1961 Australian Championships – Men's Singles


Second-seeded Roy Emerson defeated Rod Laver 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1961 Australian Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Roy Emerson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Rod Laver '
  2. Roy Emerson '
  3. Bob Mark '
  4. Bob Hewitt '
  5. Mike Sangster '
  6. Christian Kuhnke '
  7. Bob Howe '
  8. Fred Stolle '
  9. Wayne Reid '
  10. Ken Fletcher '
  11. Sergio Tacchini '
  12. Barry Phillips-Moore '

    Draw

Key

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4