Australian Championships 1959 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1959
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Championships Men's Singles
1958 ◄ 1959 ► 1960
Grand Slams 1959 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1959 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was Alex Olmedo , who defeated the top seeded Neale Fraser in four sets (6: 1, 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Neale Fraser final 02. Alex Olmedo victory 03. Roy Emerson Quarter finals 04th Andrés Gimeno Quarter finals 05. Rod Laver 3rd round 06th Barry MacKay Semifinals 07th Bob Mark Semifinals 08th. Earl Buchholz 2nd round

No. player Round reached 09. Robert Howe 2nd round 10. Ulf Schmidt Quarter finals 11. Don Candy Quarter finals 12. Jan-Erik Lundqvist 3rd round 13. Warren Woodcock 3rd round 14th Trevor Fancutt 2nd round 15th Martin Mulligan 3rd round 16. Christopher Crawford 3rd round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

N. Fraser

6th

6th

6th

7th

B. Mark

4th

4th

3

1

N. Fraser

1

2

6th

3

2

A. Olmedo

6th

6th

3

6th

6th

B. MacKay

6th

6th

1

6th

3

2

A. Olmedo

3

8th

6th

3

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

1

Fraser

6th

6th

6th

O'Brien

6th

7th

4th

6th

O'Brien

4th

2

2

Gabb

2

5

6th

1

1

Fraser

4th

6th

6th

7th

6th

16

Crawford

6th

0

3

9

2

Phillips Moore

7th

3

1

3

16

Crawford

5

6th

6th

6th

1

Fraser

6th

6th

4th

6th

11

Candy

2

4th

6th

4th

11

Candy

6th

6th

6th

Gorman

3

4th

0

11

Candy

6th

6th

10

Gibson

2

2

8th

Gibson

8th

6th

1

6th

8th

Buchholz

6th

4th

6th

1

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

7th

mark

6th

6th

6th

Moors

3

6th

6th

6th

Moors

2

2

1

Nice

6th

3

4th

1

7th

mark

9

6th

6th

12

Lundquist

7th

4th

0

Lane

3

3

3

12

Lundquist

6th

6th

6th

7th

mark

6th

3

7th

6th

4th

Gimeno

4th

6th

5

4th

13

Woodcock

7th

7th

0

6th

Kerr

5

5

6th

2

13

Woodcock

3

4th

3

4th

Gimeno

6th

6th

6th

Hewitt

1

4th

4th

4th

Gimeno

6th

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

3

Emerson

10

6th

4th

6th

Pearson

3

6th

6th

6th

Pearson

8th

2

6th

1

Thicker

6th

3

2

1

3

Emerson

6th

8th

13

Bowman

4th

6th

11

Bowman

6th

6th

13

14th

Fancutt

4th

2

11

3

Emerson

4th

10

6th

8th

6th

MacKay

6th

8th

3

6th

15th

Mulligan

6th

6th

7th

Pfitzner

2

2

5

15th

Mulligan

7th

1

6th

1

5

6th

MacKay

5

6th

1

6th

7th

Fletcher

6th

3

6th

2

4th

6th

MacKay

4th

6th

1

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

5

Laver

6th

6th

6th

Hernández

9

6th

6th

Hernández

2

3

1

McEgan

7th

1

4th

5

Laver

2

3

6th

4th

10

Schmidt

6th

6th

3

6th

Pares

2

2

1

10

Schmidt

6th

6th

6th

10

Schmidt

4th

7th

6th

6th

5

2

Olmedo

6th

9

3

3

7th

9

Howe

6th

0

3

Pearce

7th

6th

6th

Pearce

8th

6th

6th

Hillebrand

5

4th

3

Pearce

7th

3

6th

2

3

2

Olmedo

5

6th

3

6th

6th

Reid

3

3

1

2

Olmedo

6th

6th

6th

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( January 20, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )