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German International Championships 1961

General Date1961-08-07 - 1961-08-15
Tournament type
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityHamburg
CountryGermany

Source World Tennis/Tennis Italiano

Info 55th edition.

Media

Winner Player Rodney George (Rod) Laver

Players

Kazuyuki Akutagawa
Luis Alberto Ayala
Karl Baco
Reginald D. (Reg) Bennett
Ingo Dietmar Buding
Wilhelm Paul Bungert
L.P. (Julian) Coni
Pierre Darmon
Dieter Ecklebe
Harald Elschenbroich
Roy Stanley Emerson
Michio Fujii
Bert Gieseke
Istvan Pecs Gulyas
Werner Helmrich
Rudy Hernando

Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Boro Jovanovic
Zoltán Katona
Ichizo Konishi
Adolf Kreinberg
Bernd Kube
Christian Kuhnke
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein
Jan Erik Lundquist
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers
Ryoichi Mori
Bodo Nitsche
Mark Anthony Otway
Lothar Pawlik

Gérard Pilet
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Günther Reimann
Esteban Reyes Jr.
Günther Sanders
Robin F. Sanders
Eduardo Soriano
Frederick Sidney (Fred) Stolle
Wolfgang Stuck
Andras Szikszai
Sergio Tacchini
Jorgen Ulrich
Robert Keith (Bobby) Wilson
Warren W. Woodcock

Rounds
Round 1

Günther Reimann*
Mark Otway

3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3

Dieter Ecklebe*
Esteban Reyes Jr.

6-1 4-6 6-4 6-3

Istvan Gulyas*
Ryoichi Mori

6-2 6-2 6-3

Bobby Wilson*
Lothar Pawlik

6-2 7-5 1-6 6-1

Bernd Kube*
Gérard Pilet

6-2 0-6 6-1 6-1

Jorgen Ulrich*
Bert Gieseke

6-2 6-4 7-5

Ingo Buding*
Ichizo Konishi

6-4 6-3 7-5

Rudy Hernando*
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers

6-2 6-4 5-7 6-2

Warren W. Woodcock*
Kazuyuki Akutagawa

6-2 6-2 5-7 6-3

Bob Hewitt*
Adolf Kreinberg

6-4 3-0 ret.

Bodo Nitsche*
Andras Szikszai

6-4 6-2 6-1

Luis Ayala*
Werner Helmrich

6-2 6-2 6-0

Fred Stolle*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic

6-4 6-3 6-2

Robin F. Sanders*
Michio Fujii

7-9 6-1 1-6 6-1 6-2

Round 2

Bob Howe*
Wolfgang Stuck

?-? 6-3 6-4 6-4

Rod Laver*
Karl Baco

6-3 6-0 6-1

Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein*
Zoltán Katona

6-2 6-3 6-3

Eduardo Soriano*
Harald Elschenbroich

0-6 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-2

Jan Erik Lundquist*
Günther Reimann

6-3 8-6 7-5

Istvan Gulyas*
Dieter Ecklebe

6-4 6-4 6-3

Bernd Kube*
Bobby Wilson

6-4 3-6 6-1 6-0

Ingo Buding*
Jorgen Ulrich

6-1 7-5 6-0

Warren W. Woodcock*
Rudy Hernando

6-3 6-1 3-6 6-4

Bob Hewitt*
Bodo Nitsche

8-6 6-4 6-8 9-7

Pierre Darmon*
Sergio Tacchini

6-1 6-0 6-3

Boro Jovanovic*
L.P. (Julian) Coni

6-3 6-3 6-2

Roy Emerson*
Günther Sanders

6-1 7-5 6-2

Wilhelm Bungert*
Fred Stolle

6-3 4-6 7-9 11-9 8-6

Christian Kuhnke*
Reg Bennett

w.o.

Luis Ayala*
Robin F. Sanders

6-1 7-5 6-2

Round 3

Rod Laver*
Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein

6-4 6-2 9-7

Eduardo Soriano*
Bob Howe

2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4

Jan Erik Lundquist*
Istvan Gulyas

6-3 4-6 6-2 2-6 6-2

Wilhelm Bungert*
Bernd Kube

6-3 4-6 9-7 6-4

Warren W. Woodcock*
Ingo Buding

5-7 6-8 6-2 6-2 7-5

Luis Ayala*
Bob Hewitt

6-1 2-6 6-3 10-8

Christian Kuhnke*
Pierre Darmon

10-8 6-4 6-4

Boro Jovanovic*
Roy Emerson

6-4 6-0 6-3

Quarterfinals

Rod Laver*
Eduardo Soriano

6-2 6-1 7-5

Wilhelm Bungert*
Jan Erik Lundquist

10-8 6-1 6-3

Luis Ayala*
Warren W. Woodcock

4-6 6-4 8-6 6-4

Boro Jovanovic*
Christian Kuhnke

6-4 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-4

Semifinals

Rod Laver*
Wilhelm Bungert

2-6 6-4 6-1 2-6 6-4

Luis Ayala*
Boro Jovanovic

6-3 6-1 6-1

Final

Rod Laver*
Luis Ayala

6-2 6-8 5-7 6-1 6-2

Tournament

Round 1