The 1957 French Championships (now known as the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
) was a
tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s at the
Stade Roland-Garros in
Paris,
France. The tournament ran from 21 May until 1 June. It was the 61st staging of the
French Championships, and the second
Grand Slam tennis event of 1957.
Sven Davidson and
Shirley Bloomer won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Sven Davidson defeated
Herbert Flam 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles
Shirley Bloomer defeated
Dorothy Head Knode 6–1, 6–3
Men's doubles
Malcolm Anderson
Malcolm James Anderson (born 3 March 1935) is a former tennis player from Australia who was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He won the singles title at the 1957 U.S. National Championships and achieved his highest amateur rankin ...
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Ashley Cooper defeated
Don Candy /
Mervyn Rose 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Women's doubles
Shirley Bloomer /
Darlene Hard defeated
Yola Ramírez /
Rosie Reyes 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Mixed doubles
Věra Pužejová /
Jiří Javorský defeated
Edda Buding /
Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–4
References
External links
French Open official website
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