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1962 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded Rod Laver defeated Roy Emerson 8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1962 Australian Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Rod Laver ''(champion)'' # Roy Emerson ''(finalist)'' # Neale Fraser ''(semifinals)'' # Bob Hewitt ''(semifinals)'' # Fred Stolle ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ken Fletcher ''(third round)'' # John Newcombe ''(quarterfinals)'' # John Fraser ''(second round)'' # Boro Jovanović ''(second round)'' # Wilhelm Bungert ''(quarterfinals)'' # Nikola Pilić ''(second round)'' # Premjit Lall ''(third round)'' # Jaidip Mukerjea ''(third round)'' # Ingo Buding ''(second round)'' # Roger Taylor ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 References External links * 1962 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, and by some sources also in 1964 and 1970. He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 1961 and 1962. Laver won 200 singles titles across his amateur and professional careers, the most won by any tennis player. Laver won 11 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 8 Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era, Pro major titles. He completed the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam (winning all four majors in a calendar year) in singles twice, in 1962 and 1969; the latter remains the only time a man has done so in the Open Era. He also completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Pro Slam, Pro Slam (winning all three pro majors in one year) in 1967. Laver won titles on all court surfaces of his time (Grass c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace (tennis), Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the ''#service box, service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of ''#spin, spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: ''#advantage, Advantage'' to the ''#server, server''. * Ad out: ''#advantage, Advantage'' to the ''#receiver, receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the ''#advantage, advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''#deuce, deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McDonald (tennis)
John McDonald may refer to: Politics Australian * John McDonald (Western Australian politician) (1869–1934), member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914 * John McDonald (Victorian politician) (1898–1977), Premier of the state of Victoria, Australia, 1950–1952 * John Joseph McDonald (1904–1959), Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly * John Young McDonald (1837–1917), member of the Victorian Legislative Council Canadian * John McDonald (1787–1860), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West * John Anthony McDonald (1875–1948), manufacturer, financier and Canadian Senator * John Alexander McDonald (politician) (1889–1962), farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * John Archibald McDonald (Nova Scotia politician) (1851–1925), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * John Archibald McDonald (Saskatchewan politician) (1865–1929), banker and political figure in Saskatche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Coghlan
William Coghlan (born 6 March 1941) is a former tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player from Australia. He was active from 1958 to 1979 and won 22 career singles titles. Biography Coghlan won the junior title at the 1960 Australian Championships. A Melbourne real estate agent by profession, he made regular appearances at his home grand slam tournament, twice making the third round. He was a semi-final in the men's doubles at the 1967 Australian Championships, partnering David Power of the United States. He is a younger brother of tennis player Lorraine Coghlan. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coghlan, Will Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Clayton
Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. People Given name * Timothy (given name), including a list of people with the name * Tim (given name) * Timmy * Timo * Timotheus * Timothée * Timoteo (given name) Surname * Bankole Timothy (1923–1994), Sierra Leonean journalist * Christopher Timothy (born 1940), Welsh actor * Miriam Timothy (1879–1950), British harpist * Nick Timothy (born 1980), British political adviser Mononym * Saint Timothy, a companion and co-worker of Paul the Apostle * Timothy I (Nestorian patriarch) Education * Timothy Christian School (Illinois), a school system in Elmhurst, Illinois * Timothy Christian School (New Jersey), a school in Piscataway, New Jersey Arts and entertainment * "Timothy" (song), a 1970 song by The Buoys * ''Timothy Goes to School'', a Canadian-Chinese children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Shapter
Allan may refer to: People * Allan (given name), a list of people and characters with this given name * Allan (surname), a list of people and characters with this surname * Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker * Allan (footballer, born 1989) (Allan dos Santos Natividade), Brazilian football forward * Allan (footballer, born 1991) (Allan Marques Loureiro), Brazilian football midfielder * Allan (footballer, born 1994) (Allan Christian de Almeida), Brazilian football midfielder * Allan (footballer, born 1997) (Allan Rodrigues de Souza), Brazilian football midfielder * Allan (footballer, born 2004) (Allan Andrade Elias), Brazilian football midfielder Places * Allan, Queensland, Australia * Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada * Allan Water (Ontario), a river * Allan, the Allaine river's lower course, in France * Allan, Drôme, town in France * Allan, Iran (other), places in Iran * Bridge of Allan, Central Scotland, a town on All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lane (tennis)
Alan Lane (born 1938/1939) is an Australian tennis player who competed on the world tour from 1959 to 1964. Lane, who grew up in Adelaide, made the singles fourth round of the 1963 French Championships and won several international tournaments. These titles include Israel's Passover championships and the Chilean championships in Santiago. He served as the coach of both Portugal and Israel in the Davis Cup. During the 1970s he relocated to the United States and worked as a teaching pro, but in his later years has been living in Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stret .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Alan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Kendall
Allan Crawford Kendall (29 September 1928 — 17 December 2013) was an Australian broadcaster and tennis player. Kendall, born in the New South Wales town of Orange, New South Wales, Orange, was a nephew of tennis player Jack Crawford (tennis), Jack Crawford. His father, Victor, ended up running a tennis club in Albury where the then Margaret Court, Margaret Smith (Court) trained. Attending Scots College (Sydney), Scots College in Sydney from 1943, Kendall was the 1946 NSW schoolboys singles champion. He was a junior doubles champion at the Australian Open (tennis), Australian Championships with Rex Hartwig in 1947. Kendall received blues in lawn tennis, squash and table tennis while studying at the University of Sydney. During the 1950s and 1960s he competed on the international tennis tour. Kendall, who got involved in the arts during university, founded the Play School (Australian TV series), Australian version of BBC children's television show Play School. He got the ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Woodcock
Warren W. Woodcock (22 September 1936 – 5 February 2022) was an Australian amateur tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships in 1957 and the final of a US Pro Championship in 1967, losing to Sam Giammalva. After retiring from tennis he became an on-course bookmaker A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds In probability theory, odds provide a measure of the probability of a particular outco .... References External links * Australian male tennis players 1936 births Place of birth missing (living people) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub Australian bookmakers 2022 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Sherriff (tennis)
Frederick Sherriff (born 10 July 1943) is a former Australian tennis player who reached the first and second round in 1962 Australian Championships in men's singles he was defeated by Rod Laver Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, ... and he played at the 1964 US Championships with William Higgins in the 64th round. at australianopen.com Personal life He has a wife and son called Justin, who is also a tennis player.References External links * 1943 birth ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Brent
Rod Brent is a former Australian tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He used to teach tennis at Cliff Street Racquet Club in New Rochelle. References Australian male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Pares
Geoffrey Pares is a former Australian tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player who competed 1959–1967. References Australian male tennis players Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
