Rod LaverRodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
defeated
Roy EmersonRoy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...
8-6 0-6 6-4 6-4 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1962 Australian ChampionshipsThe 1962 Australian Championships were held at the White City Stadium, Sydney. The singles titles were taken by Rod Laver and Margret Court. Laver's win was the first step towards his first Grand Slam.-Men's Singles:...
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See also:
- 1962 Australian Championships - Women's Singles
Margaret Smith defeated Jan Lehane 6-0 6-2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1962 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:...
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Rod LaverRodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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 Rod LaverRodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
(Champion)
- Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...
(Finalist)
- Neale Fraser
Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...
(Semifinalist)
- Bob Hewitt
Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...
(Semifinalist)
- Fred Stolle
Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle....
(Quarterfinalist)
- Ken Fletcher
Kenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles....
(Third round)
- John Newcombe
John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...
(Quarterfinalist)
- John Fraser (Second round)
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 Boro JovanovicBoro Jovanović is a former Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanovic reached the round of sixteen in the 1973 Italian Open and the 1973 French...
(Second round)
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 Wilhelm Bungert (Quarterfinalist)
- Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight.-Biography:...
(Second round)
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 Premjit LallPremjit Lall was a professional tennis player from India.Lall reached the Junior final at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. He played on the India Davis Cup team from 1959 until 1973...
(Third round)
- Jaidip Mukerjea
Jaidip Mukerjea is a retired professional tennis player from India. Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das.Mukerjea won the Indian National Junior Championship in 1959...
(Third round)
- Inge Buding (Second round)
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 Roger Taylor (Third round)
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Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
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