1959 Australian Championships
{{TennisEventInfo|1959|Australian Championships|
| date=16-26 January 1959
| edition=47th
| category=Grand Slam (ITF)
| location=Adelaide, Australia
| venue=Memorial Drive
| surface=Grass
| champms={{flagicon|USA}} Alex Olmedo
| champws={{flagicon|AUS}} Mary Carter Reitano
| champmd={{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Mark
| champwd={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sandra Reynolds / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman
| champxd={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sandra Reynolds / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Mark
| champbs=
| champgs=
}}
The 1959 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 16 January to 26 January. It was the 47th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 12th held in Adelaide, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Champions
=Men's singles=
{{Main|1959 Australian Championships – Men's singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Olmedo defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Neale Fraser 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 {{cite web|title=1959 Men's Singles|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1959_MS_1.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
=Women's singles=
{{Main|1959 Australian Championships – Women's singles}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mary Carter Reitano defeated {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renee Schuurman 6–2, 6–3 {{cite web|title=1959 Women's Singles|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1959_LS_1.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
=Men's doubles=
{{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver / {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Mark defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Don Candy / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Howe 9–7, 6–4, 6–2 {{cite web|title=1959 Men's Doubles|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1959_MD_F.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
=Women's doubles=
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sandra Reynolds / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Lorraine Coghlan / {{flagicon|AUS}} Mary Reitano 7–5, 6–4 {{cite web|title=1959 Women's Doubles|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1959_LD_F.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
=Mixed doubles=
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sandra Reynolds / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Mark defeated {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Renée Schuurman / {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver 4–6, 13–11, 6–1 {{cite web|title=1959 Mixed Doubles|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1959_MX_F.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100918071711/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html Australian Open official website]
{{start box}}
{{succession box | before=1958 U.S. National Championships| title=Grand Slams | years= | after=1959 French Championships}}
{{end box}}
{{Australian Open championships}}
{{1959 in tennis}}