1956 Wimbledon Championships
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Men's Singles
Lew HoadLew Hoad
Lewis Alan Hoad was a champion tennis player....
defeated
Ken RosewallKen Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
6-2 4-6 7-5 6-4
Women's Singles
Shirley Fry Irvin defeated 
Angela BuxtonAngela Buxton
Angela Buxton is an English tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with Althea Gibson.-Tennis accomplishments:...
6-3, 6-1