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German International Championships 1956

General Date1958-07-27 - 1956-08-05
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityHamburg
CountryGermany

Source World Tennis, Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Info 50th edition.

Media

Winner Player Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad

Players

Eduardo P. Argon
József Asboth (Asbóth)
Luis Alberto Ayala
Umberto Bergamo
Johann Christoph Biederlack
Milan (Misko) Branovic
Ewald Brunner
Ernst Buchholz
Lothar Buding
Donald William (Don) Candy
Pierre Darmon
Sven Viktor Davidson
Giorgio Fachini
Trevor Thomas Fancutt
Franz Feldbausch
Gordon Lovell Forbes
Orlando Hilario Garrido Calleja

Helmut Gulcz
Werner Helmrich
Horst Hermann
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Alfred (Freddie) Huber
Rupert Huber
Finn Dag Jagge
Antal Jancso
Jiri Javorsky
Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Klaus Meya
Gino Mezzi
Jean Claude Molinari
Milan Nečas
Kurt Nielsen
Gerald Davies (Gerry) Oakley

Geoffrey Lane Paish
Iliya Panajatović (Panajatovic)
Jesse Edward (Budge) Patty
Nicola Pietrangeli
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel
Joseph (Beppo) Pottinger (Pöttinger)
Paul Louis Rémy (Remy)
Ulf Christian Johan (Uffe) Schmidt
Peter Scholl
Orlando Sirola
Finn Soehol (Søhol)
Staffan Oscar Stockenberg
Torben Ulrich
Ian Clyde Vermaak

Rounds
Round 1

Jean Claude Molinari*
Jiri Javorsky

6-2 6-4 6-2

Torben Ulrich*
Horst Hermann

6-3 6-2 7-5

Sven Davidson*
Orlando Garrido

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

Lothar Buding*
Finn Dag Jagge

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

Peter Scholl*
Giorgio Fachini

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

Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein*
Umberto Bergamo

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

Jozsef Asboth*
Finn Soehol (Søhol)

Rupert Huber*
Staffan Stockenberg

Johann Christoph Biederlack*
Gino Mezzi

6-1 6-1 6-1

Ian Vermaak*
Iliya Panajatović (Panajatovic)

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

Eduardo P. Argon*
Ernst Buchholz

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

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Beppo Pottinger

4-6 6-0 6-4 6-1

Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel*
Milan (Misko) Branovic

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

Don Candy*
Helmut Gulcz

6-1 6-4 6-1

Kurt Nielsen*
Ewald Brunner

6-2 6-3 6-2

Alfred (Freddie) Huber*
Milan Nečas

13-11 1-6 6-2 0-6 6-2

Round 2

Lew Hoad*
Werner Helmrich

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

Trevor Fancutt*
Geoff Paish

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

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Klaus Meya

6-3 6-2 6-3

Torben Ulrich*
Jean Claude Molinari

6-1 6-3 6-4

Sven Davidson*
Lothar Buding

6-1 6-2 6-4

Pierre Darmon*
Peter Scholl

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

Luis Ayala*
Franz Feldbausch

6-2 7-5 6-2

Don Candy*
Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein

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

Rupert Huber*
Jozsef Asboth

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

Kurt Nielsen*
Johann Christoph Biederlack

6-2 6-3 7-5

Alfred (Freddie) Huber*
Ian Vermaak

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

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Eduardo P. Argon

6-0 7-5 6-3

Paul Remy*
Isias S. (Iyo) Pimentel

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

Ulf Schmidt*
Gerald Davies (Gerry) Oakley

6-3 7-5 11-9

Orlando Sirola*
Gordon Forbes

6-3 6-4 6-2

Budge Patty*
Antal Jancso

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

Round 3

Lew Hoad*
Trevor Fancutt

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

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Torben Ulrich

6-3 3-6 8-6 6-3

Sven Davidson*
Pierre Darmon

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

Don Candy*
Luis Ayala

6-3 6-2 6-4

Kurt Nielsen*
Rupert Huber

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

Ulf Schmidt*
Paul Remy

8-6 7-5 2-6 5-7 6-4

Orlando Sirola*
Budge Patty

6-2 10-8 6-4

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Alfred (Freddie) Huber

6-3 6-3 6-3

Quarterfinals

Lew Hoad*
Nicola Pietrangeli

6-3 6-4 60

Orlando Sirola*
Ulf Schmidt

8-6 6-3 10-8

Sven Davidson*
Don Candy

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

Kurt Nielsen*
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo

6-0 1-6 6-4 8-6

Semifinals

Lew Hoad*
Sven Davidson

6-4 6-4 6-2

Orlando Sirola*
Kurt Nielsen

6-1 9-11 6-0 6-3

Final

Lew Hoad*
Orlando Sirola

6-2 5-7 6-4 8-6

Tournament

Round 1