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Alex Olmedo defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. [1] Ashley Cooper was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.
The 1959 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1959. [1] It was the 73rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1959.
1959: Alex Olmedo: Maria Bueno (x2) Roy Emerson ... Singles Doubles Men Women Quad Men Women Quad 2005: No competition: ... List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles ...
New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee. [c] [13] In 2017, the Gentlemen's Singles winner received prize money of £2,220,000. [14] In the Amateur Era, William Renshaw (1881–1886, 1889) holds the record for the most titles in the Gentlemen's Singles, winning Wimbledon seven times ...
Olmedo won the Australian Championships and the Wimbledon singles titles in 1959 and was the runner-up at the 1959 U.S. Championships, losing to Neale Fraser, whom he defeated in the Australian Championships earlier that year. At 1959 Wimbledon, he defeated Rod Laver in 71 minutes 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. Olmedo turned professional in 1960, and ...
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Ashley Cooper defeated Neale Fraser in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 13–11 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. [1] Cooper had to play 332 games to win the title, the most of any male champion in the history of the tournament. [2]
It was his sixth Wimbledon title and record-breaking 15th major title overall, surpassing Pete Sampras' all-time record. It was the longest men's singles major final (in terms of games played) in history with 77 games, breaking the record of 71 games set at the 1927 Australian Championships.