1957 Australian Championships

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Template:TennisEventInfo The 1957 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne, Australia from 17 January to 27 January. It was the 45th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 13th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were taken by Ashley Cooper and Shirley Fry.

Champions

Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Men's doubles

Template:Flagicon Neale Fraser / Template:Flagicon Lew Hoad defeated Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson / Template:Flagicon Ashley Cooper 6–3, 8–6, 6–4 [3]

Women's doubles

Template:Flagicon Shirley Fry / Template:Flagicon Althea Gibson defeated Template:Flagicon Mary Bevis Hawton / Template:Flagicon Fay Muller 6–2, 6–1 [4]

Mixed doubles

Template:Flagicon Fay Muller / Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson defeated Template:Flagicon Jill Langley / Template:Flagicon Billy Knight 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 [5]

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