1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1959 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Alex Olmedo
Runner-up	Rod Laver
Score	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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Alex Olmedo defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Ashley Cooper was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Champion

Alex Olmedo

Runner-up

Rod Laver

Score6–4, 6–3, 6–4

Draw128 (10)

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Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

2	Neale Fraser	7	8	6	3	1

5	Barry MacKay	5	10	0	6	6
							5	Barry MacKay	13	9	8	9	3

								Rod Laver	11	11	10	7	6
	Jean-Claude Molinari	3	3	0

	Rod Laver	6	6	6
															Rod Laver	4	3	4

														1	Alex Olmedo	6	6	6
8	Roy Emerson	6	6	6

4	Bobby Wilson	3	4	2
							8	Roy Emerson	4	0	4

							1	Alex Olmedo	6	6	6
6	Luis Ayala	5	6	3	3

1	Alex Olmedo	7	3	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

2	Neale Fraser	6	6	6
	Pierre Darmon	4	4	2			2	N Fraser	6	6	6
	Franz Saiko	8	3	6	2			C Fernandes	3	1	2
	Carlos Fernandes	10	6	4	6									2	N Fraser	7	6	6
	Bob Sherman	6	4	5	9	6									M Hann	5	4	2
	Alan Bailey	4	6	7	7	8		A Bailey	2	6	1	3
	Gunnar Sjøwall	1	8	3				M Hann	6	4	6	6
	Michael Hann	6	10	6																2	N Fraser	3	6	14	8	6
	Allan Kendall	6	6	2	7	8															O Sirola	6	3	12	10	3
	Eduardo Argon	4	8	6	5	6		A Kendall	7	1	6	8
	John Maloney	4	2	4				O Sirola	9	6	1	10
	Orlando Sirola	6	6	6											O Sirola	6	9	3	6
	Manuel Santana	6	6	6											M Santana	4	7	6	3
	Alain Bresson	0	0	1				M Santana	6	4	4	9	6
Q	Roy Dixon	6	13	4	7	4	Q	J Grigry	2	6	6	7	1
Q	Jacques Grigry	3	11	6	9	6

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

5	Barry MacKay	6	6	3	6
	Ian Vermaak	2	2	6	3	5	B MacKay	6	6	3	6
	Władysław Skonecki	6	7	6	7		W Skonecki	4	3	6	1
Q	Jaidip Mukerjea	3	9	4	5								5	B MacKay	6	6	6
	Ilija Panajotović	6	4	6	6									J Leschly	3	2	4
	Jimmy Tattersall	4	6	3	1		I Panajotović	6	5	6	4	5
	Geoff Ward	3	2	6	7		J Leschly	4	7	3	6	7
	Jan Leschly	6	6	3	9													5	B MacKay	6	8	10
	Billy Knight	6	6	6															W Knight	2	6	8
	John Barrett	2	0	3			W Knight	6	3	6	6
	Roger Becker	3	7	4			J-E Lundqvist	3	6	1	4
	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6	9	6										W Knight	6	7	6
	Mark Otway	4	4	0										R Hewitt	3	5	3
	Bob Hewitt	6	6	6			R Hewitt	6	8	6
	Jon Douglas	4	6	6	6		J Douglas	1	6	4
	Budge Patty	6	1	1	0

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

3	Nicola Pietrangeli	4	6	5	5
	Butch Buchholz	6	3	7	7			E Buchholz	3	7	11	10
	Gordon Forbes	6	6	6				G Forbes	6	5	9	8
	Paul Blondel	3	0	1										E Buchholz	4	5	4
	Gardnar Mulloy	6	6	6										G Mulloy	6	7	6
	Antal Jancsó	3	3	2				G Mulloy	6	7	6
	Neville Nette	11	3	8	4			L Gerrard	3	5	4
	Lew Gerrard	9	6	10	6																G Mulloy	1	2	9	2
	Juan Manuel Couder	4	6	6	2	6															J-C Molinari	6	6	7	6
	Warren Jacques	6	3	4	6	3		JM Couder	1	6	1	2
Q	Alan Lane	5	2	6	0			S Davidson	6	4	6	6
	Sven Davidson	7	6	1	6									S Davidson	7	1	13	6	4
	Malcolm Fox	6	6	11	6									J-C Molinari	9	6	11	4	6
	Sima Nikolić	4	2	13	1			M Fox	3	6	3	2
	Jean-Claude Molinari	4	6	7	6			J-C Molinari	6	3	6	6
	Chu Chen Hua	6	3	5	4

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

7	Kurt Nielsen	6	1	6	7
	Martin Mulligan	4	6	3	5	7	K Nielsen	8	4	5
	Wilhelm Bungert	4	2	6	3		R Laver	10	6	7
	Rod Laver	6	6	4	6								R Laver	6	6	7
	José Edison Mandarino	2	6	6	6							Q	J Ward	2	3	5
Q	Stan Hicks	6	4	2	4		JE Mandarino	4	4	6	0
	Geoffrey Owen	3	5	7	2	Q	J Ward	6	6	3	6
Q	John Ward	6	7	5	6														R Laver	6	3	6	6
	Jaroslav Drobný	12	6	8	6														A Mills	3	6	3	4
	Alan Mills	14	3	10	8		A Mills	6	6	6
	Oliver Prenn	6	6	6	6		O Prenn	4	1	1
	Patricio Rodríguez	3	8	2	3								A Mills	9	6	7	6
	Willem Maris	6	6	6									R Howe	11	4	5	2
Q	Dickie Dillon	1	3	2			W Maris	5	4	1
	Bob Howe	10	6	9			R Howe	7	6	6
	Premjit Lall	8	3	7

