1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1971 Wimbledon Championships AUS John Newcombe USA Stan Smith 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 128 (12 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1971 Wimbledon Championships Defending champion John Newcombe defeated Stan Smith in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his third Wimbledon singles title and fourth major singles title overall. Seeds 1 1 AUS Rod Laver (quarterfinals) 2 8 AUS John Newcombe (champion) 3 6 AUS Ken Rosewall (semifinals) 4 3 USA Stan Smith (final) 5 4 USA Arthur Ashe (third round) 6 5 USA Cliff Richey (quarterfinals) 7 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (second round) 8 2 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (first round) Qualifying 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Rod Laver 7 6 3 USA Tom Gorman 9 8 6 4 USA Stan Smith 8 6 6 NZL Onny Parun 6 3 4 6 USA Cliff Richey 8 7 4 7 5 3 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 5 6 9 7 AUS Colin Dibley 1 2 3 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 6 6 USA Tom Gorman 3 6 2 4 USA Stan Smith 6 8 6 3 AUS Ken Rosewall 1 1 3 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 6 6 4 USA Stan Smith 3 7 6 4 4 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 5 2 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 LL AUS Bob Howe 2 0 1 RSA 1928 Ray Moore 6 3 8 6 9 AUS Allan Stone 1 6 9 4 7 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 6 AUS Allan McDonald 4 2 2 HUN István Gulyás 2 4 8 2 YUG Željko Franulović 6 6 6 6 NED Tom Okker 6 6 6 TCH Jan Kodeš 3 3 3 USA Gene Scott 6 6 3 0 3 AUS Ray Ruffels 4 4 6 6 6 YUG Nikola Pilić 6 9 5 6 RSA 1928 Terry Ryan 3 8 7 4 Q RSA 1928 Pat Cramer 9 9 3 2 7 GRE 1970 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 8 8 6 6 9 1 AUS R Laver 6 6 6 7 RSA 1928 R Moore 8 3 2 5 USA C Graebner 6 6 6 YUG Ž Franulović 3 1 1 NED T Okker 8 6 6 6 AUS R Ruffels 9 4 3 4 YUG N Pilić 6 6 3 4 6 GRE 1970 N Kalogeropoulos 2 2 6 6 1 1 AUS R Laver 9 6 7 USA C Graebner 8 2 5 NED T Okker 3 6 6 8 YUG N Pilić 6 3 4 6 1 AUS R Laver 7 6 2 7 NED T Okker 5 1 6 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 6 8 3 4 5 USA Tom Gorman 2 6 6 6 7 Q ITA Ezio Di Matteo 6 6 8 GBR Peter Curtis 4 3 6 ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac 9 6 6 Q IND Anand Amritraj 8 3 1 NZL Brian Fairlie 8 9 6 USA Roy Barth 6 8 4 DEN Jørgen Ulrich 1 6 4 6 6 TCH Štěpán Koudelka 6 1 6 4 4 AUS Ross Case 6 7 7 Q NZL Jeff Simpson 4 5 5 RSA 1928 Derek Schroder 1 3 6 4 RHO Hank Irvine 6 6 3 6 Q FRA Wanaro N'Godrella 3 8 7 AUS Terry Addison 6 9 9 USA T Gorman 2 6 6 6 Q ITA E di Matteo 6 2 2 1 ROM 1965 I Țiriac 6 6 7 8 NZL B Fairlie 3 3 9 6 DEN J Ulrich 3 6 7 3 1 AUS R Case 6 2 5 6 6 RHO H Irvine 6 8 6 AUS T Addison 2 6 4 USA T Gorman 6 6 7 ROM 1965 I Țiriac 4 3 5 