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The 1958 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 20 May until 31 May. It was the 62nd staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1958.
Third-seeded Zsuzsi Körmöczy defeated Shirley Bloomer 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1958 French Championships. [ 1 ] Seeds
1 July – Wimbledon becomes the first programme to be broadcast in colour. The colour coverage is restricted to BBC2 as it is a further two years before colour broadcasts begin on BBC1. [6] The coverage is, for the first time, hosted by Harry Carpenter. He will return in 1970 and then host live coverage and/or highlights until 1993. 1968
Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival: Girls of the Night: Maurice Cloche: Georges Marchal, Nicole Berger: Drama: Co-production with West Germany and Italy Goha: Jacques Baratier: Omar Sharif: Drama: Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival: Happy Arenas: Maurice de Canonge: Fernand Raynaud, Danielle Godet, Colette Ripert: Comedy: Happy ...
The series, presented by Dan Cruickshank, included The Open Road, Claude Friese-Greene's film of his 1920s road trip from Land's End to John o' Groats. [4] The Open Road was filmed using the Spectrum Colour Film process, and the British Film Institute used computer processing of the images to minimise the red and green fringes around rapidly ...
Third-seeded Mervyn Rose defeated Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1958 French Championships. Seeds [ edit ]
January 29 – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Le Beau Serge is credited as the first French New Wave feature. February 16 – In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began ...
Serge Lang (6 June 1920 – 21 November 1999) was a French journalist, alpine skier and the founder of the alpine skiing World Cup. As a journalist he covered alpine skiing, cycling, and other sports for five major publications. In the mid-1960s, he envisioned a season-long series of ski races, which became the World Cup skiing circuit.