Australian Championships 1960 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1960
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
1959 ◄ 1960 ► 1961
Grand Slams 1960 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1960 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was Australian Rod Laver , who defeated his top-seeded compatriot Neale Fraser in five sets (5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3, 8: 6, 8: 6) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Neale Fraser final 02. Roy Emerson Semifinals 03. Rod Laver victory 04th Bob Mark Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05. Martin Mulligan Quarter finals 06th Bob Hewitt Semifinals 07th Robert Howe 2nd round 08th. Trevor Fancutt 2nd 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

final

	final
	1	N. Fraser	7th	6th	3	6th	6th
	3	R. Laver	5	3	6th	8th	8th

Upper half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

1

Fraser

6th

6th

6th

Knox

2

2

0

1

Fraser

6th

6th

6th

Hughes

8th

2

6th

6th

6th

Hughes

2

2

2

Stolle

10

6th

4th

2

3

1

Fraser

4th

7th

6th

6th

6th

8th

Fancutt

3

6th

6th

4th

6th

Pearce

6th

5

3

8th

2

Shapter

6th

1

2

6th

3

8th

Fancutt

2

3

2

Pearce

6th

6th

6th

Pearce

6th

6th

6th

Moors

2

2

0

1

Fraser

8th

6th

11

4th

mark

6th

6th

6th

6th

Hewitt

6th

4th

9

Newcombe

1

2

2

4th

mark

6th

6th

6th

Tobin

7th

6th

3

4th

6th

Tobin

2

2

1

Gibson

5

1

6th

6th

4th

4th

mark

12

6th

6th

6th

Hewitt

4th

6th

6th

6th

6th

Hewitt

10

2

1

McPherson

6th

4th

2

2

6th

Hewitt

6th

2

8th

6th

Gorman

6th

3

6th

9

Gorman

4th

6th

6th

1

Pares

4th

6th

3

7th

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

Fletcher

6th

6th

3

6th

6th

Lane

8th

3

6th

3

1

Fletcher

6th

7th

6th

7th

Howe

6th

6th

6th

7th

Howe

2

5

0

Graham Jones

1

4th

3

Fletcher

6th

8th

4th

6th

Jacques

6th

5

6th

6th

3

Laver

3

6th

6th

4th

Baulch

1

7th

0

1

Jacques

9

3

3

3

Laver

6th

6th

6th

3

Laver

11

6th

6th

Stubs

2

0

1

3

Laver

4th

6th

9

3

7th

Shepherd

8th

6th

3

6th

6th

2

Emerson

6th

1

7th

6th

5

Fraser

10

0

6th

1

3

Shepherd

5

6th

5

6th

8th

5

Mulligan

6th

6th

6th

5

Mulligan

7th

3

7th

2

10

Patterson

0

0

0

5

Mulligan

6th

6th

Coghlan

6th

6th

6th

2

Emerson

4th

1

Pearson

4th

4th

4th

Coghlan

0

3

3

2

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

2

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

O'Brien

2

2

2

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( memento from November 30, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )