1961 Australian Championships - Men's Singles

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...

defeated Rod Laver

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...

1–6 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1961 Australian Championships

1961 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1961 Australian Championships :-Men's Singles: Roy Emerson defeated Rod Laver 1-6 6-3 7-5 6-4-Women's Singles: Margaret Court defeated Jan Lehane O'Neill 6-1, 6-4...

Margaret Court defeated Jan Lehane O'Neill 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1961 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Roy Emerson

Roy Emerson

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Rod Laver
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...

(Finalist)

Roy Emerson
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...

(Champion)

Bob Mark
Bob Mark
Bob Mark was an Australian professional tennis player.-References:*...

(Third round)

Bob Hewitt
Bob Hewitt
Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...

(Third round)

Mike Sangster
Mike Sangster
Mike Sangster was one of the leading British tennis players of the 1960s.- Birth and Early Life :Mike Sangster was born in Kingskerswell, Devon on 11 September 1940. He attended Torquay Boys' Grammar School...

(Quarterfinalist)

Christian Kuhnke (Quarterfinalist)

Bob Howe
Robert Howe (tennis)
Robert Howe is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.-References:...

(Third round)

Fred Stolle
Fred Stolle
Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle....

(Semifinalist)

Wayne Reid
Wayne Reid
Wayne Vivien Reid OBE is a former tennis player, and has been president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia , the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding...

(Third round)

Ken Fletcher
Ken Fletcher
Kenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles....

(Quarterfinalist)

Sergio Tacchini
Sergio Tacchini
Sergio Tacchini is an Italian fashion designer of sportswear and former professional tennis player. The sportswear firm bearing his name is located in Bellinzago Novarese, Novara, Italy.- Tennis career :...

(Second round)

Barry Phillips-Moore
Barry Phillips-Moore
Barry Phillips-Moore was an Australian tennis player of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.In singles, Phillips-Moore twice reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships, in 1961 and 1968...

(Semifinalist)

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

1961 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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