1957 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from 1957 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles)
| Women's singles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 Wimbledon Championships | ||||||||||||
| Final | ||||||||||||
| Champion | United States Althea Gibson | |||||||||||
| Runner-up | United States Darlene Hard | |||||||||||
| Score | 6–3, 6–2 | |||||||||||
| Details | ||||||||||||
| Draw | 96 (10 Q ) | |||||||||||
| Seeds | 8 | |||||||||||
| Events | ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
1957 tennis event results
Main article: 1957 Wimbledon Championships
Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Gibson was the first African American player to win a Wimbledon singles title.[2] She did not lose a set during the tournament. Shirley Fry was the reigning champion, but did not compete.
Seeds
[edit ]- 1. United States Althea Gibson (champion)
- 2. United States Louise Brough (quarterfinals)
- 3. United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer (fourth round)
- 4. United States Dorothy Knode (semifinals)
- 5. United States Darlene Hard (final)
- 6. Australia Thelma Long (first round)
- 7. United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (third round)
- 8. Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová (third round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
2
United States Louise Brough
2
2
5
United States Darlene Hard
6
6
5
United States Darlene Hard
6
6
4
United States Dorothy Knode
2
3
4
United States Dorothy Knode
6
6
Mexico Rosie Reyes
4
0
5
United States Darlene Hard
3
2
1
United States Althea Gibson
6
6
United States Betty Pratt
7
7
4
1
United States Althea Gibson
6
6
1
United States Althea Gibson
6
6
Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
2
United States Louise Brough
6
6
Australia Mary Hawton
2
0
2
United States L Brough
6
6
Q
United Kingdom Gill Worrall
4
1
2
United States L Brough
7
6
Austria Elizabeth Broz
1
2
New Zealand H Robson
1
2
Denmark Milly Vagn-Nielsen
0
0
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
United States Darlene Hard
6
6
5
United States D Hard
6
6
Netherlands B Thung
1
1
Brazil Maria de Amorim
3
6
1
Netherlands Berna Thung
6
4
6
5
United States D Hard
3
7
6
West Germany E Buding
6
5
3
Q
France Marie-Odile Bouchet
4
1
West Germany E Buding
3
6
6
United Kingdom A Haydon
6
4
3
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
United States Dorothy Knode
4
9
6
Q
United Kingdom Sheila Bramley
1
7
2
United Kingdom P Edwards
3
3
United Kingdom Phyllis Edwards
6
5
6
United Kingdom P Edwards
6
5
6
United Kingdom Joan MacLeod
6
6
United Kingdom P Edwards
7
3
6
Q
United Kingdom Barbara Horton
2
1
United Kingdom D Collier
1
2
United Kingdom Denise Collier
6
6
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Q
United Kingdom Jenny Wagstaff
3
2
West Germany I Vogler
1
1
Bottom half
[edit ]Section 5
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United Kingdom Heather Macfarlane
0
1
United Kingdom Gill Evans
5
6
6
United Kingdom G Evans
3
1
6
Australia Thelma Long
8
7
7
Section 6
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Q
United Kingdom Sonia Cox
6
7
10
Q
United Kingdom S Cox
1
1
Switzerland Heidi Enzen
1
9
8
Q
United Kingdom S Cox
7
3
6
United Kingdom Hazel Moorley
6
4
6
Netherlands N van der Storm
5
6
2
Section 7
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Q
United Kingdom Meriel Morgan
1
0
West Germany E Vollmer
5
6
11
South Africa S Reynolds
7
3
13
South Africa Sandra Reynolds
4
9
6
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
6
7
4
United Kingdom Sheila Armstrong
10
3
6
United Kingdom Rosemary Deloford
8
6
2
United Kingdom S Armstrong
6
1
6
8
Czechoslovakia V Pužejová
4
6
1
8
Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová
6
6
Section 8
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Mexico Yola Ramírez
7
6
6
United Kingdom Gem Hoahing
9
3
8
United Kingdom J Knight
3
1
United Kingdom Jean Knight
9
4
6
Australia Kay Newcombe
7
6
2
1
United States A Gibson
6
6
Spain María Josefa de Riba
1
0
1
United States A Gibson
6
6
1
United States Althea Gibson
6
6
References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com