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1956 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

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Girls' singles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon
Runner-upWest Germany Ilse Buding
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw12
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1955 · Wimbledon Championships · 1957 →

Ann Haydon defeated Ilse Buding in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Denmark Inge Overgaard 0 1
United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6 6
United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6 6
Republic of Ireland Gene Hogan 7 6 Austria Sonja Pachta 1 0
Belgium M Rotta 5 1 Republic of Ireland Gene Hogan 3 4
Sweden L Engdahl 2 2 Austria Sonja Pachta 6 6
Austria Sonja Pachta 6 6 United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6 6
Norway K Horn 0 1 West Germany Ilse Buding 3 4
South Africa Bernice Carr 6 6 South Africa Bernice Carr 4 3
Netherlands J Markinkelle 2 0 West Germany Ilse Buding 6 6
West Germany Ilse Buding 6 6 West Germany Ilse Buding 6 6
France E Launay 0 3
Czechoslovakia H Jitka 7 3
France E Launay 9 6

References

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  1. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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