Wimbledon Championships 1960

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1960 ►
Date: June 20 - July 1, 1960
Edition: 74th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : PeruPeru Alex Olmedo
Ladies singles : Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson Neale Fraser
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Jeanne Arth Darlene Hard
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Darlene Hard Rod Laver
AustraliaAustralia 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Neale Fraser
Ladies singles : Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno
Men's double : Mexico 1934Mexico Rafael Osuna Dennis Ralston
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno Darlene Hard
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Darlene Hard Rod Laver
AustraliaAustralia 
1960 Grand Slams

The 74th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1960 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

This year Jan Lehane was the first player to use the two-handed backhand.

Men's singles

In the purely Australian final, Neale Fraser won over Rod Laver .

Ladies singles

Maria Bueno defended her title. In the final, she beat Sandra Reynolds-Price in two sets.

Men's doubles

Rafael Osuna and Dennis Ralston won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

In the women's doubles, Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard won the title.

Mixed

As in the previous year, Darlene Hard and Rod Laver won the mixed again.

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 4.