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Auckland 1961

General Date1961-02-19 - 1961-02-26
Tournament typeATP World Tour 250 series
SurfaceHardcourt
Rounds5
CityAuckland, New Zealand
CountryNew Zealand

Source World Tennis/Tennis Italiano

Media

Winner Player Rodney George (Rod) Laver

Players

Alan Saxon Burns
Gordon D. Campbell
Alan E. Chester
Robert G. Clarke
Ian Sinclair Crookenden
Roy Stanley Emerson
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard
Richard N. Hawkes

Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
M. Hussey
C. Grantley Judge
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
John Lockington
Kevin H. Long
John J. Pearce
Frank Schwanner

John B. Souter
Paul Thompson
Warwick G. Ward
Eric Desmond White
R. J. (Bobby) Wong
Brian Woolf

Rounds
Round 1

Bob Hewitt*
Frank Schwanner

6-4 0-6 13-11 4-6 6-1

R. J. (Bobby) Wong*
Brian Woolf

1-6 8-6 6-4 6-0

Rod Laver*
Gordon D. Campbell

6-3 6-3 6-4

John J. Pearce*
Alan E. Chester

6-3 6-4 6-2

Warwick G. Ward*
M. Hussey

12-10 6-3 6-0

Roy Emerson*
Paul Thompson

6-1 6-1 6-3

Round 2

Rod Laver*
C. Grantley Judge

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

Ian Crookenden*
Richard N. Hawkes

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

Bob Hewitt*
John Lockington

6-3 6-4 6-3

R. J. (Bobby) Wong*
Warwick G. Ward

6-1 6-3 6-2

Lew Gerrard*
Eric Desmond White

6-1 6-3 6-1

John J. Pearce*
Alan Saxon Burns

6-1 6-3 6-3

Robert G. Clarke*
Kevin H. Long

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

Roy Emerson*
John B. Souter

6-3 6-2 6-4

Quarterfinals

Rod Laver*
Ian Crookenden

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

Bob Hewitt*
R. J. (Bobby) Wong

6-2 6-0 10-8

Lew Gerrard*
John J. Pearce

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

Roy Emerson*
Robert G. Clarke

6-0 6-0 6-2

Semifinals

Rod Laver*
Bob Hewitt

4-6 2-6 6-0 6-4 6-1

Roy Emerson*
Lew Gerrard

6-2 4-6 6-1 6-3

Final

Rod Laver*
Roy Emerson

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

Tournament

Round 1