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Women's doubles
1956 French Championships
Final
Champion	Angela Buxton Althea Gibson
Runner-up	Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode
Score	6–8, 8–6, 6–1
Details
Draw	27
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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The 1956 French Championships Women's doubles was one of the competitions of the 1956 French Championships, a tennis tournament held at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France from 15 May until 26 May 1956. The matches were played in a best-of-three sets format. Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard and Dorothy Head Knode 6–8, 8–6, 6–1 in the final to win the title.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Shirley Bloomer Angela Mortimer	4	6	2
		Jenny Hoad Fay Muller	6	3	6
									Jenny Hoad Fay Muller	3	3
									Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	6	6
		Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	6	6
		Maud Galtier Anne-Marie Seghers	4	0
																Darlene Hard Dorothy Head Knode	8	6	1
																Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	5	8	6
		Ginette Bucaille Suzanne Le Besnerais	4	5
		Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	6	7
									Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	7	3	6
									Josette Amouretti Věra Puzejova	5	6	2
		Josette Amouretti Věra Puzejova	6	6
		Andrée Varin Michelle Bourbonnais	3	1

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 108, 400. ISBN 978-0942257700.
2. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1957). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual 1957. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 204–205, 214.
3. "Scratch Pair Win French Doubles". The Canberra Times. Vol. 30, no. 8, 859. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 May 1956. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Roland-Garros winners list

• French Open by year – Women's doubles
• 1956 in French tennis