Wimbledon Championships 1961

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1961 ►
Date: June 20 - July 1, 1961
Edition: 75th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver
Ladies singles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Angela Mortimer
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson Neale Fraser
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Karen Hantze-Susman Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Lesley Turner Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1961

The 75th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1961 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

To celebrate the tournament's 75th anniversary, All England Club President Princess Marina hosted a dinner attended by 38 former winners.

Men's singles

Rod Laver won his first men's title.

Ladies singles

In the first all-British women's final since 1914, Angela Mortimer defeated Christine Truman in three sets.

Men's doubles

Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Karen Hantze-Susman and Billie Jean Mofitt won the women's doubles title.

Mixed

Lesley Turner and Fred Stolle were successful in mixed .

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.