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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.
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.
1959: Toomas Leius: Joan Cross: 1960: Rodney Mandelstam: Karen Hantze ‡ 1961: ... List of Wimbledon mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions.
Since 1949, the Gentlemen's Singles champion has received a miniature replica of the event's trophy, a silver-gilt cup created in 1887 with the engraved inscription: "The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Champion of the World". [10] New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee.
Former Wimbledon champion Neale Fraser has died aged 91. The Australian won the Wimbledon singles title in 1960 as well as the US National Championships in 1959 and 1960, when tennis was still an ...
Wimbledon Championships ... 8–6, 6–3, 14–16, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championship. ...
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.
Sixth-seeded Maria Bueno defeated Darlene Hard in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. [1] Althea Gibson was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.