Victorian Championships 1956

Australia

06-12-1956 - 17-12-1956

Type: Amateur

Men's singles

Surface: Grass

Place/court: Melbourne, Australia

Draw: 49

Victorian Championships Main index

Source: World Tennis/The Argus

Players list

Anderson, Malcolm (Mal) (AUS)   Candy, Donald William (Don) (AUS)   Cawthorn, Raymond W.T. (Tim) (AUS)   Connolly, B. (AUS)   Cooper, Ashley John (AUS)   Dicker, Ian (AUS)   Dixon, Kevin F. (AUS)   Edwards, William Harrison (Bill) (AUS)   Emerson, Roy Stanley (AUS)   Fletcher, Kenneth Norman (Ken) (AUS)   Frankland, Peter B. (AUS)   Fraser, Neale Andrew (AUS)   Gerrard, Lewis Albert (Lew) (NZL)   Gibson, Neil C. (AUS)   Gorman, Frank (AUS)   Green, William D. (AUS)   Gubb, Arthur R. (AUS)   Gulley, Bruce (AUS)   Hallam, Cliff (AUS)   Hearnden, Paul Francis (AUS)   Hickey, R. (AUS)   Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) (AUS)   Howe, Robert Neville (Bob) (AUS)   Kearney, Bert M. (AUS)   Kerr, Grant (AUS)

Knight, William Arthur (Billy) (ENG)   Laver, Rodney George (Rod) (AUS)   Lovett, Graham (AUS)   Mark, Robert (Bob) (AUS)   Mason, Cedric H. (AUS)   Mitchell, J. (AUS)   Moore, Jim L. (Jimmy) (AUS)   Mulligan, Martin Frederick (AUS)   Nette, Neville B. (AUS)   Newman, Peter (AUS)   Pearne, J. (AUS)   Phillips-Moore, Barry (AUS)   Rae, Alan K. (AUS)   Reid, Doug H. (AUS)   Reid, Ron J. (AUS)   Reid, Wayne Vivian (AUS)   Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) (AUS)   Ryan, Anthony J. (Tony) (AUS)   Seddon, P. (AUS)   Stewart, Graeme (AUS)   Tobin, Brian Reginald (AUS)   Wilkinson, Geoffrey W. (Geoff) (AUS)   Woodcock, Warren W. (AUS)   Yates, J. David (Dave) (AUS)

Results

0000-00-00 Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

0000-00-00 Frankland, Peter B. d. Gerrard, Lewis Albert (Lew) (6-2 7-5 6-8 6-1) 0000-00-00 Mason, Cedric H. d. Hearnden, Paul Francis (7-9 6-4 6-8 6-3) 0000-00-00 Kerr, Grant d. Dixon, Kevin F. (8-6 8-6 6-4) 0000-00-00 Green, William D. d. Reid, Ron J. (w.o.) 0000-00-00 Laver, Rodney George (Rod) d. Mitchell, J. (6-3 6-4 6-3) 0000-00-00 Gulley, Bruce d. Cawthorn, Raymond W.T. (Tim) (4-6 6-4 6-2 6-4) 0000-00-00 Stewart, Graeme d. Fletcher, Kenneth Norman (Ken) (6-0 6-1 6-2) 0000-00-00 Gibson, Neil C. d. Wilkinson, Geoffrey W. (Geoff) (2-6 6-1 6-3 6-4) 0000-00-00 Newman, Peter d. Dicker, Ian (4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1) 0000-00-00 Phillips-Moore, Barry d. Hallam, Cliff (6-2 8-6 6-8 6-2) 0000-00-00 Knight, William Arthur (Billy) d. Pearne, J. (6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2) 0000-00-00 Reid, Wayne Vivian d. Moore, Jim L. (Jimmy) (6-1 6-0 6-3) 0000-00-00 Yates, J. David (Dave) d. Hickey, R. (6-3 6-4 6-3) 0000-00-00 Mulligan, Martin Frederick d. Connolly, B. (6-1 6-1 6-3) 0000-00-00 Lovett, Graham d. Kearney, Bert M. (6-4 6-4 6-2) 0000-00-00 Edwards, William Harrison (Bill) d. Rae, Alan K. (1-6 3-6 6-2 6-0 6-2) 0000-00-00 Gubb, Arthur R. d. Seddon, P. (6-1 7-5 6-2)

