1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1961 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser
Runners-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle
Score6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
  1960  · Wimbledon Championships ·  1962  

Rafael Osuna and Dennis Ralston were the defending champions, but Osuna did not compete. Ralston competed with Chuck McKinley but lost in the quarterfinals to Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser.

Contents

Emerson and Fraser defeated Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle in the final, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championship. [1]

Seeds

0 1.   Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser (champions)
0 2.   Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Mark (semifinals)
0 3.   Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Pietrangeli / Flag of Italy.svg Orlando Sirola (first round)
0 4.   Flag of Chile.svg Luis Ayala / Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Mark
676
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Pickard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Sangster
4 5 4
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Mark
68 3 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle
4 1066
3 Flag of Chile.svg Luis Ayala
Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan
61 1 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle
4 6610
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle
4 84 86
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser
66 66 8
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bobby Wilson
5 63 64
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Newcombe
73 61 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Newcombe
8 9 1
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser
10116
Flag of the United States.svg Chuck McKinley
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Ralston
64 5 2
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser
2 676

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Mark
666
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Boro Jovanović
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ivko Plećević
2 2 4 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Mark
666
Flag of Norway.svg Finn-Dag Jagge
Flag of Norway.svg Thorvald Moe
786 Flag of Norway.svg F-D Jagge
Flag of Norway.svg T Moe
1 1 3
Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Adamson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charlie Applewhaite
5 6 2 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Mark
766
Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm Fox
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Siska
6 1 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Gibson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg B Phillips-Moore
5 2 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Gibson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Phillips-Moore
866 Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Gibson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg B Phillips-Moore
3 61210
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Alberto Arilla
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Manuel Santana
2 3 976 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg A Arilla
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg M Santana
63 10 8
Flag of Austria.svg Franz Hainka
Flag of Austria.svg Ladislav Legenstein
667 5 2 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Laver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Mark
676
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Barrett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Hann
77 3 63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Pickard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M Sangster
4 5 4
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Buding
Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Ecklebe
5 963 6 Flag of Germany.svg I Buding
Flag of Germany.svg D Ecklebe
2 174 4
Flag of India.svg Premjit Lall
Flag of India.svg Jaidip Mukerjea
Flag of India.svg P Lall
Flag of India.svg J Mukerjea
615 66
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Schmidt
w/o Flag of India.svg P Lall
Flag of India.svg J Mukerjea
4 7 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Pickard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Sangster
4 686 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Pickard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M Sangster
697
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Isaías Pimentel
Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Rodríguez
61 6 0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Pickard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M Sangster
663 4 6
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Merlo
Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Tacchini
3 712 2 Flag of Argentina.svg E Morea
Flag of Argentina.svg E Soriano
2 3 663
Flag of Argentina.svg Enrique Morea
Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Soriano
65 146

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Flag of Chile.svg Luis Ayala
Flag of India.svg Ramanathan Krishnan
666
Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Holmberg
Flag of the United States.svg Budge Patty
2 3 4 3 Flag of Chile.svg L Ayala
Flag of India.svg R Krishnan
666
Flag of Colombia.svg William Álvarez
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg José Edison Mandarino
81 2 4 Flag of the United States.svg R Hernando
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg W Knight
2 2 2
Flag of the United States.svg Rudy Hernando
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billy Knight
6 6663 Flag of Chile.svg L Ayala
Flag of India.svg R Krishnan
6 686
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoffrey Paish
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Woodcock
2 63 2 Flag of the United States.svg F Froehling
Flag of the United States.svg M Riessen
83 6 1
Flag of France.svg Pierre Darmon
Flag of France.svg Gérard Pilet
63 66 Flag of France.svg P Darmon
Flag of France.svg G Pilet
9 610 6
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Froehling
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen
666 Flag of the United States.svg F Froehling
Flag of the United States.svg M Riessen
114 128
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Coni
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Otway
0 3 2 3 Flag of Chile.svg L Ayala
Flag of India.svg R Krishnan
61 1 8
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Rod Mandelstam
4 0 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg F Stolle
4 6610
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crawford
Flag of the United States.svg Jon Douglas
666 Flag of the United States.svg C Crawford
Flag of the United States.svg J Douglas
610 126
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacques Brichant
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Philippe Washer
866 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg J Brichant
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg P Washer
4 1210 4
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ian Crookenden
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard
6 2 3 Flag of the United States.svg C Crawford
Flag of the United States.svg J Douglas
1 7 4
Flag of the United States.svg Kingman Lambert
Flag of India.svg Narenda Nath
6612 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg F Stolle
696
Flag of Ireland.svg James Buckley
Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Jackson
2 0 10 Flag of the United States.svg K Lambert
Flag of India.svg N Nath
12 2 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Stolle
9610 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg F Stolle
1466
Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerry Oakley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Humphrey Truman
7 2 8

