1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad were the defending champions, but Hartwig was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Hoad partnered with Ken Rosewall, and they defeated Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championship.[1]

Men's doubles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Lew Hoad
Australia Ken Rosewall
Runners-upItaly Nicola Pietrangeli
Italy Orlando Sirola
Score7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Lew Hoad /   Ken Rosewall (champions)
02.     Ham Richardson /   Vic Seixas (quarterfinals)
03.     Don Candy /   Bob Perry (quarterfinals)
04.     Luis Ayala /   Sven Davidson (quarterfinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1   Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
6 6 12
  Mal Anderson
  Roy Emerson
2 4 10
1   Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
4 6 7 6
  Bob Howe
  Art Larsen
6 2 5 3
3   Don Candy
  Bob Perry
2 3 3
  Bob Howe
  Art Larsen
6 6 6
1   Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
7 6 6
  Nicola Pietrangeli
  Orlando Sirola
5 2 1
  Ashley Cooper
  Neale Fraser
6 3 6 6
4   Luis Ayala
  Sven Davidson
2 6 3 2
  Ashley Cooper
  Neale Fraser
4 4 6
  Nicola Pietrangeli
  Orlando Sirola
6 6 6
  Nicola Pietrangeli
  Orlando Sirola
6 8 6 6
2   Ham Richardson
  Vic Seixas
3 10 3 4

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
6 6 6
  Lawrence Barclay
  Paul Willey
1 1 2 1   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
6 6 6
  Kurt Nielsen
  Torben Ulrich
6 4 6 6   K Nielsen
  T Ulrich
4 3 2
  Gardnar Mulloy
  Bud Robineau
4 6 2 2 1   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
6 6 6
  Hans van Dalsum
  Fred Dehnert
1 2 4   S Giammalva
  G Shea
4 2 3
  Ronnie Holmberg
  Barry MacKay
6 6 6   R Holmberg
  B MacKay
0 6 7 3
  Joe Blatchford
  John Fleitz
3 2 4   S Giammalva
  G Shea
6 3 9 6
  Sam Giammalva
  Gilbert Shea
6 6 6 1   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
6 6 12
  Pierre Darmon
  Jean-Claude Molinari
6 4 6 12 9   M Anderson
  R Emerson
2 4 10
  Rod Laver
  Bob Mark
3 6 4 14 7   P Darmon
  J-C Molinari
6 1 7
  Kevin Meyer
  John O'Brien
1 6 6 4   M Anderson
  R Emerson
8 6 9
  Mal Anderson
  Roy Emerson
6 8 4 6   M Anderson
  R Emerson
6 7 6
  Reynaldo Garrido
  Søren Højberg
1 2 3   W Knight
  R Wilson
2 5 4
  Billy Knight
  Bobby Wilson
6 6 6   W Knight
  R Wilson
9 3 6 3 9
  Jacques Brichant
  Gino Mezzi
  J Brichant
  G Mezzi
7 6 4 6 7
  Irvin Dorfman
  Armando Vieira
w/o

