International tennis championships of Germany 1962

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   International Tennis Championships of Germany tennis   
date July 30th - August 7th, 1962
venue Hamburg BR Germany
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
First run 1892
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface sand
Defending champion
Men's singles AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver
Ladies singles South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Reynolds
Men's doubles AustraliaAustralia Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman
South Africa 1961South Africa  
Mixed South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Reynolds Bob Hewitt
AustraliaAustralia 
Title holder
Men's singles AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver
Ladies singles South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Price
Men's doubles AustraliaAustralia Bob Hewitt Martin Mulligan
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles AustraliaAustralia Jan Lehane Lesley Turner
AustraliaAustralia 
Mixed AustraliaAustralia Lesley Turner Ken Fletcher
AustraliaAustralia 

The 56th International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from July 30th to August 7th, 1962 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .

The defending champion Rod Laver and the now married Sandra Price prevailed again. For them it was the third win in a row. In the doubles competitions there were only Australian victories, with Bob Hewitt defending his title in men's doubles and Lesley Turner won in both women's doubles and mixed. As in the previous year , Wilhelm Bungert reached the men's semi-finals. Nine years after her last victory in 1953, the American Dorothy Knode took part again in Hamburg.

Results

Men's singles

  final
               
   AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver 8th 7th 6th
 Spain 1945Spain Manuel Santana  6th 5 4th

Ladies singles

  final
           
 South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Price  4th 6th 7th
 AustraliaAustralia Mary Hawton 6th 3 5

Men's doubles

  final
               
   AustraliaAustralia Bob Hewitt Martin Mulligan
 AustraliaAustralia  
3 3 6th 6th 6th
 AustraliaAustralia Ken Fletcher John Newcombe
 AustraliaAustralia  
6th 6th 4th 2 4th

Ladies doubles

  final
           
 AustraliaAustralia Jan Lehane Lesley Turner
 AustraliaAustralia  
6th 6th
 South Africa 1961South Africa Sandra Price Renée Schuurman
 South Africa 1961South Africa  
3 3

Mixed

  final
           
 AustraliaAustralia Lesley Turner Ken Fletcher
 AustraliaAustralia 
9 6th
 Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Esther Bueno  Bob Howe
 AustraliaAustralia 
7th 1

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Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '24.4 "  N , 9 ° 59' 26.6"  E