Bobby) Wong

6-4 13-11 6-2

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Lew Gerrard

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

Myron Jay (Mike) Franks*
Don Buchanan

6-4 3-6 6-1 5-7 6-1

Round 2

Bill Gilmour*
Ross Sherriff

6-0 6-4 8-10 2-6 6-4

Neil C. Gibson*
James B. (Jim) Bennett

6-0 6-0 6-1

Mal Anderson*
Warren F. Jacques

2-6 6-0 6-3 6-3

Mike E. Green*
Peter Newman

6-1 9-7 6-4

Neale Fraser*
Desmond Shaw

3-6 6-0 3-6 6-2 6-0

Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson*
David J. (Dave) Yates

6-3 6-1 6-1

Roy Emerson*
Ken Binns

6-1 6-0 6-0

Sammy Giammalva sr*
Barry Phillips-Moore

0-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4

Ken Rosewall*
Brian Tobin

6-3 6-3 6-4

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Billy Knight

8-6 6-4 3-6 6-0

Don Candy*
Bruce Gulley

6-2 5-7 6-0 8-6

Mike Davies*
John F. O'Brien

3-6 6-0 6-1 6-1

Ashley Cooper*
Graham Lovett

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

Rod Laver*
Myron Jay (Mike) Franks

8-10 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4

Warren W. Woodcock*
Bob Howe

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

Herbert (Herb) Flam*
Alan Saxon Burns

6-3 8-6 2-6 6-1

Round 3

Neil C. Gibson*
Bill Gilmour

7-5 6-1 6-1

Mal Anderson*
Mike E. Green

6-2 6-4 6-3

Neale Fraser*
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson

6-4 6-8 6-2 2-6 10-8

Roy Emerson*
Sammy Giammalva sr

7-5 6-4 6-2

Ken Rosewall*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

6-4 6-4 6-3

Mike Davies*
Don Candy

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

Ashley Cooper*
Rod Laver

6-2 6-0 6-1

Warren W. Woodcock*
Herbert (Herb) Flam

6-8 9-7 6-2 2-6 6-4

Quarterfinals

Mal Anderson*
Neil C. Gibson