International tennis championships of Germany 1961 / men's singles

This article describes the results of the men's singles at the 1961 International Tennis Championships in Germany .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rod Laver victory 02.  Roy Emerson Round of 16 03.  Luis Ayala final 04th  Jan-Erik Lundqvist  Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Bobby Wilson Second round 06th  Warren Woodcock  Quarter finals 07th  Pierre Darmon Round of 16 08th.  Eduardo Soriano Quarter finals

Tournament schedule

Explanation of symbols

r = retired

where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Rod Laver

2

6th

6th

2

6th

Wilhelm Bungert

6th

4th

1

6th

4th

1

Rod Laver

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

3

Luis Ayala

2

8th

7th

1

2

3

Luis Ayala

6th

6th

6th

Boro Jovanović

3

1

1

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

R. Laver

6th

6th

6th

K. Baco

3

0

1

1

R. Laver

6th

6th

9

L. Lassenstein

4th

2

7th

L. Lassenstein

6th

6th

6th

Z. Katona

2

3

3

1

R. Laver

6th

6th

7th

8th

E. Soriano

2

1

5

8th

E. Soriano

0

5

6th

6th

6th

H. Elschenbroich

6th

7th

2

2

2

8th

E. Soriano

2

6th

6th

6th

B. Howe

6th

1

4th

4th

B. Howe

5

6th

6th

6th

W. Stuck

7th

3

4th

4th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

J.- E. Lundqvist

6th

8th

6th

G. Reimann

3

6th

6th

6th

G. Reimann

3

6th

4th

M. Otway

6th

3

4th

4th

4th

J.- E. Lundqvist

6th

4th

6th

2

6th

D. Corner life

6th

4th

6th

6th

I. Gulyás

3

6th

2

6th

2

E. Reyes

1

6th

4th

3

D. Corner life

4th

4th

3

I. Gulyás

6th

6th

6th

I. Gulyás

6th

6th

6th

R. Mori

2

2

3

4th

J.- E. Lundqvist

8th

1

3

5

B. Wilson

6th

7th

1

6th

W. Bungert

10

6th

6th

L. Pawlik

2

5

6th

1

5

B. Wilson

4th

6th

1

0

B. Kube

6th

0

6th

6th

B. Kube

6th

3

6th

6th

G. Pilet

2

6th

1

1

B. Kube

3

6th

7th

4th

W. Bungert

6th

4th

9

6th

W. Bungert

6th

6th

4th

7th

11

F. Stolle

6th

6th

6th

F. Stolle

1

3

6th

9

9

N. Pilic

4th

2

3

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

J. Ulrich

6th

6th

7th

B. Giesecke

2

4th

5

J. Ulrich

1

5

0

I. Buding

6th

6th

7th

I. Buding

6th

7th

6th

I. Konishi

4th

3

5

I. Buding

7th

8th

2

2

5

R. Hernando

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

W. Woodcock

5

6th

6th

6th

7th

J. Mayers

2

4th

7th

2

R. Hernando

3

1

6th

4th

K. Akutagawa

2

3

7th

3

6th

W. Woodcock

6th

6th

3

6th

6th

W. Woodcock

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

W. Woodcock

6th

4th

6th

4th

B. Hewitt

6th

3

3

L. Ayala

4th

6th

8th

6th

A. Kreinberg

4th

0

r

B. Hewitt

8th

6th

6th

9

B. Nitsche

6th

6th

6th

B. Nitsche

6th

4th

8th

7th

A. Szikszay

4th

2

1

B. Hewitt

6th

2

3

8th

R. Sanders

7th

6th

1

6th

6th

3

L. Ayala

1

6th

6th

10

M. Fujii

9

1

6th

1

2

R. Sanders

0

1

0

W. Helmrich

0

2

0

3

L. Ayala

6th

6th

6th

3

L. Ayala

6th

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Ch. Kuhnke

w.

O.

R. Bennett

Ch. Kuhnke

10

6th

6th

7th

P. Darmon

8th

4th

4th

S. Tacchini

1

0

3

7th

P. Darmon

6th

6th

6th

Ch. Kuhnke

4th

3

6th

7th

4th

B. Jovanović

6th

6th

2

5

6th

B. Jovanović

6th

6th

6th

J. Coni

3

3

2

B. Jovanović

6th

6th

6th

2

R. Emerson

4th

0

3

G. Sanders

1

5

2

2

R. Emerson

6th

7th

6th

swell

• Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from August 8 to 16, 1961, available in the online archive at http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
• Tennis, official body of the German Tennis Federation , XV. Volume, Issue 16 (2nd August 1961 issue)

Note: For some results there are slight deviations between the Hamburger Abendblatt and the magazine Tennis. We are following Tennis magazine here.