1971 Australian Open – Men's singles
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| 1971 Australian Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | Australia Ken Rosewall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runner-up | United States Arthur Ashe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Score | 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1971 tennis event results
Main article: 1971 Australian Open
Ken Rosewall defeated defending champion Arthur Ashe in the final, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1971 Australian Open. With the win, he became the first man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title without dropping a set.
Seeds
[edit ]All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
- Australia Rod Laver (third round)
- Australia Ken Rosewall (champion)
- United States Arthur Ashe (finals)
- Netherlands Tom Okker (semifinals)
- Australia Tony Roche (third round)
- Australia Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)
- Australia John Newcombe (third round)
- United Kingdom Roger Taylor (third round)
- Spain Andrés Gimeno (second round)
- United States Marty Riessen (quarterfinals)
- United States Dennis Ralston (third round)
- South Africa Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić (second round)
- Australia Fred Stolle (third round)
- United Kingdom Mark Cox (quarterfinals)
- United Arab Republic Ismail El Shafei (third round)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Final eight
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
15
United Kingdom Mark Cox
2
1
2
United States Robert Lutz
6
6
6
United States Robert Lutz
4
4
6
3
United States Arthur Ashe
6
6
7
3
United States Arthur Ashe
7
7
2
6
12
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
6
6
6
2
3
United States Arthur Ashe
1
5
3
2
Australia Ken Rosewall
6
7
6
10
United States Marty Riessen
3
3
3
4
Netherlands Tom Okker
6
6
6
4
Netherlands Tom Okker
2
6
4
2
Australia Ken Rosewall
6
7
6
6
Australia Roy Emerson
4
4
3
2
Australia Ken Rosewall
6
6
6
Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
15
United Kingdom M Cox
6
7
6
15
United Kingdom M Cox
2
1
2
United States R Lutz
6
6
6
8
United Kingdom R Taylor
6
7
6
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
3
United States A Ashe
6
6
6
0
7
3
United States A Ashe
7
7
2
6
12
South Africa C Drysdale
6
6
6
2
12
South Africa C Drysdale
6
6
7
7
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
7
Australia J Newcombe
7
3
6
7
10
United States M Riessen
7
6
2
10
United States M Riessen
3
3
3
4
Netherlands T Okker
6
6
6
4
Netherlands T Okker
6
6
6
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
11
United States D Ralston
6
6
6
2
Australia K Rosewall
6
6
6
16
Egypt I El Shafei
6
7
6
2
Australia K Rosewall
7
7
7