1959 Wimbledon Championships – 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 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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.

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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

	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

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Preceded by 1959 French Championships

Grand Slams Men's Singles

Succeeded by 1959 U.S. Championships