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Australian Open 1961

General Date1961-01-20 - 1961-01-30
Tournament typeGrandslam
SurfaceHardcourt
Rounds6
CityKooyong, Melbourne
CountryAustralia

Source Australian open drawsheets, Tennis Australia

Media

Winner Player Roy Stanley Emerson

Players

Sultan Aman Azman
William George Coghlan
Roy Stanley Emerson
Kenneth Norman (Ken) Fletcher
John Gavan Fraser
Owen K. French
Neil C. Gibson
Paul Graham-Jones
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann
Paul Francis Hearnden
Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
Alan Robert Hicks
John B. Hillebrand
Neville (Noel) Holland
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe

Greg Hughes
William M. (Bill) Johnson
Tan Song Kean
Bert M. Kearney
Christian Kuhnke
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark
Ronald (Ron) McKenzie
Peter McPherson
Wayne Millen
Martin Frederick Mulligan
Neville B. Nette
Patrick J. O'Kane
Geoffrey K. (Geoff) Pares
John J. Pearce

Robert (Bob) Pearson
Barry Phillips-Moore
Richard T. (Dick) Potter
Douglas H. Reid
Wayne Vivian Reid
Anthony Judge (Tony) Ryan
Michael John (Mike) Sangster
Allen Shapter
Jim Sheperd
John A. Stephens
Frederick Sidney (Fred) Stolle
Colin Warwick Stubs
Sergio Tacchini
Brian Reginald Tobin

Rounds
Round 1

Neville B. Nette*
Robert (Bob) Pearson

6-3 6-0 6-1

Barry Phillips-Moore*
Owen K. French

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

Bob Hewitt*
John Fraser

6-1 7-5 6-1

Michael Preston (Mike) Hann*
Geoffrey K. (Geoff) Pares

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

Greg Hughes*
William M. (Bill) Johnson

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

Christian Kuhnke*
Peter McPherson

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

Michael Sangster*
Ronald (Ron) McKenzie

6-2 6-2 6-2

Colin Stubs*
Sultan Aman Azman

6-0 6-1 8-6

Martin Mulligan*
Paul Graham-Jones

6-3 6-2 6-2

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
John B. Hillebrand

6-1 6-4 6-0

Sergio Tacchini*
Wayne Millen

6-1 6-1 6-0

Brian Tobin*
Jim Sheperd

6-3 6-3 6-2

Round 2

Rod Laver*
Patrick J. O'Kane

6-2 6-3 6-0

William George Coghlan*
Tan Song Kean

6-1 6-2 6-1

Ken Fletcher*
Anthony Judge (Tony) Ryan

6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1

Allen Shapter*
Paul Francis Hearnden

6-3 8-10 8-6 4-6 6-1

Bob Howe*
Richard T. (Dick) Potter

6-1 6-4 7-5

Barry Phillips-Moore*
Neville B. Nette

7-5 6-2 6-2

Bob Hewitt*
Michael Preston (Mike) Hann

6-4 6-4 0-6 7-5

Christian Kuhnke*
Greg Hughes

8-6 8-6 6-4

Michael Sangster*
Colin Stubs

3-6 10-8 6-4 2-6 6-2

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Martin Mulligan

6-3 6-3 6-4

Brian Tobin*
Sergio Tacchini

7-5 6-2 7-5

Fred Stolle*
Douglas H. Reid

15-13 6-4 6-3

John J. Pearce*
Neil C. Gibson

6-4 6-3 6-4

Wayne Reid*
Neville (Noel) Holland

9-7 6-1 6-3

Bert M. Kearney*
John A. Stephens

4-6 6-4 6-2 6-0

Roy Emerson*
Alan Robert Hicks

6-1 6-1 6-2

Round 3

Rod Laver*
William George Coghlan

6-4 6-1 9-7

Ken Fletcher*
Allen Shapter

6-3 6-2 6-3

Barry Phillips-Moore*
Bob Howe

6-2 11-9 3-6 8-6

Christian Kuhnke*
Bob Hewitt

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

Michael Sangster*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

w.o.

Fred Stolle*
Brian Tobin

6-3 6-3 6-3

John J. Pearce*
Wayne Reid

6-2 6-2 6-0

Roy Emerson*
Bert M. Kearney

6-1 6-2 9-7

Quarterfinals

Rod Laver*
Ken Fletcher

6-2 6-4 ret.

Barry Phillips-Moore*
Christian Kuhnke

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

Fred Stolle*
Michael Sangster

6-3 6-4 6-3

Roy Emerson*
John J. Pearce

6-1 6-2 6-3

Semifinals

Rod Laver*
Barry Phillips-Moore

6-2 6-2 6-4

Roy Emerson*
Fred Stolle

8-6 6-2 7-5

Final

Roy Emerson*
Rod Laver

1-6 6-3 7-5 6-4

Tournament

Round 1