1956 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson defeated Fay Muller and Daphne Seeney in the final, 6–1, 8–6 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Gibson became the first African American to win a Wimbledon title; she would go on to win the singles title the next year.

Women's doubles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
Runners-upAustralia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
Score6–1, 8–6
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Muller and Seeney.

Seeds

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01.     Louise Brough /   Shirley Fry (semifinals)
02.     Angela Mortimer /   Anne Shilcock (semifinals)
03.     Angela Buxton /   Althea Gibson (champions)
04.     Beverly Fleitz /   Darlene Hard (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
6 6
  Doreen Wedderburn
  Georgie Woodgate
2 4
2   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
4 2
  Fay Muller
  Daphne Seeney
6 6
  Doreen Spiers
  Bea Walter
2 4
  Fay Muller
  Daphne Seeney
6 6
  Fay Muller
  Daphne Seeney
1 6
3   Angela Buxton
  Althea Gibson
6 8
  Thelma Long
  Betty Pratt
7 1 1
3   Angela Buxton
  Althea Gibson
5 6 6
3   Angela Buxton
  Althea Gibson
7 6
  Louise Brough
  Shirley Fry
5 4
  Béatrice de Chambure
  Colette Monnot
0 1
1   Louise Brough
  Shirley Fry
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
7 6
  Joopy Roos-Van der Wal
  Nel van der Storm
5 2
2   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 7
  S le Besnerais
  G Bucaille
1 5
  Lesley Fulton
  Mrs FB Webb
1 1
  Suzanne le Besnerais
  Ginette Bucaille
6 6
2   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
  D Wedderburn
  G Woodgate
2 4
  Rita Davar
  Gem Hoahing
w/o
  Elaine Becroft
  Rosemary Bulleid
  E Becroft
  R Bulleid
3 6 4
  D Wedderburn
  G Woodgate
6 3 6
  Doreen Wedderburn
  Georgie Woodgate
9 4 6
  Sheila Bramley
  Heather Macfarlane
7 6 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Beverly Fleitz
  Darlene Hard
6 6
  Pearl Panton
  Vera Thomas
0 3 4   B Fleitz
  D Hard
w/o
  Carole Levy
  Kay Newcombe
6 3 1   D Spiers
  B Walter
  Doreen Spiers
  Bea Walter
3 6 6   D Spiers
  B Walter
4 6 6
  Joan Curry
  Rita Drobný
0 6 3   M Craig-Smith
  P Hird
6 4 3
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
6 4 6   M Eyre
  V White
2 7 3
  Janet Morgan
  Sheila Speight
4 5   M Craig-Smith
  P Hird
6 5 6
  Marion Craig-Smith
  Pat Hird
6 7   D Spiers
  B Walter
2 4
  Edda Buding
  Ilse Buding
  F Muller
  D Seeney
6 6
  Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
  Solveig Gustafsson
w/o   E Buding
  I Buding
2 4
  Fay Muller
  Daphne Seeney
6 6   F Muller
  D Seeney
6 6
  Pilar Barril
  María Josefa de Riba
1 1   F Muller
  D Seeney
6 6
  Denise Collier
  Pauline Roberts
6 3 2   J Rook
  C Yates-Bell
1 2
  Jill Rook
  Caroline Yates-Bell
3 6 6   J Rook
  C Yates-Bell
6 6
  Gloria Butler
  Barbara Davidson
w/o   J Clarke
  L Snow
4 4
  Jean Clarke
  Louise Snow

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Q   Gem Gilbert
  Sue Waters
2 0
  Thelma Long
  Betty Pratt
6 6   T Long
  E Pratt
8 6
  Sheila Armstrong
  Ann Haydon
3 2   S Bloomer
  P Ward
6 0
  Shirley Bloomer
  Pat Ward
6 6   T Long
  E Pratt
6 6
  Valerie Lewis
  Evelyn Moeller
6 6   V Lewis
  E Moeller
2 4
Q   Pauline Edwards
  Hazel Moorley
1 4   V Lewis
  E Moeller
6 6
  SM Colebrooke
  Barbara Knapp
6 7   SM Colebrooke
  B Knapp
3 2
  Jennifer Middleton
  Elaine Watson
3 5   T Long
  E Pratt
7 1 1
  Heather Brewer
  Nell Hopman
6 6 3   A Buxton
  A Gibson
5 6 6
  Margot Gordon
  Erika Vollmer
3 4   H Brewer
  E Hopman
6 5 3
  Elizabeth Broz
  Margaret H. O'Donnell
2 2   D Knode
  C Mercelis
3 7 6
  Dorothy Knode
  Christiane Mercelis
6 6   D Knode
  C Mercelis
3 2
  Jean Forbes
  Thea Hale
w/o 3   A Buxton
  A Gibson
6 6
  Jenny Hoad
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
  J Hoad
  Z Körmöczy
1 1
  Věra Pužejová
  Astrid Winther
1 1 3   A Buxton
  A Gibson
6 6
3   Angela Buxton
  Althea Gibson
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Susan Billington
  Margot Parker
7 6
Q   Gill Evans
  Estelle van Tonder
5 2
  S Billington
  M Parker
2 6 4
  B de Chambure
  C Monnot
6 3 6
  Béatrice de Chambure
  Colette Monnot
6 6
  Rosemary Deloford
  Billie Woodgate
4 2
  Béatrice de Chambure
  Colette Monnot
0 1
1   L Brough
  S Fry
6 6
Q   Sandra Reynolds
  Sheila Waddington
6 7
Q   Lorna White
  Bobbie Wilson
3 5
  S Reynolds
  S Waddington
0 0
1   L Brough
  S Fry
6 6
  Lisa Gram-Andersen
  Else Schmith
1 0
1   Louise Brough
  Shirley Fry
6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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