Kent Championships 1959


General 1959-06-08 - 1959-06-13
Open
Grass
6
Beckenham
England

Source World Tennis



Media


Winner Alejandro Rodriquez (Alex) Olmedo


Players
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Roger Becker
C. Dezarnaulds
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas
Roger Roland Dowdeswell
Kenneth Norman (Ken) Fletcher
John W. (Jack) Frost
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard
Jacques Grigry
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Warren F. Jacques
Norman Kitovitz
Alan J. Lane
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Toomas Karlovich Lejus
Sergei Likhachev
Barry Bruce MacKay
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark
Martin Frederick Mulligan
Kurt Nielsen
Dennis L. Oliver
Alejandro Rodriquez (Alex) Olmedo
Mark Anthony Otway
Barry Phillips-Moore
Andrei Nikolayevich Potanin
Karl-Heinz Sanders
Torben Ulrich
John M. Ward
Paul A. Willey
Brian Woolf


Rounds
Round 1
Roger Becker*
Toomas Lejus
6-0 6-2
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas*
Alan J. Lane
6-4 6-3
John M. Ward*
Jacques Grigry
6-4 10-8
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Norman Kitovitz
7-9 6-4 6-3
Warren F. Jacques*
Roger Dowdeswell
6-2 6-4

Round 2
Kurt Nielsen*
Barry Phillips-Moore
6-2 6-4
Alex Olmedo*
Dennis L. Oliver
6-2 6-0
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Martin Mulligan
6-4 6-1
Bob Howe*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
6-1 7-5
Roger Becker*
Karl-Heinz Sanders
6-1 6-4
Lew Gerrard*
C. Dezarnaulds
6-0 6-1
Torben Ulrich*
Brian Woolf
6-4 8-6
Barry MacKay*
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas
9-7 6-1
Warren F. Jacques*
John M. Ward
6-4 6-2

Round 3
Alex Olmedo*
Mark Otway
6-3 9-7
Andrei Potanin*
John W. (Jack) Frost
3-6 6-2 6-3
Bob Howe*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark
6-4 6-4
Kurt Nielsen*
Paul A. Willey
6-2 13-11
Torben Ulrich*
Warren F. Jacques
6-4 6-3
Ken Fletcher*
Barry MacKay
6-4 5-7 6-3
Lew Gerrard*
Roger Becker
8-6 8-6?
Rod Laver*
Sergei Likhachev
?-? 6-1

Quarterfinals
Alex Olmedo*
Andrei Potanin
6-3 6-4
Lew Gerrard*
Ken Fletcher
6-4 6-2
Torben Ulrich*
Bob Howe
6-3 6-3
Kurt Nielsen*
Rod Laver
6-4 6-4

Semifinals
Alex Olmedo*
Torben Ulrich
6-4 6-4
Kurt Nielsen*
Lew Gerrard
6-2 7-5

Final
Alex Olmedo*
Kurt Nielsen
8-6 3-6 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
Warren F. Jacques*
Roger Dowdeswell
John M. Ward*
Jacques Grigry
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Norman Kitovitz
Roger Becker*
Toomas Lejus
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas*
Alan J. Lane
Round 2
Alex Olmedo*
Dennis L. Oliver
Torben Ulrich*
Brian Woolf
Warren F. Jacques*
John M. Ward
Bob Howe*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Martin Mulligan
Kurt Nielsen*
Barry Phillips-Moore
Lew Gerrard*
C. Dezarnaulds
Roger Becker*
Karl-Heinz Sanders
Barry MacKay*
Jon Aleander (Jack) Douglas
Round 3
Alex Olmedo*
Mark Otway
Andrei Potanin*
John W. (Jack) Frost
Torben Ulrich*
Warren F. Jacques
Bob Howe*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark
Kurt Nielsen*
Paul A. Willey
Rod Laver*
Sergei Likhachev
Lew Gerrard*
Roger Becker
Ken Fletcher*
Barry MacKay
Quarterfinals
Alex Olmedo*
Andrei Potanin
Torben Ulrich*
Bob Howe
Kurt Nielsen*
Rod Laver
Lew Gerrard*
Ken Fletcher
Semifinals
Alex Olmedo*
Torben Ulrich
Kurt Nielsen*
Lew Gerrard
Final
Alex Olmedo*
Kurt Nielsen