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1956 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1956 Wimbledon Championships
Champions United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
Runners-up Australia Fay Muller
Australia Daphne Seeney
Final score 6–1, 8–6
Details
Draw 48 (4Q)
Seeds 4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
← 1955 · Wimbledon Championships · 1957 →

Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinal to Fay Muller and Daphne Seeney.

Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson defeated Muller and Seeney in the final, 6–1, 8–6 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.

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