Australian Championships 1962 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1962
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
1961 ◄ 1962 ► 1963
Grand Slams 1962 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1962 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was top seeded Rod Laver , who defeated his compatriot and defending champion Roy Emerson in four sets (8: 6, 0: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Rod Laver victory 02. Roy Emerson final 03. Neale Fraser Semifinals 04th Bob Hewitt Semifinals 05. Fred Stolle Quarter finals 06th Ken Fletcher 3rd round 07th John Newcombe Quarter finals 08th. John Fraser 2nd round

No. player Round reached 09. Boro Jovanović 2nd round 10. Wilhelm Bungert Quarter finals 11. Nikola Pilic 2nd round 12. Premjit Lall 3rd round 13. Jaidip Mukerjea 3rd round 14th Ingo Buding 2nd round 15th Roger Taylor 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

R. Laver

6th

4th

6th

7th

4th

B. Hewitt

1

6th

4th

5

1

R. Laver

8th

0

6th

6th

2

R. Emerson

6th

6th

4th

4th

3

N. Fraser

4th

3

1

2

R. Emerson

6th

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

1

Laver

8th

6th

6th

Sherriff

6th

8th

6th

Sherriff

6th

2

4th

Hession

2

6th

2

1

Laver

10

18th

7th

7th

Pares

8th

16

9

5

Woodcock

3

4th

2

Pares

6th

6th

7th

Pares

6th

6th

6th

Kendall

4th

4th

5

1

Laver

6th

9

6th

Davidson

4th

7th

4th

8th

Fraser

6th

6th

8th

7th

1

Brent

6th

6th

8th

Brent

3

2

10

9

6th

McManus

4th

4th

6th

Brent

3

3

2

Davidson

6th

6th

6th

11

Pilic

6th

2

5

Davidson

6th

3

7th

6th

Davidson

8th

6th

7th

Anderson

2

6th

5

3

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

4th

Hewitt

8th

7th

6th

Shapter

6th

14th

8th

Shapter

6th

5

2

Figg

2

12

6th

4th

Hewitt

3

6th

7th

6th

Lane

6th

3

5

1

14th

Buding

2

6th

9

2

Lane

6th

6th

6th

Lane

6th

8th

7th

6th

MC Donald

4th

3

4th

4th

Hewitt

8th

6th

4th

6th

10

Hungry

6th

2

6th

4th

6th

Fletcher

6th

6th

13

Clayton

6th

6th

6th

Clayton

0

2

11

French

3

2

1

6th

Fletcher

6th

3

5

6th

8th

10

Hungry

3

6th

7th

4th

10

10

Hungry

6th

6th

6th

Coghlan

6th

6th

4th

6th

Coghlan

4th

2

1

Sherriff

2

0

6th

2

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Kilderry

6th

7th

6th

Kelso

4th

5

2

Kilderry

7th

6th

6th

9

Jovanović

5

0

0

Kilderry

3

2

4th

8th

Hay

6th

6th

6th

5

Stolle

6th

6th

6th

10

Kumara

2

2

1

Hay

3

2

3

5

Stolle

6th

6th

6th

5

Stolle

6th

4th

6th

6th

Bowrey

6th

6th

6th

3

Fraser

2

6th

2

3

Moors

3

2

3

Bowrey

2

3

6th

4th

15th

Taylor

6th

6th

4th

6th

15th

Taylor

1

4th

8th

Geraghty

6th

4th

6th

6th

3

Fraser

6th

6th

10

Christopherson

0

6th

3

3

Geraghty

4th

2

9

6th

6th

3

Fraser

6th

6th

7th

2

8th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Shepherd

6th

1

6th

6th

McPherson

4th

6th

4th

4th

Shepherd

6th

7th

3

4th

1

12

Lall

3

5

6th

6th

6th

12

Lall

3

4th

8th

basement, cellar

6th

6th

6th

7th

Newcombe

6th

6th

10

Thomson

1

0

0

basement, cellar

2

2

8th

7th

Newcombe

6th

6th

10

7th

Newcombe

9

1

2

2

Callaghan

6th

6th

6th

2

Emerson

7th

6th

6th

6th

O'Shea

0

1

2

Callaghan

6th

1

3

3

13

Mukerjea

4th

6th

6th

6th

13

Mukerjea

2

4th

3

O'Brien

2

6th

6th

12

2

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

Knox

6th

2

2

10

O'Brien

3

3

1

2

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )