1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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.[1]

Men's singles
1962 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia Martin Mulligan
Score6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw128 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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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

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Section 5

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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