1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1961 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Chuck McKinley
Score	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1961 Wimbledon Championships

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. Neale Fraser was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Bobby Wilson.

Seeds

01.   Neale Fraser (fourth round)

02.   Rod Laver (champion)

03.   Nicola Pietrangeli (third round)

04.   Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)

05.   Manuel Santana (second round)

06.   Luis Ayala (quarterfinals)

07.   Ramanathan Krishnan (semifinals)

08.   Chuck McKinley (final)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• 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

Finals

	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

Top half

Section 1

	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

Section 2

	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

Section 3

	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

Section 4

	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

Bottom half

Section 5

	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

Section 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

Section 7

	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

Section 8

	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

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com