1961 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles
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| Men's singles | |||||||
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| 1961 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion | Australia Roy Emerson [1] | ||||||
| Runner-up | Australia Rod Laver [1] | ||||||
| Score | 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 120 | ||||||
| Seeds | 8 | ||||||
| Events | |||||||
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1961 tennis event results
Roy Emerson defeated Rod Laver 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1961 U.S. National Championships.[2]
Seeds
[edit ]The seeded players are listed below. Roy Emerson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Australia Rod Laver (finalist)
- United States Chuck McKinley (third round)
- Australia Roy Emerson (champion)
- United Kingdom Mike Sangster (semifinals)
- Australia Bob Mark (fourth round)
- United States Frank Froehling (third round)
- United States Jon Douglas (quarterfinals)
- United States Ron Holmberg (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- r = Retired
Final eight
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
United States Donald Dell
4
9
3
4
4
United Kingdom Mike Sangster
11
5
4
4
United Kingdom Mike Sangster
6
7
6
7
United States Jon Douglas
4
5
1
3
Australia Roy Emerson
7
6
6
United States Whitney Reed
8
3
3
2
Mexico Rafael Osuna
6
6
6
6
Mexico Rafael Osuna
3
2
6
7
7
3
Australia Roy Emerson
6
6
3
5
9
3
Australia Roy Emerson
6
6
7
8
United States Ron Holmberg
4
2
5
Earlier rounds
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United States Steele III
3
1
0
United States Lloyd
1
2
2
United States Tong
1
3
7
2
United States Lloyd
6
6
5
6
United States Mangan
2
1
2
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
United States Froehling
6
6
6
United States Thompson
2
1
3
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
United Kingdom Sangster
6
3
6
6
United States Vanderbilt
2
3
3
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
7
United States Douglas
3
6
10
6
United States Ralph
3
1
3
Section 5
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
2
United States McKinley
7
6
6
South Africa Spengler
7
4
6
0
2
Section 6
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United States Rubell
9
6
3
2
6
Section 7
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United States Sylvia
6
4
7
Section 8
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
United States Holmberg
6
6
7
United States Frost
2
9
4
1
United States Graebner
5
6
3
4
United States Hoogs
7
1
6
6
United States Hoogs
1
4
2
United States Frost
6
6
6
United States Frost
6
6
6
United States Hetherington
1
2
1
References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]- 1961 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com Archived 2016年03月18日 at the Wayback Machine, the source for this draw
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1961 U.S. Championships Men's singles draw