AUS R Case 6 6 6 RHO H Irvine 3 4 3 USA T Gorman 6 8 6 AUS R Case 3 6 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA Stan Smith 6 6 6 FRA Michel Leclercq 2 4 3 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 3 6 4 4 GBR John Paish 6 1 6 6 FRG Jürgen Fassbender 4 4 9 9 5 SWE Ove Bengtson 6 6 7 7 7 RHO Andrew Pattison 6 6 6 JPN 1947 Jun Kuki 2 1 0 USA Bob Lutz 8 8 4 6 12 USA Frank Froehling 6 9 6 2 10 ROM 1965 Petre Mărmureanu 2 1 2 GBR John Clifton 6 6 6 Q AUS Peter Doerner 6 6 3 6 JPN 1947 Keishiro Yanagi 2 2 6 0 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 TCH Milan Holeček 4 4 4 4 USA S Smith 6 6 6 GBR J Paish 1 4 4 SWE O Bengtson 6 6 4 7 3 RHO A Pattison 4 4 6 9 6 USA R Lutz 6 6 6 GBR J Clifton 3 1 4 Q AUS P Doerner 6 2 6 1 AUS R Emerson 4 6 8 6 4 USA S Smith 6 6 7 RHO A Pattison 3 4 5 USA R Lutz 9 3 8 8 AUS R Emerson 8 6 9 9 4 USA S Smith 2 6 6 9 AUS R Emerson 6 1 3 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA Arthur Ashe 3 6 6 7 USA Erik van Dillen 6 3 4 5 FRG Harald Elschenbroich 6 5 3 1 FRA Patrick Proisy 3 7 6 6 AUS John Alexander 6 6 6 AUS Bill Bowrey 0 2 2 USA Marty Riessen 9 6 8 USA Jim McManus 8 4 6 USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 6 4 6 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 3 4 8 6 2 FRA Pierre Barthès 6 8 6 9 Q FRG Karl Meiler 4 9 3 7 NZL Onny Parun 6 2 6 6 FRA Jean-Loup Rouyer 2 6 2 3 Q FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz 6 6 7 TCH František Pála 1 4 5 5 USA A Ashe 6 6 6 FRA P Proisy 4 4 4 AUS J Alexander 8 2 3 USA M Riessen 9 6 6 USA R Gonzales 5 9 6 3 4 FRA P Barthès 7 8 3 6 6 NZL O Parun 6 6 6 Q FRG H-J Plötz 0 2 2 5 USA A Ashe 1 8 9 4 USA M Riessen 6 9 8 6 FRA P Barthès 2 6 7 1 NZL O Parun 6 4 9 6 USA M Riessen 8 3 6 3 NZL O Parun 9 6 3 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA Daniel Contet 4 6 3 6 3 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 6 4 6 2 6 TCH Jan Kukal 6 3 2 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 3 6 6 6 FRA François Jauffret 6 6 3 4 2 USA Jeff Borowiak 4 2 6 6 6 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 6 8 8 GBR Stanley Matthews 3 6 6 AUS Tony Roche 7 6 6 8 USA Charlie Pasarell 9 4 8 9 ITA Adriano Panatta 6 3 6 6 Q USA Butch Seewagen 3 6 3 4 MEX Marcelo Lara 1 3 4 GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 6 AUS Dick Crealy 3 7 6 3 6 USA Cliff Richey 6 9 2 6 RSA 1928 R Maud 4 7 4 6 4 AUS F Sedgman 6 5 6 2 6 USA J Borowiak 6 9 8 AUS B Phillips-Moore 2 7 6 USA C Pasarell 3 3 6 3 ITA A Panatta 6 6 3 6 GBR R Taylor 2 6 6 4 9 6 USA C Richey 6 3 2 6 11 AUS F Sedgman 2 6 3 4 USA J Borowiak 6 4 6 6 ITA A Panatta 2 2 4 6 USA C Richey 6 6 6 USA J Borowiak 4 6 4 4 6 USA C Richey 6 4 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Fred Stolle 6 3 9 4 6 AUS Kim Warwick 4 6 7 6 3 HUN Péter Szőke 5 2 2 BRA 1968 Thomaz Koch 7 