1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Giuseppe Merlo	6	2	6	6
	Dieter Ecklebe	4	6	3	1		G Merlo	0	0	3
LL	Trevor Adamson	1	1	1			J Frost	6	6	6
	Jack Frost	6	6	6									J Frost	7	5	1
	Ray Weedon	3	4	4									J Ulrich	9	7	6
	Jørgen Ulrich	6	6	6			J Ulrich	6	6	6
	Milan Branović	4	1	1			R Sanders	2	3	2
	Robin Sanders	6	6	6															J Ulrich	9	3	8	1
	Pieter van Eijsden	3	6	4	3													8	R Emerson	7	6	10	6
	Ian McDonald	6	4	6	6		I McDonald	3	2	1
	Andrés Gimeno	7	11	8			A Gimeno	6	6	6
	Ulf Schmidt	5	9	6									A Gimeno	2	6	4	1
	Kamilo Keretić	3	4	1								8	R Emerson	6	3	6	6
	Frank Gorman	6	6	6			F Gorman	1	6	6	3
	William Álvarez	4	3	3		8	R Emerson	6	4	8	6
8	Roy Emerson	6	6	6

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Franz Hainka	4	6	2	2
	Mike Franks	6	2	6	6		M Franks	6	6	5	4	5
	Jean-Noël Grinda	6	6	6			J-N Grinda	3	3	7	6	7
	Andrei Potanin	1	3	1										J-N Grinda	6	7	6
	Malcolm Gracie	6	6	6										K Fletcher	2	5	4
	Dennis Reilly	4	3	2			M Gracie	2	1	0
	Ken Fletcher	6	6	6			K Fletcher	6	6	6
	Wiesław Gąsiorek	2	1	3																J-N Grinda	3	15	1
	Joe Hackett	6	6	3	4														4	R Wilson	6	17	6
	Colin Baxter	3	8	6	6		C Baxter	3	2	2
	Don Candy	6	6	6			D Candy	6	6	6
	Glenn Bassett	4	1	2										D Candy	4	3	6	4
Q	Colin Hannam	2	4	5									4	R Wilson	6	6	1	6
	Tony Pickard	6	6	7			A Pickard	3	6	4
	Ivor Warwick	3	0	4		4	R Wilson	6	8	6
4	Bobby Wilson	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Gerry Oakley	6	7	6
	Paul Willey	3	5	3				G Oakley	6	6	9
	John Hammill	6	2	4	10	3		S Stockenberg	2	2	7
	Staffan Stockenberg	4	6	6	8	6								G Oakley	4	7	6	4
	Orlando Garrido	6	5	5	2									A Bey	6	9	4	6
	Adrian Bey	1	7	7	6			A Bey	7	6	6
	Finn-Dag Jagge	2	4	8	6	6		F-D Jagge	5	2	2
	Ralph Oliver	6	6	6	2	2														A Bey	2	1	0
Q	Toomas Leius	3	4	5															6	L Ayala	6	6	6
	Abe Segal	6	6	7				A Segal	6	4	8	6
Q	Tony Clayton	2	1	3				J Brichant	4	6	6	2
	Jacques Brichant	6	6	6										A Segal	3	10	4	2
	Ladislav Legenstein	1	10	6	6	2							6	L Ayala	6	8	6	6
	Geoffrey Paish	6	12	2	2	6		G Paish	3	1	4
	Jiří Javorský	3	0	3			6	L Ayala	6	6	6
6	Luis Ayala	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Mike Davies	6	6	6	6
	Brian Woolf	1	8	4	2			M Davies	6	3	6	6
	Boro Jovanović	6	6	6				B Jovanović	1	6	3	2
	István Gulyás	3	4	3										M Davies	6	4	6	6	1
	Ronnie Barnes	6	11	9	1	1								T Ulrich	3	6	8	1	6
	Mei Fu Chi	3	9	11	6	6		FC Mei	1	1	1
	Torben Ulrich	6	6	6	6			T Ulrich	6	6	6
	Bob Mark	4	8	4	4																T Ulrich	3	3	2
	Ramanathan Krishnan	6	6	6																1	A Olmedo	6	6	6
	Tim Heckler	3	1	0				R Krishnan	6	6	6
	Barry Phillips-Moore	4	6	6	7			B Phillips-Moore	2	2	3
	José Luis Arilla	6	4	3	5									R Krishnan	4	6	4	5
	Rod Mandelstam	6	6	6									1	A Olmedo	6	3	6	7
	Antonio Maggi	4	1	2				R Mandelstam	1	1	3
	Warren Woodcock	2	4	3			1	A Olmedo	6	6	6
1	Alex Olmedo	6	6	6