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Don Candy
  Bob Perry
6 6 6
Q   Louis Surville
  Hugh Sweeney
3 1 2 3   D Candy
  R Perry
7 6 6
  Michel Lemasson
  Emilio Martínez
  M Lemasson
  E Martínez
5 1 1
  Pablo Eisenberg
  Julian Mayers
w/o 3   D Candy
  R Perry
  Gunnar Sjøwall
  Finn Søhol
  G Sjøwall
  F Søhol
w/o
  Brian Bowman
  Dick Potter
w/o   G Sjøwall
  F Søhol
7 6 6 5 6
  Dean Brinkman
  Wayne Van Voorhees
5 3 4 Q   B Hutchins
  G Owen
5 3 8 7 3
Q   Basil Hutchins
  Geoffrey Owen
7 6 6 3   D Candy
  R Perry
2 3 3
  RG Harris
  Jimmy Wilson
4 1 6   R Howe
  A Larsen
6 6 6
  Umberto Bergamo
  Giorgio Fachini
6 6 8   U Bergamo
  G Fachini
2 6 0 3
  René Buser
  Doug Scharenguivel
3 2 1   R Howe
  A Larsen
6 3 6 6
  Bob Howe
  Art Larsen
6 6 6   R Howe
  A Larsen
6 3 1 6 6
  Gordon Forbes
  Ian Vermaak
6 6 6   G Forbes
  I Vermaak
4 6 6 4 4
  Eric Filby
  John Horn
3 2 4   G Forbes
  I Vermaak
6 6 6
LL   Eric Bulmer
  John Ward
8 8 4 6   E Bulmer
  J Ward
3 2 3
  Ivor Boden
  Joe Hackett
6 6 6 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Freddie Huber
  Tony Vincent
6 6 10 6
  Tony Clayton
  Gustavo Rueda
3 3 12 2   A Huber
  A Vincent
3 2 4
  Bruce Francis
  Arthur Marshall
3 3 4   A Cooper
  N Fraser
6 6 6
  Ashley Cooper
  Neale Fraser
6 6 6   A Cooper
  N Fraser
6 7 9
Q   Keith Collar
  Humphrey Truman
6 6 10   K Collar
  H Truman
4 5 7
  Don Black
  Khwaja Saeed
4 4 8 Q   K Collar
  H Truman
6 6 7
  Bernard Destremau
  Boebi van Meegeren
6 8 4 2 6   B Destremau
  R van Meegeren
2 4 5
  Reg Bennett
  Tim Lewis
1 6 6 6 4   A Cooper
  N Fraser
6 3 6 6
  John Barrett
  Geoffrey Paish
7 7 6 4   L Ayala
  S Davidson
2 6 3 2
  Don Fontana
  Tony Pickard
5 5 4   J Barrett
  G Paish
4 6 6 6
  Jaime Bartrolí
  Andrés Gimeno
7 3 3 5   J Parma
  J Peten
6 1 2 3
  Jiří Parma
  Jacques Peten
5 6 6 7   J Barrett
  G Paish
12 3 4 2
  Geoff Ward
  Ivor Warwick
4   L Ayala
  S Davidson
10 6 6 6
  Allen Morris
  Bill Talbert
w/o   G Ward
  I Warwick
1 1 4
  Kamilo Keretić
  Josip Palada
2 1 0 4   L Ayala
  S Davidson
6 6 6
4   Luis Ayala
  Sven Davidson
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Ulf Schmidt
  Staffan Stockenberg
6 6 6
  Trevor Fancutt
  Malcolm Fox
3 4 4   U Schmidt
  S Stockenberg
6 6 11
  Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
  Kamel Moubarek
4 1 4 Q   W Farrer
  I Phillips
2 2 9
Q   Buster Farrer
  Ivor Phillips
6 6 6   U Schmidt
  S Stockenberg
4 3 5
  Franz Feldbausch
  Peter Scholl
6 6 6   N Pietrangeli
  O Sirola
6 6 7
Q   Rex Hack
  András Kálmán
4 2 2   F Feldbausch
  P Scholl
4 3 4
  Nicola Pietrangeli
  Orlando Sirola
6 6 6   N Pietrangeli
  O Sirola
6 6 6
  Henry Billington
  Don Butler
3 2 2   N Pietrangeli
  O Sirola
6 8 6 6
  Andrés Hammersley
  Gerry Oakley
2 5 4 2   H Richardson
  V Seixas
3 10 3 4
  Ramanathan Krishnan
  Naresh Kumar
6 7 6   R Krishnan
  N Kumar
4 6 7 6
  Colin Hannam
  Oliver Prenn
2 6 1 2   A Segal
  H Stewart
6 3 5 4
  Abe Segal
  Hugh Stewart
6 3 6 6   R Krishnan
  N Kumar
7 3 6 2 4
  Eduardo Argon
  Isaías Pimentel
5 7 3 2   H Richardson
  V Seixas
5 6 2 6 6
  Roger Becker
  Mike Davies
7 9 6   R Becker
  M Davies
3 2 6
  Mustapha Belkhodja
  Jean Borotra
3 4 4 2   H Richardson
  V Seixas
6 6 8
2   Ham Richardson
  Vic Seixas
6 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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