Women's singles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Shirley Fry
Runner-up	Angela Buxton
Score	6–3, 6–1
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Shirley Fry defeated Angela Buxton in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Louise Brough was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fry.

Seeds

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

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Beverly Fleitz	w/o
	6	Angela Buxton
								6	Angela Buxton	6	6
									Pat Ward	1	4
	3	Angela Mortimer	3	0
		Pat Ward	6	6
															6	Angela Buxton	3	1
															5	Shirley Fry	6	6
	5	Shirley Fry	4	6	6
	4	Althea Gibson	6	3	4
								5	Shirley Fry	6	4	6
								1	Louise Brough	4	6	3
	8	Shirley Bloomer	7	1	3
	1	Louise Brough	5	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								2	Beverly Fleitz	6	6
									Pilar Barril	4	3
															2	B Fleitz	6	6
																C Hoahing	1	3
									Gem Hoahing	6	6
									Jennifer Edmondson	4	2
																						2	B Fleitz	6	8
																							Z Körmöczy	0	6
									Daphne Seeney	6	6
									Leonie Brighton	2	3
																D Seeney	2	3
																Z Körmöczy	6	6
									Nell Hopman	1	4
									Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	Angela Buxton	6	6
									Suzanne le Besnerais	4	0
															6	A Buxton	6	6
																L Gram-Andersen	3	2
									Norma Kemsey-Bourne	4	1
									Lisa Gram-Andersen	6	6
																						6	A Buxton	6	6
																							E Watson	4	4
									Joopy Roos-Van der Wal	4	6	6
									Bobbie Wilson	6	2	2
																J Roos-Van der Wal	8	2
																E Watson	10	6
									Elaine Watson	6	6
									Joan Curry	2	3

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	Angela Mortimer	6	4	6
		Thelma Long	1	6	3			3	A Mortimer	6	6
		Anthea Gibb	4	3					P Panton	1	2
		Pearl Panton	6	6											3	A Mortimer	6	7
	Q	Hazel Moorley	7	6												D Hard	3	5
		Sheila Bramley	5	4				Q	H Moorley	2	3
		Denise Collier	2	2					D Hard	6	6
		Darlene Hard	6	6																		3	A Mortimer	6	6
		Bea Walter	0	6	6																		T Hale	2	0
		Rosemary Deloford	6	4	1				B Walter	3	9	4
		Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén	6	5					B Davidson	6	7	6
		Barbara Davidson	8	7												B Davidson	w/o
		Thea Hale	6	6												T Hale
		Gill Evans	2	2					T Hale	7	4	8
	Q	Florence de la Courtie	6	6				Q	F de la Courtie	5	6	6
	Q	Jane Godfrey	4	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	7	Dorothy Knode	8	6
		Sue Waters	6	2				7	D Knode	4	9	1
		Valerie Lewis	6	0	3				V Pužejová	6	7	6
		Věra Pužejová	1	6	6											V Pužejová	10	6
		Doreen Spiers	8	5	6											E Vollmer	8	3
		Pauline Roberts	6	7	4				D Spiers	2	0
		Erika Vollmer	6	6					E Vollmer	6	6
	Q	Sidney Brock	1	1																			V Pužejová	3	2
		Sheila Armstrong	0	5																			P Ward	6	6
	Q	Elaine Becroft	6	7				Q	E Becroft	6	3	7
		Estelle van Tonder	1	5					J Clarke	3	6	5
		Jean Clarke	6	7											Q	E Becroft	4	4
		Heather Macfarlane	3	2												P Ward	6	6
		Pat Ward	6	6					P Ward	12	4	6
	Q	Jill Rook	0	0					B Carr	10	6	2
		Bernice Carr	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Jenny Hoad	6	3	6
		Georgie Woodgate	3	6	2				J Hoad	8	6
		Lorna Cawthorn	2	2					V Thomas	6	4
		Vera Thomas	6	6												J Hoad	6	6
		Joan MacLeod	2	6	9										Q	S Waddington	0	2
		Viola White	6	2	7				J MacLeod	6	0	8
		Janet Morgan	4	6	7			Q	S Waddington	4	6	10
	Q	Sheila Waddington	6	4	9																		J Hoad	2	2
		Heather Brewer	6	6																		5	S Fry	6	6
		Nel van der Storm	1	3					H Brewer	6	6
		María Josefa de Riba	7	6					MJ de Riba	4	0
		Marion Boundy	5	2												H Brewer	3	4
		Ginette Bucaille	6	6											5	S Fry	6	6
		Astrid Winther	2	1					G Bucaille	3	2
		Christiane Mercelis	2	1				5	S Fry	6	6
	5	Shirley Fry	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Kathleen Holt	4	7	6
		Margaret H. O'Donnell	6	5	4				K Holt	3	1
		Louise Snow	6	6					L Snow	6	6
		Sheila Speight	0	3												L Snow	6	1	2
		Pat Hird	2	6	6											P Hird	3	6	6
		June Fitzpatrick	6	3	2				P Hird	3	6	7
		Else Schmith	3	4					I Metzner	6	0	5
		Ingrid Metzner	6	6																			P Hird	0	4
		Anne Shilcock	6	6																		4	A Gibson	6	6
		Ilse Buding	3	2					A Shilcock	3	6	6
	Q	Kay Newcombe	0	2					A Haydon	6	3	2
		Ann Haydon	6	6												A Shilcock	6	2	1
	Q	Pat Wheeler	2	6	6										4	A Gibson	4	6	6
		Margot Parker	6	0	2			Q	P Wheeler	1	2
		Edda Buding	4	2				4	A Gibson	6	6
	4	Althea Gibson	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Sandra Reynolds	4	6	3
									Pat Brown	6	4	6
																P Brown	6	6
																S Gustafsson	1	3
									Elizabeth Broz	2	5
									Solveig Gustafsson	6	7
																							P Brown	2	5
																						8	S Bloomer	6	7
									Betty Pratt	6	6
									Marion Craig-Smith	4	3
																B Pratt	6	2	6
															8	S Bloomer	4	6	8
									Jean Knight	0	0
								8	Shirley Bloomer	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Caroline Yates-Bell	6	6	6
									Barbara Knapp	0	8	4
																C Yates-Bell	0	0
																F Muller	6	6
								Q	Colette Monnot	3	2
									Fay Muller	6	6
																							F Muller	3	1
																						1	L Brough	6	6
									Jennifer Middleton	6	6
									Pauline Edwards	2	4
																J Middleton	0	4
															1	L Brough	6	6
									Jean Forbes	0	0
								1	Louise Brough	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com