0000-00-00 Round 2

0000-00-00 Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) d. Ryan, Anthony J. (Tony) (6-3 6-2 6-2) 0000-00-00 Laver, Rodney George (Rod) d. Frankland, Peter B. (6-2 6-3 6-4) 0000-00-00 Phillips-Moore, Barry d. Mason, Cedric H. (6-2 6-0 6-3) 0000-00-00 Emerson, Roy Stanley d. Reid, Doug H. (6-3 9-7 6-0) 0000-00-00 Lovett, Graham d. Gorman, Frank (6-2 6-1 6-3) 0000-00-00 Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) d. Nette, Neville B. (6-0 6-1 6-0) 0000-00-00 Tobin, Brian Reginald d. Kerr, Grant (6-3 6-4 6-1) 0000-00-00 Candy, Donald William (Don) d. Green, William D. (3-6 6-4 6-2 6-4) 0000-00-00 Fraser, Neale Andrew d. Gulley, Bruce (6-3 6-4 9-7) 0000-00-00 Gibson, Neil C. d. Stewart, Graeme (6-2 6-2 6-4) 0000-00-00 Anderson, Malcolm (Mal) d. Newman, Peter (6-2 8-6 6-2) 0000-00-00 Mark, Robert (Bob) d. Knight, William Arthur (Billy) (9-7 3-6 6-3 6-4) 0000-00-00 Yates, J. David (Dave) d. Reid, Wayne Vivian (6-3 6-2 6-1) 0000-00-00 Cooper, Ashley John d. Mulligan, Martin Frederick (6-4 6-0 6-2) 0000-00-00 Howe, Robert Neville (Bob) d. Edwards, William Harrison (Bill) (6-4 6-4 7-5) 0000-00-00 Woodcock, Warren W. d. Gubb, Arthur R. (6-0 6-1 6-0)

0000-00-00 Round 3

0000-00-00 Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) d. Tobin, Brian Reginald (8-6 6-2 6-2) 0000-00-00 Candy, Donald William (Don) d. Laver, Rodney George (Rod) (6-4 6-4 6-3) 0000-00-00 Fraser, Neale Andrew d. Gibson, Neil C. (6-4 6-4 6-1) 0000-00-00 Anderson, Malcolm (Mal) d. Phillips-Moore, Barry (6-3 6-4 8-6) 0000-00-00 Emerson, Roy Stanley d. Mark, Robert (Bob) (5-7 6-4 6-2 6-0) 0000-00-00 Cooper, Ashley John d. Yates, J. David (Dave) (6-2 6-1 6-4) 0000-00-00 Howe, Robert Neville (Bob) d. Lovett, Graham (7-5 6-2 7-5) 0000-00-00 Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) d. Woodcock, Warren W. (6-3 7-5 6-2)

0000-00-00 Quarterfinals

0000-00-00 Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) d. Candy, Donald William (Don) (6-2 6-2 6-4) 0000-00-00 Anderson, Malcolm (Mal) d. Fraser, Neale Andrew (6-3 6-2 7-5) 0000-00-00 Cooper, Ashley John d. Emerson, Roy Stanley (6-3 6-3 4-6 8-6) 0000-00-00 Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) d. Howe, Robert Neville (Bob) (6-2 6-3 6-4)

0000-00-00 Semifinals

0000-00-00 Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) d. Anderson, Malcolm (Mal) (7-5 4-6 9-7 6-3) 0000-00-00 Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) d. Cooper, Ashley John (6-4 11-9 6-4)

1956-12-17 Final

1956-12-17 Rosewall, Kenneth Robert (Ken) d. Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3)

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