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toomas Leius
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergei Likhachev
5 666
Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Reed
Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Ulrich
74 4 4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg T Leius
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg S Likhachev
9611
Flag of France.svg Daniel Contet
Flag of France.svg Jacques Renavand
4 63 4 Flag of Germany.svg W Bungert
Flag of Germany.svg C Kuhnke
7 4 9
Flag of Germany.svg Wilhelm Bungert
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Kuhnke
61 66 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg T Leius
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg S Likhachev
64 4 2
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Wiesław Gąsiorek
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Władysław Skonecki
63 1 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Wilson
2 666
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bobby Wilson
4 666 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Wilson
666
Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Ingvarsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Stockenberg
1 1 1 Flag of India.svg Akhtar Ali
Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar
3 3 2
Flag of India.svg Akhtar Ali
Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar
666 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Mills
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Wilson
5 63 64
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Ronnie Barnes
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Carlos Fernandes
10126 Flag of Australia (converted).svg K Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Newcombe
73 61 6
Q Flag of Germany.svg Harald Elschenbroich
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Lane
8 10 3 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg R Barnes
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg C Fernandes
675 0 6
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mario Llamas
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Esteban Reyes Jr.
4 1 7 Flag of Hungary.svg I Gulyás
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Javorský
3 5 761
Flag of Hungary.svg István Gulyás
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Javorský
669 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg R Barnes
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg C Fernandes
2 6 5
Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Ward
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Warwick
3 63 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg K Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Newcombe
687
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Newcombe
63 66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg K Fletcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Newcombe
61 96 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Coghlan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Howe
61 96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg W Coghlan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Howe
3 67 81
3 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Pietrangeli
Flag of Italy.svg Orlando Sirola
4 67 3

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Jacques
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Antonio Palafox
4 6 6
Flag of Chile.svg Ernesto Aguirre
Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Apey
688 Flag of Chile.svg E Aguirre
Flag of Chile.svg P Apey
5 5 3
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Robert Bédard
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg François Godbout
63 86 11 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg R Bédard
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg F Godbout
776
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Dell
Flag of the United States.svg Crawford Henry
3 66 89 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg R Bédard
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg F Godbout
3 2 3
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Bond
Flag of the United States.svg Al Driscole
3 4 668 Flag of the United States.svg C McKinley
Flag of the United States.svg D Ralston
666
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Geraghty
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Taylor
664 3 6 Flag of the United States.svg W Bond
Flag of the United States.svg A Driscole
91 72 2
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Bertie Gaertner
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Julian Mayers
3 8 4 Flag of the United States.svg C McKinley
Flag of the United States.svg D Ralston
7 65 66
Flag of the United States.svg Chuck McKinley
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Ralston
6106 Flag of the United States.svg C McKinley
Flag of the United States.svg D Ralston
64 5 2
Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Barclay
Flag of France.svg François Jauffret
4 782 61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Fraser
2 676
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Frew McMillan
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Francis Rawstorne
65 6 63 Flag of France.svg J-C Barclay
Flag of France.svg F Jauffret
3 766
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Mulligan
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Stuck
4 689 Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Mulligan
Flag of Germany.svg W Stuck
65 2 4
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963).svg Adrian Bey
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Robin Sanders
61 6 7 Flag of France.svg J-C Barclay
Flag of France.svg F Jauffret
2 4 62
Q Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Moys
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Ward
2 3 4 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Fraser
664 6
Flag of the United States.svg Gardnar Mulloy
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Abe Segal
666 Flag of the United States.svg G Mulloy
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg A Segal
3 1 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pieter van Eijsden
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Willem Maris
1 4 3 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Fraser
666
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neale Fraser
666

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References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN   9-781909-534230.