1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1961 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Chuck McKinley
Score	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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Rod Laver defeated Chuck McKinley in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Neale Fraser was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Bobby Wilson.

Champion

Rod Laver

Runner-up

Chuck McKinley

Score6–3, 6–1, 6–4

Draw128 (10)

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Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

2	Rod Laver	6	6	6

6	Luis Ayala	1	3	2
						2	Rod Laver	6	8	6

						7	Ramanathan Krishnan	2	6	2
4	Roy Emerson	1	4	4

7	Ramanathan Krishnan	6	6	6
											2	Rod Laver	6	6	6

											8	Chuck McKinley	3	1	4
	Mike Sangster	6	6	6

	Isaías Pimentel	2	2	4
							Mike Sangster	4	4	6

						8	Chuck McKinley	6	6	8
8	Chuck McKinley	6	6	4	6

	Bobby Wilson	4	4	6	4

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

2	Rod Laver	6	6	6
	Toomas Leius	4	1	1			2	R Laver	8	2	6	4	6
	Boro Jovanović	7	3	8				P Darmon	6	6	3	6	4
	Pierre Darmon	9	6	10										2	R Laver	6	6	8	4	6
	Wilhelm Bungert	5	8	7	6										W Bungert	3	1	10	6	3
	Giuseppe Merlo	7	6	5	4			W Bungert	10	11	6	6
	Alan Lane	3	6	4	4			K Diepraam	12	9	0	4
	Keith Diepraam	6	2	6	6																2	R Laver	6	6	6
	Jacques Brichant	6	3	6	6																	R Hewitt	4	4	2
	Władysław Skonecki	2	6	2	2			J Brichant	2	6	6	7	6
	Alberto Arilla	6	6	3	6	2		W Álvarez	6	1	0	9	2
	William Álvarez	4	8	6	4	6									J Brichant	2	3	4
	Ronnie Holmberg	7	7	6											R Hewitt	6	6	6
	Enrique Morea	5	5	3				R Holmberg	8	6	6	2
	Bob Hewitt	6	6	6				R Hewitt	10	8	2	6
	Staffan Stockenberg	3	2	4

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

6	Luis Ayala	6	6	6
	Robin Sanders	3	2	2			6	L Ayala	7	6	6
	Pieter van Eijsden	2	9	4				J Javorský	5	4	2
	Jiří Javorský	6	11	6									6	L Ayala	6	7	6
	Mario Llamas	6	9	1	10	6								F Froehling	2	5	4
	Ronnie Barnes	3	7	6	12	4		M Llamas	6	2	0	3
	Frank Froehling	6	4	6	6			F Froehling	1	6	6	6
	John Barrett	2	6	2	3															6	L Ayala	9	6	6
	Bill Bond	6	12	6																	W Knight	7	4	2
	Ladislav Legenstein	4	10	2				W Bond	6	6	6
	István Gulyás	3	6	6	0	6		I Gulyás	1	1	4
	Mark Otway	6	4	0	6	4								W Bond	10	7	6	7	0
	Billy Knight	7	9	9										W Knight	12	5	2	9	6
	Thorvald Moe	5	7	7				W Knight	6	8	8
	Premjit Lall	15	6	6				P Lall	3	6	6
	Julian Coni	13	1	0

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

4	Roy Emerson	6	6	6
	Naresh Kumar	2	1	3			4	R Emerson	6	6	6
	Crawford Henry	4	6	6	6			C Henry	2	4	4
	Michael Hann	6	2	4	4								4	R Emerson	6	6	5	6
	John Ward	2	8	6	4	4								J Douglas	3	0	7	4
	Gardnar Mulloy	6	6	1	6	6		G Mulloy	2	2	6	1
	John Hillebrand	0	4	6	1			J Douglas	6	6	4	6
	Jon Douglas	6	6	3	6														4	R Emerson	6	6	6
Q	Gene Scott	4	6	4	4															R Taylor	3	1	1
	Reg Bennett	6	4	6	6			R Bennett	2	7	6	3
	Mustapha Belkhodja	6	4	11	6	6		M Belkhodja	6	9	4	6
Q	Trevor Adamson	2	6	13	2	4								M Belkhodja	10	1	4	3
	Rod Mandelstam	10	6	6	4	3								R Taylor	8	6	6	6
	Warren Woodcock	12	3	4	6	6		W Woodcock	1	2	6	1
	Roger Taylor	6	6	10				R Taylor	6	6	3	6
	Orlando Garrido	4	4	8

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

7	Ramanathan Krishnan	6	6	6
	François Jauffret	0	4	1			7	R Krishnan	6	6	11
	Julie Mayer	6	5	6	3	5		M Riessen	3	2	9
	Marty Riessen	3	7	4	6	7								7	R Krishnan	6	3	6	6
	Orlando Sirola	6	6	6											O Sirola	4	6	3	1
	François Godbout	3	4	3				O Sirola	6	0	3	7	6
	Ken Fletcher	6	6	6				K Fletcher	4	6	6	5	0
	Ulf Schmidt	4	4	2																7	R Krishnan	4	6	6	6
	Dieter Ecklebe	2	2	7																	A Palafox	6	1	3	1
	Antonio Palafox	6	6	9				A Palafox	6	6	6	6
	Alan Mills	5	6	4	5			O Ishiguro	2	3	8	3
	Osamu Ishiguro	7	4	6	7										A Palafox	6	6	6
	Tony Pickard	6	6	6											A Pickard	3	3	2
	Jacques Renavand	2	4	4				A Pickard	6	11	3	6
	Franz Saiko	6	6	6				F Saiko	4	9	6	2
Q	Gabino Palafox	4	0	2

