1958 Wimbledon Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1958 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 ran from 23 June until 4 July. It was the 73rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam
tennis event of 1958.
Ashley Cooper
defeated Neale Fraser
, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 13–11.
Althea Gibson
defeated
Angela Mortimer Barrett, 8–6, 6–2.
Sven Davidson
/ Ulf Schmidt
defeated Ashley Cooper
/ Neale Fraser
, 6–4, 6–4, 8–6.
Maria Bueno
/ Althea Gibson
defeated
Margaret duPont
/ Margaret Varner, 6–3, 7–5.
Lorraine Coghlan
/ Robert Howe
defeated Althea Gibson
/
Kurt Nielsen
, 6–3, 13–11.
United States Butch Buchholz
Sally Moore
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass...
in Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 4 July. It was the 73rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
tennis event of 1958.
Men's Singles
Ashley CooperAshley Cooper
Ashley John Cooper AO is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 in the late 1950s....
defeated
Neale FraserNeale Fraser
Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 13–11.
Women's Singles
Althea GibsonAlthea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
defeated
Angela Mortimer Barrett, 8–6, 6–2.Men's Doubles
Sven DavidsonSven Davidson
Sven Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957...
/
Ulf SchmidtUlf Schmidt
Ulf "Uffe" Christian Johan Schmidt is a former Swedish tennis player. He competed for AIK from Stockholm.He won 14 singles' tournaments, among them the International Swedish Championships in Båstad in 1957 and 1961. In 1958 he and Sven Davidson won the doubles in Wimbledon...
defeated
Ashley CooperAshley Cooper
Ashley John Cooper AO is a former tennis player from Australia, who was World No. 1 in the late 1950s....
/
Neale FraserNeale Fraser
Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
, 6–4, 6–4, 8–6.
Women's Doubles
Maria BuenoMaria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. During her 11-year career , she won 19 Major titles ....
/
Althea GibsonAlthea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
defeated
Margaret duPontMargaret Osborne duPont
Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.DuPont won a total of 37 singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, which places her fourth on the all-time list despite never entering the Australian Championships. She won 25 of her Grand...
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Margaret Varner, 6–3, 7–5.Mixed Doubles
Lorraine CoghlanLorraine Coghlan
Lorraine Coghlan Robinson is a female former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956 she won the Australian Championships Girls Singles title. Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1958...
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Robert HoweRobert Howe
Robert Howe may refer to:* Robert Howe , Scottish international football player* Robert Howe , Major-General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...
defeated
Althea GibsonAlthea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
/
Kurt NielsenKurt Nielsen
Kurt Nielsen was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and is the only Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament....
, 6–3, 13–11.
Boys' Singles
United States Butch BuchholzButch Buchholz
Earl "Butch" Buchholz, Jr., is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was one of the game's top players in the late-1950s and early-1960s....
Girls' Singles
Sally Moore