1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1962 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Martin Mulligan
Score	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1962 Wimbledon Championships

Rod Laver successfully defended his title, defeating Martin Mulligan in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

01.   Rod Laver (champion)

02.   Roy Emerson (fourth round)

03.   Neale Fraser (semifinals)

04.   Ramanathan Krishnan (third round)

05.   Chuck McKinley (second round)

06.   Manuel Santana (quarterfinals)

07.   Nicola Pietrangeli (third round)

08.   Bob Hewitt (quarterfinals)

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
	1	Rod Laver	14	9	6	6
	6	Manuel Santana	16	7	2	2
										1	Rod Laver	10	6	7
										3	Neale Fraser	8	1	5
	3	Neale Fraser	6	6	4	4	6
		Rafael Osuna	3	1	6	6	2
																			1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
																				Martin Mulligan	2	2	1
		Ken Fletcher	6	9	4	1	2
		John Fraser	1	7	6	6	6
											John Fraser	3	2	2
											Martin Mulligan	6	6	6
	8	Bob Hewitt	8	4	3	4
		Martin Mulligan	6	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Rod Laver	7	6	6
		Naresh Kumar	5	1	2					1	R Laver	6	6	6
		Tony Pickard	2	6	6	6					A Pickard	1	2	2
	Q	Michio Fujii	6	1	3	1													1	R Laver	6	6	6
		Whitney Reed	6	6	6															W Reed	4	1	4
		Franz Saiko	3	2	3						W Reed	8	4	6	6
		Joaquín Reyes	2	2	5					Q	F McMillan	6	6	2	4
	Q	Frew McMillan	6	6	7																							1	R Laver	6	6	13
		Sergio Jacobini	3	4	1																								P Darmon	3	2	11
		Isaías Pimentel	6	6	6						I Pimentel	6	5	3	3
		Thorvald Moe	6	10	6						T Moe	2	7	6	6
		Eduardo Zuleta	4	8	1															T Moe	3	4	4
		Patricio Rodríguez	6	4	6	7														P Darmon	6	6	6
		Warren Woodcock	0	6	4	5					P Rodríguez	0	2	2
		Mark Otway	3	4	6	4					P Darmon	6	6	6
		Pierre Darmon	6	6	1	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Manuel Santana	6	6	6
		Cliff Drysdale	3	1	3					6	M Santana	6	6	6
		Jacques Brichant	5	6	1	10					T Leius	2	3	4
		Toomas Leius	7	3	6	12													6	M Santana	6	4	6	6
		Jacques Renavand	6	6	6															J Renavand	3	6	4	1
		Julian Coni	1	3	1						J Renavand	6	6	7
	Q	Humphrey Truman	7	6	4	12	2				G Hernandez	0	3	5
		Guillermo Hernandez	5	4	6	14	6																					6	M Santana	12	6	8	6
		Dieter Ecklebe	4	2	2																								F Froehling	10	3	10	3
		Owen Davidson	6	6	6						O Davidson	11	2	6	6
		Akhtar Ali	6	6	4	0	2				R Nyyssönen	9	6	1	4
		Reino Nyyssönen	3	4	6	6	6													O Davidson	6	5	8	4
	Q	Bill Bowrey	15	6	6															F Froehling	8	7	6	6
		Gabino Palafox	13	3	2					Q	W Bowrey	5	3	4
		Frank Froehling	16	4	6	6					F Froehling	7	6	6
		Roger Becker	14	6	4	4

