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1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles ...
Rod Laver successfully defended his title, defeating Martin Mulligan in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Rod Laver (champion) Roy Emerson ''(fourth round)'' Neale Fraser ''(semifinals)'' Ramanathan Krishnan ''(third round)'' Chuck McKinley ''(second round)'' Manuel Santana ''(quarterfinals)'' Nicola Pietrangeli ''(third round)'' Bob Hewitt ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles, 1962 Men's Singles 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ... [...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] |
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Daniel Nestor, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37. Biography McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa. Aside from his considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa. He played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Truman
Humphrey Truman (born 5 August 1935) is a British former tennis player. Raised in Essex, Truman is the elder brother of tennis players Christine Truman and Nell Truman. During the 1950s and 1960s he competed at Wimbledon, mostly as a doubles player. He made the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the 1959 Wimbledon Championships with sister Christine and featured in the singles main draw twice. Truman, who was a pilot in the RAF, also played the sport of squash and appeared at the British Open The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Truman, Humphrey 1935 births Living people English male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis players from Essex English squash players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Renavand
Jacques Renavand (born 12 November 1939) is a French former tennis player. Career Renavand was active on tour in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He played for the France Davis Cup team in 1961 and 1962, with his appearances including a Europe Zone semi tie against Italy. In 1963 he made the fourth round of the French Championships, winning three successive five-set matches en route. Retiring from tennis at the age of 24, Renavand went on to manage a famous nightclub in Paris called the Chez Castel. Personal life Renavand's wife Isabelle is the daughter of former French Prime Minister Félix Gaillard. His two sons, Nicolas Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ... and Olivier, were professional tennis players. See also * List of France Davis Cup team representatives Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toomas Leius
Toomas Leius (28 August 1941 – 7 February 2025) was an Estonian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. Career Leius was the boys' singles champion at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. He won the Soviet Championships in 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1968. He also won the Moscow International Indoor Championships five times from 1961 to 1963, 1965, 1969. Other good performances during his career include reaching the final of the 1964 Queen's Club Championships, which he lost to Roy Emerson, and taking Rod Laver to five sets at the 1969 Heineken Open. He was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, with Tiiu Parmas. His best performance in the singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament came at the 1965 French Championships, where he made the quarter-finals. He was due to face South African player Cliff Drysdale in the quarter-final but the Soviet delegation made him forfeit the match, in protest against apartheid Apartheid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Brichant
Jacques "Jacky" Brichant (28 March 1930 – 9 March 2011) was a Belgian tennis player. He was ranked world No. 9 for 1957. Brichant was a clay court specialist and won many clay court tournaments in Europe. Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country. Brichant reached the semi-finals of the French Championships in singles in 1958 which he lost to eventual champion Mervyn Rose. Additionally he reached the French quarter-finals three times (1956, 1957, 1959). He won the national Belgian title 10 times. In 1950 he was the runner-up at the All England Plate event, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships consisting of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. Brichant won the 1957 Monte Carlo Championships on clay defeating Hugh Stewart in the semifinal and Paul Rémy in the final. He also won the 1957 South of France Championships at Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Drysdale
Eric Clifford Drysdale (born 26 May 1941) is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a tennis announcer. Life and career Born Eric Clifford 'Cliff' Drysdale in Nelspruit (today known as Mbombela, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa) on May 26, 1941 and completed his high school at Grey High School, Port Elizabeth. Drysdale won the singles title at the Dutch Open in 1963 and 1964. In 1965, he reached the singles final of the 1965 U. S. Championships and he won the singles title at the German Championships. He defeated Rod Laver in the fourth round of the first US Open in 1968. During his Open-era career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles, including the 1972 US Open doubles crown with Roger Taylor. He was a pioneer of the two-handed backhand shot, which he used to great effect during his playing career. Drysdale was included among the Handsome Eight, a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Darmon
Pierre Darmon (born 14 January 1934) is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964. Early life Darmon was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France at 17 years of age. Tennis career Darmon was French national junior champion in 1950. He was France's top-ranked tennis player from 1957 to 1969, and won the national title nine times in that period. He also won the French national doubles championship in 1957 (with Paul Rémy), 1958 (with Robert Haillet), 1961 (with Gérard Pilet), and 1966 (with François Jauffret). In 1963, Darmon was the runner-up in singles at the French Open, where he beat Manuel Santana in five sets in the semi-finals before losing to Roy Emerson in the final in four sets. Also in 1963, he reached the finals at Wimbledon in doubles, along with partner Jean Claude Barclay. He was international veterans mixed doubles champion with his wife Rosie Darmon in 1961, and in 1968 and 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Otway
Mark Anthony Otway (9 October 1931 – 2014) was a New Zealand tennis player. Born in Takapuna in 1931, Otway was educated at Takapuna Grammar School, and then, from 1946 to 1948, Mount Albert Grammar School. He competed at Wimbledon on eight occasions between 1954 and 1965, and once at the Australian Championships, in 1951. He represented New Zealand in seven Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... ties between 1954 and 1961. He won the Northern Lawn Tennis Singles Championship in 1960 and was runner-up in the singles at the Surrey Grass Court Championships in 1962. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Otway, Mark 1931 births 2014 deaths New Zealand male tennis players People from Takapuna People educated at Takapuna Grammar School People educated at Mount Al ... [...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] |
Patricio Rodríguez
Patricio (Pato) Rodríguez (20 December 1938 — 23 June 2020) was a professional tennis player from Chile. He was active from 1956 until 1979 and won 25 career singles titles. In addition he won 2 doubles titles. Career Rodríguez was born in Santiago, Chile. In 1956 he played his first tournament at the South American Championships. In 1959 he won his first title at the Bad Neuenahr Open at Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. He also played in tennis Grand Slams and competed for his country in the Davis Cup in the 1960s and the 1970s. In 1970 he won the last of his 23 career singles titles at Pörtschach Championships. In 1970 he won his final singles title at the Pörtschach Championships. In 1979 he played his last singles event at the Vina Del Mar tournament at Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Zuleta
Eduardo Zuleta (19 November 1935 – 1 April 2024) was an Ecuadorian right-handed international tennis player. He was active from 1959 to 1979 and won 12 career singles titles. Biography Eduardo Zuleta was born on 19 November 1935.Eduardo Zuleta at daviscup.com He played his first tournament at 1959 . He won his first singles title in 1960 at the Tennessee Valley Invitation. He competed in the Davis Cup in 1961 and 1963. Eduardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
