Sixth-seeded
Ann Haydon defeated
Yola Ramírez 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1961 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Ann Haydon is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Darlene Hard ''(fourth round)''
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Maria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno (11 October 1939 – 8 June 2018) was a Brazilian professional tennis player. During her 11-year career in the 1950s and 1960s, she won 19 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles (seven in women's singles, 11 in w ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Margaret Smith ''(quarterfinals)''
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Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Yola Ramírez ''(finalist)''
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Ann Haydon ''(champion)''
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Sandra Reynolds ''(fourth round)''
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Florence De La Courtie ''(third round)''
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Jan Lehane ''(fourth round)''
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Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(semifinals)''
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Renée Schuurman ''(fourth round)''
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Mary Reitano
Mary Carter Reitano (''née'' Carter; born 29 November 1934) is a former tennis player from Australia.
As a junior player she won the girls' singles title at the Australian Open, Australian Championships in 1951 and 1952.
Reitano won the sin ...
''(fourth round)''
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Vera Suková
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*Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarra ...
''(fourth round)''
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Deidre Catt ''(third round)''
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Lesley Turner ''(fourth round)''
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Edda Buding ''(semifinals)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
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* r =
Retired
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
* on the French Open website
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1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
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