Australian Championships 1963 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1963
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
1962 ◄ 1963 ► 1964
Grand Slams 1963 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1963 Australian Championships . The defending champion was the Australian Rod Laver . The winner of the tournament was top seeded Roy Emerson , who defeated his compatriot Ken Fletcher in three sets (6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 1) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Roy Emerson victory 02.  Ken Fletcher final 03.  Bob Hewitt Semifinals 04th  Fred Stolle Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Martin Mulligan 3rd round 06th  John Newcombe Quarter finals 07th  John Fraser Quarter finals 08th.  Robert Howe Quarter finals

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. Emerson

8th

6th

3

9

3

B. Hewitt

6th

4th

6th

7th

1

R. Emerson

6th

6th

6th

2

K. Fletcher

3

3

1

4th

F. Stolle

3

4th

5

2

K. Fletcher

6th

6th

7th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

1

Emerson

6th

6th

8th

Crealy

3

6th

6th

8th

Crealy

4th

4th

6th

Street

6th

3

4th

6th

1

Emerson

6th

6th

6th

Phillips Moore

3

1

2

Phillips Moore

7th

6th

6th

Drossart

6th

6th

6th

Drossart

5

2

2

Beers

4th

3

2

1

Emerson

6th

7th

6th

7th

Fraser

1

5

2

7th

Fraser

6th

6th

3

6th

Pares

3

4th

6th

4th

7th

Fraser

6th

5

6th

0

7th

Taylor

2

7th

4th

6th

5

Taylor

6th

6th

6th

Baulch

1

6th

6th

6th

Baulch

3

2

4th

Brien

6th

2

0

3

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

3

Hewitt

6th

6th

6th

Harris

1

6th

6th

6th

Harris

4th

4th

0

Matthews

6th

3

4th

1

3

Hewitt

6th

6th

6th

Clayton

1

1

4th

Elschenbroich

4th

6th

2

3

Clayton

6th

3

6th

6th

Clayton

6th

2

6th

6th

Moors

0

6th

2

0

3

Hewitt

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

Newcombe

3

4th

7th

4th

6th

Newcombe

4th

4th

6th

6th

6th

Tobin

6th

6th

2

0

2

6th

Newcombe

6th

6th

6th

Cottrill

4th

0

0

McPherson

6th

8th

1

6th

5

Cottrill

6th

7th

6th

Cottrill

4th

10

6th

1

7th

Stone

2

5

0

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Bowrey

6th

5

6th

6th

Potter

3

7th

3

4th

Bowrey

6th

3

3

6th

3

Davidson

2

6th

6th

3

6th

Davidson

6th

9

10

5

Mulligan

1

7th

8th

Nice

3

4th

6th

3

5

Mulligan

6th

6th

4th

6th

Davidson

5

6th

6th

6th

Cox

4th

Stolle

7th

4th

2

2

O'Brien

w.

O.

Cox

6th

6th

1

6th

Hughes

4th

0

6th

3

Cox

3

4th

4th

Guse

6th

6th

4th

6th

4th

Stolle

6th

6th

6th

Harris

1

4th

6th

3

Guse

1

1

1

4th

Stolle

6th

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Wooldridge

Hay

w.

O.

Wooldridge

Jacques

w.

O.

Wooldridge

2

10

3

1

8th

Howe

6th

8th

6th

6th

Stephens

6th

4th

3

3

8th

Howe

2

6th

6th

6th

8th

Howe

6th

9

6th

Stilwell

4th

6th

6th

3

6th

2

Fletcher

4th

7th

2

basement, cellar

6th

1

3

6th

4th

Stilwell

4th

2

2

Hillebrand

6th

6th

6th

Hillebrand

10

0

4th

Sharpe

8th

6th

6th

2

Fletcher

12

6th

6th

Van Der Borght

6th

0

0

Sharpe

4th

6th

4th

2

Fletcher

6th

8th

6th

Web links

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