1961 Wimbledon Championships – 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 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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.

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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
		Julian Mayers	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

	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	0r
	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

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