1962 Australian Championships - Women's Singles

Margaret Smith defeated Jan Lehane

Jan Lehane

Jan Lehane O'Neill is a former Australian female tennis player.At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the singles final four consecutive years but lost to Margaret Court each time...

6-0 6-2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1962 Australian Championships

1962 Australian Championships (tennis)

The 1962 Australian Championships were held at the White City Stadium, Sydney. The singles titles were taken by Rod Laver and Margret Court. Laver's win was the first step towards his first Grand Slam.-Men's Singles:...

Rod Laver defeated Roy Emerson 8-6 0-6 6-4 6-4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1962 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:...

Seeds

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

Margaret Smith (Champion)

Darlene Hard
Darlene Hard
Darlene Hard is an American former amateur tennis player. Known for her volleying ability and strong serves, she captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S...

(Quarterfinalist)

Yola Ramirez
Yola Ramírez
Yola Ramírez was an internationally renowned tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Ramírez was a singles finalist at the French Championships in 1960 and 1961. She lost the 1960 final to Darlene Hard and the 1961 final to Ann Haydon Jones, both International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinees...

(Semifinalist)

Lesley Turner
Lesley Turner Bowrey
Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French...

(Quarterfinalist)

Jan Lehane
Jan Lehane
Jan Lehane O'Neill is a former Australian female tennis player.At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the singles final four consecutive years but lost to Margaret Court each time...

(Finalist)

Mary Reitano (Semifinalist)

Robyn Ebbern
Robyn Ebbern
Robyn Ebbern was an Australian tennis player.She and Margaret Court won the Australian Championships doubles in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. Championships doubles in 1963...

(Third round)

Madonna Schacht (Third round)

Judy Tegart
Judy Tegart
Judy Tegart Dalton is a retired professional Australian tennis player who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles. She won at least one women's doubles title at each Grand Slam tournament, a "Career Grand Slam". Five of her doubles titles were in partnership with Margaret Court...

(Quarterfinalist)

Mary Bevis Hawton (Third round)

Lorraine Robinson (Third round)

Norma Marsh (Quarterfinalist)

Jill Blackman (Third round)

Faye Toyne (Third round)

Beverley Rae (Third round)

Dorothy Whitely (Second round)

Key

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

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

1962 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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