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South African Championships 1961

General Date1961-03-23 - 1961-04-03
Tournament typeGrand Prix Circuit
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source World Tennis, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 42

Media

Winner Player Gordon Lovell Forbes

Players

Adrian Bey
Cyril V. Botha
Clive Sydney Brebnor
Barry R. Butcher
Ian (Foxy) Campbell
Timothy John (Tim) Clayton
William George Coghlan
Ewie Cronje
Keith Edward Diepraam
Eric Clifford (Cliff) Drysdale
Gordon Lovell Forbes
Albert W. (Bertie) Gaertner
Roche Goosen
Henri Haddad
Anthony J. (Tony) Hagan

Lloyd George Muirhead Harris
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Gaetan Koenig
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers
Frew Donald McMillan
Peter Eric Mors
Neville B. Nette
David Denison Phillips
Lennart Steen Plougmann
Dicken (Dicon) Rigby
Robin F. Sanders
Errol Sapire
Derek Wingate Schroder
Alan Abraham (Abe) Segal

Theo Snyman
R. Snyman
P. Snyman
Peter J. Spengler
Peter D. van Lingen
Pierre T. Vercueil
Ian Clyde Vermaak
Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon
Basil Wheeler
Owen Gordon Williams
Brian Maxwell Woodroffe
Colin E. Zeeman

Rounds
Round 1

Bob Howe*
Ian (Foxy) Campbell

6-4 6-3 10-8

Robin F. Sanders*
Dicken (Dicon) Rigby

6-1 6-3 6-3

Neville B. Nette*
Roche Goosen

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

Ian Vermaak*
Cyril V. Botha

6-0 6-2 6-2

Peter Mors*
Adrian Bey

6-4 5-7 6-3 9-11 6-3

Peter J. Spengler*
William George Coghlan

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

Colin E. Zeeman*
P. Snyman

6-1 6-3 9-7

Abe Segal*
Anthony J. (Tony) Hagan

6-0 6-2 6-3

Clive Brebnor*
Henri Haddad

6-4 6-2 6-2

Barry R. Butcher*
Errol Sapire

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

Round 2

Owen Gordon Williams*
Basil Wheeler

6-4 6-3 8-6

Peter D. van Lingen*
Theo Snyman

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

Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon*
Lennart Steen Plougmann

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

Julian C. (Julie) Mayers*
Frew McMillan

6-2 14-12 6-2

Barry R. Butcher*
R. Snyman

6-2 6-1 6-2

Robin F. Sanders*
Bob Howe

6-0 6-3 4-6 6-2

Abe Segal*
Neville B. Nette

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

Ian Vermaak*
Peter Mors

6-2 6-4 6-4

Clive Brebnor*
Peter J. Spengler

6-2 6-2 6-4

Keith Diepraam*
Colin E. Zeeman

5-7 6-1 6-8 10-8 6-2

Albert W. (Bertie) Gaertner*
Brian Woodroffe

8-6 6-2 6-1

Cliff Drysdale*
David Denison Phillips

8-6 6-2 6-2

Tim Clayton*
Ewie Cronje

6-2 7-5 6-3

Gordon Forbes*
Pierre T. Vercueil

6-2 6-0 6-3?

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Lloyd George Muirhead Harris

6-1 6-2 6-3

Gaetan Koenig*
Derek Schroder

6-0 6-0 6-1

Round 3

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Owen Gordon Williams

6-1 6-1 6-1

Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon*
Peter D. van Lingen

6-8 6-3 6-2 6-3

Julian C. (Julie) Mayers*
Barry R. Butcher

6-1 6-1 6-3

Abe Segal*
Robin F. Sanders

5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1

Ian Vermaak*
Clive Brebnor

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

Albert W. (Bertie) Gaertner*
Keith Diepraam

6-2 7-5 6-3

Gaetan Koenig*
Cliff Drysdale

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

Gordon Forbes*
Tim Clayton

7-5 6-3 6-3

Quarterfinals

Robert Ian (Bob) Mark*
Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon

7-5 6-1 6-3

Julian C. (Julie) Mayers*
Abe Segal

13-11 3-6 6-4 6-3

Ian Vermaak*
Albert W. (Bertie) Gaertner

12-10 6-4 6-8 6-4

Gordon Forbes*
Gaetan Koenig

6-2 6-2 6-3

Semifinals

Julian C. (Julie) Mayers*
Robert Ian (Bob) Mark

7-5 6-2 6-1

Gordon Forbes*
Ian Vermaak

6-4 6-3 6-4

Final

Gordon Forbes*
Julian C. (Julie) Mayers

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

Tournament

Round 1