Alex OlmedoAlejandro "Alex" Rodríguez Olmedo is a former tennis player from Peru, who was ranked as the top amateur player in the world in 1959. Although born and raised in Peru, he came to Southern California and was mentored by Perry T. Jones, President of the Southern California Tennis Association at the...
defeated
Neale FraserNeale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1959 Australian ChampionshipsList of Champions of the 1959 Australian Championships :-Men's Singles: Alex Olmedo defeated Neale Fraser 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3-Women's Singles: Mary Carter Reitano defeated Renee Schuurman Haygarth 6-2, 6-3...
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See also:
- 1959 Australian Championships - Women's Singles
Mary Reitano defeated Renee Schuurman 6–2 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1959 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Alex OlmedoAlejandro "Alex" Rodríguez Olmedo is a former tennis player from Peru, who was ranked as the top amateur player in the world in 1959. Although born and raised in Peru, he came to Southern California and was mentored by Perry T. Jones, President of the Southern California Tennis Association at the...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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 Neale FraserNeale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
(Finalist)
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 Alex OlmedoAlejandro "Alex" Rodríguez Olmedo is a former tennis player from Peru, who was ranked as the top amateur player in the world in 1959. Although born and raised in Peru, he came to Southern California and was mentored by Perry T. Jones, President of the Southern California Tennis Association at the...
(Champion)
- Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...
(Quarterfinalist)
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 Andres Gimeno Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera is a retired Spanish tennis player. He major achievement came in 1972, when he won the French Open....
(Quarterfinalist)
- Rod Laver
Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
(Third round)
- Barry Mackay
Barry MacKay is a former American tennis player and tournament director and a current tennis broadcaster. While competing in college for the University of Michigan, he won the singles title at the 1957 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship to clinch the team title for Michigan. He was also a finalist...
(Semifinalist)
- Bob Mark
Bob Mark was an Australian professional tennis player.-References:*...
(Semifinalist)
- Butch Buchholz
Earl "Butch" Buchholz, Jr., is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was one of the game's top players in the late-1950s and early-1960s....
(Second round)
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- Bob Howe
Robert Howe is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.-References:...
(Second round)
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 Ulf SchmidtUlf "Uffe" Christian Johan Schmidt is a former Swedish tennis player. He competed for AIK from Stockholm.He won 14 singles' tournaments, among them the International Swedish Championships in Båstad in 1957 and 1961. In 1958 he and Sven Davidson won the doubles in Wimbledon...
(Quarterfinalist)
- Don Candy
Don Candy is an Australian Tennis player.Singles - French Championships: eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.Australian Championships: quarter-finals in 1952 and 1959.-References:...
(Quarterfinalist)
- Jan-Erik Lundquist (Third round)
- Warren Woodcock (Third round)
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 Trevor Fancutt (Second round)
- Martin Mulligan (Third round)
- Christopher Crawford (Third round)
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Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
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