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1957 Australian Championships – Women's singles

First-seeded Shirley Fry defeated Althea Gibson 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1957 Australian Championships and completed the career Grand Slam in singles.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Shirley Fry is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

USA Shirley Fry (champion)
USA Althea Gibson (finalist)
AUS Mary Carter (quarterfinals)
AUS Beryl Penrose (semifinals)
AUS Lorraine Coghlan (semifinals)
AUS Jenny Hoad (quarterfinals)
AUS Margaret Hellyer (second round)
AUS Fay Muller (second round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

Finals

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Earlier rounds

Section 1

| RD4-team01=USA Fry | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team02=AUS Penrose | RD4-seed02=4 | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score02-2=4 | RD3-team01=USA Fry | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team02=AUS Hawton | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score02-1=1 | RD3-score01-2=9 | RD3-score02-2=7 | RD3-team03=AUS Penrose | RD3-seed03=4 | RD3-team04=AUS Hoad | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score04-1=5 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score04-2=2 | RD2-team01=USA Fry | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team02=AUS Donoghue | RD2-seed02= | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score02-1=1 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score02-2=1 | RD2-team03=AUS Muller | RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team04=AUS Hawton | RD2-seed04= | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=4 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=1 | RD2-score04-3=6 | RD2-team05=AUS Penrose | RD2-seed05=4 | RD2-team06=AUS Rae | RD2-seed06= | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score06-1=8 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-score06-3=1 | RD2-team07=AUS Hoad | RD2-seed07=6 | RD2-team08=AUS Jones | RD2-seed08= | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score08-1=1 | RD2-score07-2=5 | RD2-score08-2=7 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-score08-3=3 | RD1-team01=USA Fry | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team02=AUS Orton | RD1-seed02= | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score02-2=2 | RD1-team03=AUS Donoghue | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team04=AUS Stewart | RD1-seed04= | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score04-1=4 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score04-2=1 | RD1-team05=AUS Muller | RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team06=AUS Carter | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score06-1=4 | RD1-score05-2=7 | RD1-score06-2=5 | RD1-team07=AUS Hawton | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=AUS Thiele | RD1-seed08= | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score08-1=3 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score08-2=0 | RD1-score08-3=r | RD1-team09=AUS Penrose | RD1-seed09=4 | RD1-team10=AUS Gibson | RD1-seed10= | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score10-1=1 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-team11=AUS Rae | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team12=AUS Strachan | RD1-seed12= | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score12-1=1 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score12-2=1 | RD1-team13=AUS Hoad | RD1-seed13=6 | RD1-team14=AUS Rayson | RD1-seed14= | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score14-1=3 | RD1-score13-2=3 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score13-3=6 | RD1-score14-3=2 | RD1-team15=AUS Jones | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team16=AUS Bowden | RD1-seed16= | RD1-score15-1=6 | RD1-score16-1=3 | RD1-score15-2=6 | RD1-score16-2=1

Section 2

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