6 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 6 6 JPN 1947 Toshiro Sakai 4 2 1 DEN Jan Leschly 6 3 3 3 AUS Owen Davidson 3 6 6 6 Q GBR John de Mendoza 9 3 3 4 FRA Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 8 6 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol 6 5 4 6 6 UAR Ismail El Shafei 4 7 6 0 2 AUS Bob Carmichael USA Jimmy Connors w/o BEL Patrick Hombergen 3 3 1 3 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 AUS F Stolle 6 6 6 BRA 1968 T Koch 3 4 4 RSA 1928 F McMillan 7 6 1 4 AUS O Davidson 9 3 6 6 FRA J-B Chanfreau 8 3 8 CHI J Fillol 9 6 9 AUS R Carmichael 7 6 4 6 2 3 AUS K Rosewall 9 2 6 3 6 AUS F Stolle 9 6 6 AUS O Davidson 8 1 2 CHI J Fillol 3 1 4 3 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 AUS F Stolle 4 5 9 4 3 AUS K Rosewall 6 7 7 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Colin Dibley 7 6 6 AUT Hans Kary 5 2 2 GBR Graham Stilwell 8 6 1 7 FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 6 0 6 5 USA Dennis Ralston 8 6 6 DEN Torben Ulrich 6 3 2 AUS Geoff Masters 7 6 6 YUG Nikola Špear 5 0 2 HUN Szabolcs Baranyi 6 1 4 2 MEX Joaquín Loyo Mayo 1 6 6 6 TCH Vladimír Zedník 3 6 2 0 RSA 1928 Byron Bertram 6 3 6 6 CHI Patricio Cornejo 4 2 4 FRA Georges Goven 6 6 6 AUS Ray Keldie 6 1 3 6 8 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 1 6 6 4 10 AUS C Dibley 2 6 3 9 6 GBR G Stilwell 6 3 6 8 4 USA D Ralston 6 6 5 9 AUS G Masters 1 4 7 7 MEX J Loyo Mayo 9 6 6 RSA 1928 B Bertram 8 3 2 FRA G Goven 6 6 6 7 ROM 1965 I Năstase 4 4 2 AUS C Dibley 3 8 6 6 10 USA D Ralston 6 9 3 0 8 MEX J Loyo Mayo 4 9 6 4 6 FRA G Goven 6 7 4 6 4 AUS C Dibley 6 8 6 MEX J Loyo Mayo 3 6 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Phil Dent 6 5 6 7 IND Premjit Lall 4 7 4 5 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 IND Jaidip Mukerjea 2 4 4 BRA 1968 José Edison Mandarino 6 8 6 6 ESP 1945 Antonio Muñoz 4 9 4 2 Q GBR John Feaver 5 2 2 Q TCH Jiří Hřebec 7 6 6 AUS Syd Ball 6 7 6 1 5 USA Allen Fox 2 9 1 6 7 GBR Gerald Battrick 2 6 6 6 AUS John Bartlett 6 4 3 1 AUS Ian Fletcher 8 7 1 6 GBR Mark Cox 6 5 6 4 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 4 3 5 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 6 7 AUS P Dent 7 3 4 URS 1955 A Metreveli 9 6 6 BRA 1968 JE Mandarino 4 4 3 Q TCH J Hřebec 6 6 6 USA A Fox 4 2 2 GBR G Battrick 6 6 6 AUS I Fletcher 5 4 2 2 AUS J Newcombe 7 6 6 URS 1955 A Metreveli 6 7 6 Q TCH J Hřebec 4 5 4 GBR G Battrick 4 4 4 2 AUS J Newcombe 6 6 6 URS 1955 A Metreveli 8 3 6 3 2 AUS J Newcombe 9 6 4 6 References External links 1971 MS Wimbledon 1971 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1971/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 6 November 2017 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1971 French Open Grand SlamsMen's singles 1971 U.S. Open Men's Singles Men's Singles 1971