Nicola PietrangeliNicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....
(ITA) defeated
Ian VermaakIan Vermaak was a tennis player competing for South Africa. He finished runner-up to Nicola Pietrangeli in the singles final of the Amateur French Championships of Roland-Garros in 1959, after having reached earlier in the season the Hamburg International German Tennis Championships final, losing...
(RSA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
See also:
- 1959 French Championships - Women's Singles
Christine Truman defeated Zsuzsi Kormoczy 6-4 7-5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1959 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:...
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Nicola PietrangeliNicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
-
 Luis AyalaLuis Alberto Ayala Salinas is a former Chilean world-ranked tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. When he retired, he became a tennis professional at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. Currently, he is the Director of Tennis at the Forest Club in Houston, Texas.-Grand slams:...
(Semifinalist)
-
 Neale FraserNeale 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...
(Semifinalist)
- Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....
(Champion)
- Ian Vermaak
Ian Vermaak was a tennis player competing for South Africa. He finished runner-up to Nicola Pietrangeli in the singles final of the Amateur French Championships of Roland-Garros in 1959, after having reached earlier in the season the Hamburg International German Tennis Championships final, losing...
(Finalist)
-
 Jacques BrichantJacques Brichant was a Belgian tennis player.Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country. Brichant reached the semi-finals of the French Championships in singles once, and the quarter-finals twice....
(Quarterfinalist)
-
 Pierre DarmonPierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...
(First round)
-
 Jon DouglasJon Alexander "Jack" Douglas was a professional American tennis player and college football quarterback.-Early life:...
(Third round)
- Budge Patty
John "Budge" Edward Patty was an American male tennis player. He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles...
(Third round)
|
- Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...
(Quarterfinalist)
-
 Jaroslav DrobnýJaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
(Fourth round)
-
 Billy Knight (Quarterfinalist)
- Orlando Sirola
Orlando Sirola was a tennis player from Italy.Sirola was born in Fiume, today the Croatian city of Rijeka. He only began playing tennis at the age of 22. Despite his late start, he achieved some notable successes....
(Third round)
- Rod Laver
Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
(Third round)
- Australia Martin Mulligan (Quarterfinalist)
-
 Lew Gerrard (Fourth round)
- Giuseppe Merlo
Giuseppe Merlo is an Italian former tennis player. He was born in Meran.-References:* Profile at ATP...
(Fourth round)
|
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
The source of this article is
wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the
GFDL.
