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1957 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1957 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Althea Gibson
Runner-upUnited States Darlene Hard
Score6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1956 · Wimbledon Championships · 1958 →
Darlene Hard congratulates Althea Gibson after the final
Parade in Gibson's honor in New York City

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] Shirley Fry was the reigning champion, but did not compete.

Seeds

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01.   United States Althea Gibson (champion)
02.   United States Louise Brough (quarterfinals)
03.   United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer (fourth round)
04.   United States Dorothy Knode (semifinals)
05.   United States Darlene Hard (final)
06.   Australia Thelma Long (first round)
07.   United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (third round)
08.   Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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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
United Kingdom Christine Truman 9 5 6
United Kingdom Christine Truman 1 1
1 United States Althea Gibson 6 6
South Africa Sandra Reynolds 3 4
1 United States Althea Gibson 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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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
France F de la Courtie 2 0
France Florence de la Courtie 6 6
Q United Kingdom Gill Worrall 4 1
2 United States L Brough 7 6
Bermuda H Brewer 5 1
New Zealand Heather Robson 6 6
Austria Elizabeth Broz 1 2
New Zealand H Robson 1 2
Bermuda H Brewer 6 6
Denmark Milly Vagn-Nielsen 0 0
Bermuda Heather Brewer 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 United States Darlene Hard 6 6
United Kingdom Rita Bentley 2 0
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
West Germany Edda Buding 6 6
Q France Marie-Odile Bouchet 4 1
West Germany E Buding 3 6 6
United Kingdom A Haydon 6 4 3
United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6 6
South Africa Valerie Forbes 1 3

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 United States Dorothy Knode 4 9 6
Australia Jenny Hoad 6 7 1 4 United States D Knode 6 5 6
Belgium Christiane Mercelis 6 6 Belgium C Mercelis 4 7 4
United Kingdom Anthea Warwick 2 0 4 United States D Knode 6 6
France Susan Chatrier 6 6 France S Chatrier 0 2
United Kingdom Barbara Knapp 2 4 France S Chatrier 6 6
Q United Kingdom Joyce Fulton 3 5 United Kingdom P Panton 1 1
United Kingdom Pearl Panton 6 7 4 United States D Knode 6 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
Canada Hanna Sladek 8 8 Canada H Sladek 4 7 1
United Kingdom Joan MacLeod 6 6 United Kingdom P Edwards 7 3 6
United Kingdom Pat Hird 6 6 United Kingdom P Hird 5 6 4
United Kingdom Pauline Roberts 1 1 United Kingdom P Hird 6 6
Q United Kingdom Barbara Horton 2 1 United Kingdom D Collier 1 2
United Kingdom Denise Collier 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer 6 6
United Kingdom Valerie Clark 0 0 7 United Kingdom A Mortimer 6 6
Q United Kingdom Jenny Wagstaff 3 2 West Germany I Vogler 1 1
West Germany Ingeborg Vogler 6 6 7 United Kingdom A Mortimer 3 6 3
United Kingdom Pat Wheeler 6 3 2 United States K Fageros 6 4 6
United States Karol Fageros 4 6 6 United States K Fageros 4 6 7
Switzerland Ruth Kaufmann 0 3 West Germany I Buding 6 3 5
West Germany Ilse Buding 6 6 United States K Fageros 5 4
United Kingdom Penny Burrell 0 0 Mexico R Reyes 7 6
United States Mimi Arnold 6 6 United States M Arnold 6 6
United Kingdom Viola White 7 6 United Kingdom V White 4 0
United Kingdom Sheila Macintosh 5 4 United States M Arnold 3 3
South Africa Renée Schuurman 6 6 Mexico R Reyes 6 6
Spain Mary Terán de Weiss 4 2 South Africa R Schuurman 5 1
Mexico Rosie Reyes 6 6 Mexico R Reyes 7 6
United Kingdom Lorna Cawthorn 3 2

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Heather Macfarlane 0 1
United Kingdom Hazel Cheadle 6 6 United Kingdom H Cheadle 1 4
United Kingdom Georgie Woodgate 6 7 United Kingdom G Woodgate 6 6
United Kingdom Kathleen Holt 0 5 United Kingdom G Woodgate 6 3 1
New Zealand Ruia Morrison 6 6 New Zealand R Morrison 2 6 6
United Kingdom Marion Craig-Smith 3 2 New Zealand R Morrison
Spain Pilar Barril 4 3 United Kingdom J Curry w/o
United Kingdom Joan Curry 6 6 New Zealand R Morrison 4 9
United Kingdom Sue Waters 1 0 United States E Pratt 6 11
United States Betty Pratt 6 6 United States E Pratt 6 6
United Kingdom Gill Evans 5 6 6 United Kingdom G Evans 3 1
Q Kenya Fran Marshall 7 3 3 United States E Pratt 6 6
United Kingdom Vera Thomas 6 5 7 South Africa D Fancutt 4 3
United Kingdom Elaine Shenton 2 7 9 United Kingdom E Shenton 4 0
South Africa Daphne Fancutt 6 9 9 South Africa D Fancutt 6 6
6 Australia Thelma Long 8 7 7

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Bea Walter 6 8
Q United Kingdom Pat Ingram 0 6 United Kingdom B Walter 3 2
United Kingdom Christine Truman 6 6 United Kingdom C Truman 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marica Cranadak-Milonja 1 1 United Kingdom C Truman 6 6
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
Netherlands Nel van der Storm 3 6 1 United Kingdom C Truman 6 6
United Kingdom Jill Rook 6 6 3 United Kingdom S Bloomer 3 3
United Kingdom Julie Lintern 4 4 United Kingdom J Rook 6 4 6
Republic of Ireland June Fitzpatrick 2 4 France S le Besnerais 4 6 0
France Suzanne le Besnerais 6 6 United Kingdom J Rook 1 2
United Kingdom Billie Woodgate 2 6 6 3 United Kingdom S Bloomer 6 6
Belgium Poucette Bernheim 6 2 0 United Kingdom R Woodgate 0 1
United Kingdom Pat Ward 1 3 3 United Kingdom S Bloomer 6 6
3 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer 6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
West Germany Erika Vollmer 6 6
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
South Africa S Reynolds 6 8
United Kingdom S Armstrong 3 6
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
France Ginette Bucaille 1 3
8 Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová 6 6

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Mexico Yola Ramírez 7 6 6
United Kingdom Gem Hoahing 9 3 8
United Kingdom C Hoahing 6 6
United Kingdom J Knight 3 1
United Kingdom Jean Knight 9 4 6
Australia Kay Newcombe 7 6 2
United Kingdom C Hoahing 1 1
1 United States A Gibson 6 6
Australia Margaret Hellyer 6 6
Spain María Josefa de Riba 1 0
Australia M Hellyer 4 2
1 United States A Gibson 6 6
Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy 4 4
1 United States Althea Gibson 6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ Johnson Publishing Company (13 October 2003). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 51–. ISSN 0021-5996.
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