The 55th German International Tennis Championships took place from August 7th to 15th, 1961 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
For the first time since Dorothy Head in 1952 , the South African Sandra Reynolds was a triple female winner. She defended her two titles in singles and mixed competitions this time alongside the Australian Bob Hewitt . In doubles, she and her compatriot Renée Schuurman replaced the British Christine Truman , who played for the Wightman Cup in the USA , and Edda Buding , who had also preferred to play in the USA. Bob Hewitt won another doubles title with his compatriot Fred Stolle .
Nicola Pietrangeli
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Sandra Reynolds
Roy Emerson Neale Fraser
Luis Ayala
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Yola Ramírez