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	Neale Fraser	6	6	6
		Ned Neely	0	4	3					3	N Fraser	6	6	6
		Geoffrey Pares	5	10	6	6					G Pares	0	3	4
		Neville Holland	7	8	3	0													3	N Fraser	6	16	10
		John McDonald	3	5	6															W Knight	4	14	8
		Gérard Pilet	6	7	8						G Pilet	4	5	4
		Eduardo Soriano	3	15	2						W Knight	6	7	6
		Billy Knight	6	17	6																							3	N Fraser	8	8	6	6
		Jaidip Mukerjea	6	6	6																								C Kuhnke	6	10	1	3
	Q	Allan Kendall	0	3	1						J Mukerjea	6	3	3	6	6
		Donald Dell	6	6	6						D Dell	4	6	6	4	2
		Jorge Paulo Lemann	2	4	1															J Mukerjea	7	4	5
		François Godbout	7	5	2															C Kuhnke	9	6	7
		Juan Manuel Couder	9	7	6						JM Couder	1	1	4
		Wiesław Gąsiorek	2	1	1						C Kuhnke	6	6	6
		Christian Kuhnke	6	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	7	Nicola Pietrangeli	10	6	6
		Alan Lane	8	2	3					7	N Pietrangeli	24	6	6
	Q	Malcolm Gracie	4	1	4						N Pilić	22	2	4
		Nikola Pilić	6	6	6														7	N Pietrangeli	4	6	6	5	1
		Malcolm Fox	6	6	6															A Mills	6	2	4	7	6
		Gardnar Mulloy	3	3	4						M Fox	7	3	2
	Q	Roy Dixon	6	2	2	2					A Mills	9	6	6
		Alan Mills	3	6	6	6																							A Mills	3	3	2
		John Newcombe	8	7	6																								R Osuna	6	6	6
		Gene Scott	6	5	4						J Newcombe	4	6	5	3
		Rafael Osuna	8	1	6	6	6				R Osuna	6	3	7	6
		José Edison Mandarino	10	6	4	3	3													R Osuna	6	9	8	6
	Q	Robin Sanders	6	6	6															G Forbes	2	11	6	4
		Geoffrey Paish	4	2	4					Q	R Sanders	1	3	1
		Gordon Forbes	6	6	6						G Forbes	6	6	6
		Paul Palmer	3	1	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ladislav Legenstein	3	6	10	3
		Ian Crookenden	6	1	12	6					I Crookenden	3	6	3	6	6
		John Barrett	6	3	13	10	2				F Salomon	6	3	6	2	3
		Frank Salomon	4	6	11	12	6													I Crookenden	3	6	7	4
		Mustapha Belkhodja	w/o																	R Taylor	6	4	9	6
		Roger Taylor									R Taylor	9	13	19
		Jimmy Tattersall	4	4	5						J Shepherd	7	11	17
		Jim Shepherd	6	6	7																								R Taylor	6	3	8	4	4
		Ken Fletcher	6	6	6																								K Fletcher	2	6	6	6	6
		Barry Phillips-Moore	2	3	3						K Fletcher	6	3	6	5	6
		Osamu Ishiguro	4	6	6	6					O Ishiguro	2	6	4	7	4
		Paul Jalabert	6	4	2	1														K Fletcher	6	6	6
		Michael Hann	6	6	5	7														M Hann	3	3	1
		Greg Hughes	4	4	7	5					M Hann	6	6	6
	Q	Owen French	1	2	1					5	C McKinley	3	2	2
	5	Chuck McKinley	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Warren Jacques	6	4	6	4	4
		Ingo Buding	2	6	4	6	6				I Buding	3	6	5	3
		Antonio Palafox	6	6	6						A Palafox	6	4	7	6
		William Álvarez	3	2	3															A Palafox	3	6	2	1
		Boro Jovanović	8	7	6	5	4													O Sirola	6	1	6	6
		Orlando Sirola	10	5	2	7	6				O Sirola	2	2	6	6	6
		Crawford Henry	6	3	9	0					M Sangster	6	6	3	2	0
		Mike Sangster	3	6	11	6																							O Sirola	4	4	2
		Alberto Arilla	4	3	4																								J Fraser	6	6	6
		Chris Crawford	6	6	6						C Crawford	7	6	4	4
		John Fraser	1	6	6	6					J Fraser	9	4	6	6
		Carlos Fernandes	6	4	3	4														J Fraser	5
		Keith Diepraam	6	6	6														4	R Krishnan	2r
		John Hillebrand	4	2	4						K Diepraam	2	5	4
		Eric Drossart	2	3	5					4	R Krishnan	6	7	6
	4	Ramanathan Krishnan	6	6	7

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		István Gulyás	6	4	2	6	2
		José Luis Arilla	4	6	6	1	6				JL Arilla	6	7	3	2	5
		Mark Cox	5	2	2						R Howe	4	5	6	6	7
		Bob Howe	7	6	6															R Howe	5	4	6	6	6
		Miguel Olvera	6	7	1	2														P Lall	7	6	4	3	3
		Jean-Noël Grinda	3	9	6	6					J-N Grinda	3	3	6
		Franz Hainka	3	6	2	2					P Lall	6	6	8
		Premjit Lall	6	4	6	6																							R Howe	6	6	4	3	8
		Jack Frost	4	2	2																							8	R Hewitt	3	1	6	6	10
		Bobby Wilson	6	6	6						R Wilson	7	3	6	6
		Bobby Siska	6	4	6	5					M Llamas	5	6	4	4
		Mario Llamas	8	6	4	7														R Wilson	6	6	6	4	5
		Ed Rubinoff	3	5	8	6	2												8	R Hewitt	2	8	2	6	7
		Jørgen Ulrich	6	7	6	1	6				J Ulrich	7	1	7	6	4
		Barry Geraghty	1	6	3	2				8	R Hewitt	9	6	5	1	6
	8	Bob Hewitt	6	3	6	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Martin Mulligan	6	6	4	6
		Wayne Reid	4	3	6	1					M Mulligan	6	7	6
		Jiří Javorský	2	3	10						J Sharpe	1	5	4
		John Sharpe	6	6	12															M Mulligan	3	9	6	2	7
		Dennis Ralston	6	6	6															D Ralston	6	7	3	6	5
	Q	Geoff Knox	2	2	2						D Ralston	6	6	6
		Sergei Likhachev	2	4	6	6	6				S Likhachev	4	3	3
		Ronnie Barnes	6	6	1	4	4																						M Mulligan	3	6	0
		Abe Segal	2	6	4	6	3																					2	R Emerson	6	1	0r
		Fred Stolle	6	2	6	3	6				F Stolle	2	6	6	6
		Sergio Tacchini	9	7	4	7					S Tacchini	6	3	4	2
		Juan Gisbert	7	5	6	5														F Stolle	4	4	0
		Ion Țiriac	5	2	2														2	R Emerson	6	6	6
		Wilhelm Bungert	7	6	6						W Bungert	15	6	3	0	4
		Jon Douglas	3	4	6					2	R Emerson	13	4	6	6	6
	2	Roy Emerson	6	6	8

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com