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British Hard Court Championships 1957

General Date1957-04-29 - 1957-05-04
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityBournemouth
CountryEngland

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Jaroslav Drobny

Players

W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Charles R. (Charlie) Applewhaite
Jack Arkinstall
John Edward Barrett
Roger Becker
Robert Bedard (Bédard)
Reginald D. (Reg) Bennett
Donald William (Don) Butler
Derek Robert Collins
L.P. (Julian) Coni
Dennis Cameron Coombe
Michael Grenfell (Mike) Davies
Jaroslav Drobny
Trevor Thomas Fancutt
Gordon Lovell Forbes

Peter B. Frankland
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard
John W. (Jack) Gunn
Colin William Hannam
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Dennis B. Hughes
William Arthur (Billy) Knight
Gaetan Koenig
Robert J. (Bob) Lee
Alan Ronald Mills
Gordon E. Mudge
Peter G. Nicholls
Geoffrey D. Owen
Geoffrey Lane Paish

Corbett T. Parker
John Anthony (Tony) Pickard
Oliver B. Simon Prenn
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson
Michael John (Mike) Sangster
Alan Abraham (Abe) Segal
Czeslaw Spychala
James Irvine (Jimmy) Tattersall
William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall
Howard Francis Walton
John M. Ward
Robert Keith (Bobby) Wilson
Brian Woolf

Rounds
Round 1

Bobby Wilson*
Brian Woolf

6-4 6-4 6-0

L.P. (Julian) Coni*
Charles R. (Charlie) Applewhaite

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

Corbett T. Parker*
Dennis B. Hughes

5-7 6-4 6-1 6-2

Peter B. Frankland*
Howard Francis Walton

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

Billy Knight*
John W. (Jack) Gunn

6-0 6-2 6-2

Jack Arkinstall*
Oliver Prenn

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

Mike Davies*
Colin William Hannam

6-0 6-0 6-1

Robert Bedard*
Dennis Coombe

6-4 6-1 6-4

William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall*
Donald Butler

4-6 7-9 6-4 7-5 6-4

Tony Pickard*
Czeslaw Spychala

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

Alan Mills*
Robert J. (Bob) Lee

6-1 6-4 7-5

Peter G. Nicholls*
Derek Robert Collins

6-4 6-1 6-2

Gordon Forbes*
Jeffrey Ellis (Jeff) Robson

2-6 9-7 4-6 6-1 7-5

Abe Segal*
Geoffrey D. Owen

5-7 6-1 11-9 6-4

Round 2

Roger Becker*
John Barrett

8-6 7-5 6-1

Bobby Wilson*
Gordon E. Mudge

6-2 6-3 6-3

Bob Howe*
Geoff Paish

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

Tony Pickard*
John M. Ward

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

Mike Davies*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson

9-7 6-3 7-5

Alan Mills*
Trevor Fancutt

6-4 6-3 6-4

Gordon Forbes*
James Irvine (Jimmy) Tattersall

6-3 6-2 6-2

Reg Bennett*
Peter B. Frankland

3-6 2-6 7-5 12-10 6-4

Gaetan Koenig*
Peter G. Nicholls

6-3 5-7 0-6 7-5 6-3

Jaroslav Drobny*
Robert Bedard

6-3 6-1 6-3

Jack Arkinstall*
L.P. (Julian) Coni

7-5 6-2 6-0

Corbett T. Parker*
Michael Sangster

2-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 7-5

Lew Gerrard*
Abe Segal

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

Round 3

Bob Howe*
Reg Bennett

6-3 6-3 6-3

Gordon Forbes*
William W.H. (Bill) Threlfall

6-0 6-2 6-0

Bobby Wilson*
Lew Gerrard

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

Mike Davies*
Tony Pickard

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

Jack Arkinstall*
Alan Mills

6-2 6-2 6-1

Jaroslav Drobny*
Gaetan Koenig

6-2 6-0 6-1

Billy Knight*
Roger Becker

8-6 6-3 8-6

Lew Hoad*
Corbett T. Parker

6-2 6-0 6-4

Quarterfinals

Jack Arkinstall*
Billy Knight

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

Gordon Forbes*
Mike Davies

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

Lew Hoad*
Bob Howe

6-8 1-6 6-3 6-2 7-5

Jaroslav Drobny*
Bobby Wilson

4-6 6-4 6-4 6-0

Semifinals

Jaroslav Drobny*
Gordon Forbes

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

Lew Hoad*
Jack Arkinstall

8-6 8-6 6-3

Final

Jaroslav Drobny*
Lew Hoad

6-4 6-4 6-4

Tournament

Round 1