1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Neil Gibson	3	6	3	7	6
	Geoffrey Pares	6	3	6	5	8		G Pares	3	6	3	3
	Mike Sangster	6	6	6				M Sangster	6	4	6	6
	Robert Bédard	3	2	4										M Sangster	6	4	6	6	6
	John Newcombe	8	4	6	6	4								D Ralston	8	6	3	3	4
	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	10	6	3	2	6		J-E Lundqvist	4	2	6	14
	Patricio Rodríguez	6	1	0	3			D Ralston	6	6	3	16
	Dennis Ralston	3	6	6	6																M Sangster	8	8	6
	John Lesch	4	1	1																	A Segal	6	6	4
	Bob Howe	6	6	6				R Howe	4	8	11	4
	Esteban Reyes Jr.	1	6	3	6	2		A Bey	6	10	9	6
	Adrian Bey	6	4	6	4	6								A Bey	3	4	4
	Sergei Likhachev	6	2	3	0									A Segal	6	6	6
	Abe Segal	1	6	6	6			A Segal	6	6	12
	Willem Maris	2	0	2			5	M Santana	4	4	10
5	Manuel Santana	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Bobby Siska	6	3	2	8	5
	Nikola Pilić	4	6	6	6	7		N Pilić	7	4	6	8
	Franz Hainka	6	6	6				F Hainka	5	6	3	6
	Philippe Washer	0	4	4										N Pilić	6	5	3	6	5
	Gérard Pilet	1	2	6	4									I Pimentel	4	7	6	1	7
	Isaías Pimentel	6	6	3	6			I Pimentel	6	3	6	11
	Will Coghlan	4	6	6	6			W Coghlan	4	6	3	9
	Christian Kuhnke	6	4	4	3																I Pimentel	6	6	12
	Norman Kitovitz	1	2	3																	C Crawford	4	2	10
	Chris Crawford	6	6	6				C Crawford	6	6	6
	Malcolm Fox	6	9	6				M Fox	2	2	2
LL	Frew McMillan	4	7	4										C Crawford	2	6	6	6
Q	José Edison Mandarino	3	6	1	6	3							3	N Pietrangeli	6	3	4	4
	Barry Phillips-Moore	6	3	6	4	6		B Phillips-Moore	3	4	6	3
	Akhtar Ali	4	2	1			3	N Pietrangeli	6	6	1	6
3	Nicola Pietrangeli	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

Q	Greg Hughes	2	5	0
	Jean-Claude Barclay	6	7	6				J-C Barclay	3	4	2
Q	Daniel Contet	4	2	3				D Dell	6	6	6
	Donald Dell	6	6	6											D Dell	8	4	6	7
	Warren Jacques	6	6	3	7										W Jacques	6	6	8	9
	Jørgen Ulrich	3	2	6	5			W Jacques	7	6	6
Q	Ingemar Ingvarsson	2	4	4				I Buding	5	0	4
	Ingo Buding	6	6	6																	W Jacques	6	1	5
	Wiesław Gąsiorek	7	6	6																8	C McKinley	8	6	7
	Finn-Dag Jagge	5	2	4				W Gąsiorek	6	6	4	4	6
	Geoffrey Paish	5	6	6	2	6		G Paish	2	1	6	6	2
	Geoff Ward	7	2	3	6	3									W Gąsiorek	3	6	0	2
	Bertie Gaertner	5	6	3	6	7								8	C McKinley	6	4	6	6
	Reino Nyyssönen	7	3	6	2	5		A Gaertner	2	1	3
	Sergio Tacchini	2	2	6	4		8	C McKinley	6	6	6
8	Chuck McKinley	6	6	4	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Jack Frost	6	6	6
	Wolfgang Stuck	4	2	2				J Frost	6	6	6
	Bob Mark	10	6	2	6			R Mark	4	4	4
	Lew Gerrard	8	3	6	1										J Frost	2	4	4
Q	Roy Dixon	2	3	3											R Wilson	6	6	6
	Carlos Fernandes	6	6	6				C Fernandes	3	6	4
	Eduardo Soriano	2	6	7	14	3		R Wilson	6	8	6
	Bobby Wilson	6	4	5	16	6															R Wilson	1	6	13	9
	Jaidip Mukerjea	3	4	6	3															1	N Fraser	6	0	11	7
	Fred Stolle	6	6	3	6			F Stolle	1	4	0^r
Q	Humphrey Truman	5	1	1				M Mulligan	6	6	1
	Martin Mulligan	7	6	6											M Mulligan	2	6	2	1
Q	Harald Elschenbroich	2	4	4										1	N Fraser	6	3	6	6
	Whitney Reed	6	6	6				W Reed	7	4	6	1	5
	Rudy Hernando	3	1	1			1	N Fraser	5	6	4	6	7
1	Neale Fraser	6	6	6