1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1961 Wimbledon Championships s AUS Roy Emerson AUS Neale Fraser AUS Bob Hewitt AUS Fred Stolle 6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1961 Wimbledon Championships Rafael Osuna and Dennis Ralston were the defending champions, but Osuna did not compete. Ralston competed with Chuck McKinley but lost in the quarterfinals to Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser. Emerson and Fraser defeated Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle in the final, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4, 6–8, 8–6 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championship.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 4 AUS Roy Emerson / AUS Neale Fraser (champions) 2 1 AUS Rod Laver / AUS Bob Mark (semifinals) 3 3 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli / ITA Orlando Sirola (first round) 4 2 CHI Luis Ayala / IND Ramanathan Krishnan (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 7 6 GBR Tony PickardGBR Mike Sangster 4 5 4 3 CHI Luis AyalaIND Ramanathan Krishnan 6 1 1 8 AUS Bob HewittAUS Fred Stolle 4 6 6 10 GBR Alan MillsGBR Bobby Wilson 5 6 3 6 4 AUS Ken FletcherAUS John Newcombe 7 3 6 1 6 USA Chuck McKinleyUSA Dennis Ralston 6 4 5 2 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 2 6 7 6 2 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 8 3 4 AUS Bob HewittAUS Fred Stolle 4 10 6 6 AUS Ken FletcherAUS John Newcombe 8 9 1 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 10 11 6 AUS Bob HewittAUS Fred Stolle 4 8 4 8 6 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 6 8 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 AUS Rod LaverAUS Bob Mark 6 6 6 YUG Boro JovanovićYUG Ivko Plećević 2 2 4 NOR Finn-Dag JaggeNOR Thorvald Moe 7 8 6 Q GBR Trevor AdamsonGBR Charlie Applewhaite 5 6 2 USA Malcolm FoxUSA Bobby Siska 6 1 1 AUS Neil GibsonAUS Barry Phillips-Moore 8 6 6 ESP 1945 Alberto ArillaESP 1945 Manuel Santana 2 3 9 7 6 AUT Franz HainkaAUT Ladislav Legenstein 6 6 7 5 2 GBR John BarrettGBR Michael Hann 7 7 3 6 3 FRG Ingo BudingFRG Dieter Ecklebe 5 9 6 3 6 IND Premjit LallIND Jaidip Mukerjea SWE Jan-Erik LundqvistSWE Ulf Schmidt w/o GBR Tony PickardGBR Mike Sangster 4 6 8 6 VEN 1930 Isaías PimentelCHI Patricio Rodríguez 6 1 6 0 ITA Giuseppe MerloITA Sergio Tacchini 3 7 12 2 ARG Enrique MoreaARG Eduardo Soriano 6 5 14 6 2 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 6 6 6 NOR F-D JaggeNOR T Moe 1 1 3 AUS N GibsonAUS B Phillips-Moore 3 6 12 10 ESP 1945 A ArillaESP 1945 M Santana 6 3 10 8 FRG I BudingFRG D Ecklebe 2 17 4 4 IND P LallIND J Mukerjea 6 15 6 6 GBR A PickardGBR M Sangster 6 6 3 4 6 ARG E MoreaARG E Soriano 2 3 6 6 3 2 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 7 6 6 AUS N GibsonAUS B Phillips-Moore 5 2 3 IND P LallIND J Mukerjea 4 7 5 GBR A PickardGBR M Sangster 6 9 7 2 AUS R LaverAUS R Mark 6 7 6 GBR A PickardGBR M Sangster 4 5 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 CHI Luis AyalaIND Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 USA Ronnie HolmbergUSA Budge Patty 2 3 4 COL William ÁlvarezBRA 1960 José Edison Mandarino 8 1 2 4 USA Rudy HernandoGBR Billy Knight 6 6 6 6 GBR Geoffrey PaishAUS Warren Woodcock 2 6 3 2 FRA Pierre DarmonFRA Gérard Pilet 6 3 6 6 USA Frank FroehlingUSA Marty Riessen 6 6 6 GBR Julian ConiNZL Mark Otway 0 3 2 FRA Jean BorotraRSA 1928 Rod Mandelstam 4 0 2 USA Chris CrawfordUSA Jon Douglas 6 6 6 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 8 6 6 NZL Ian CrookendenNZL Lew Gerrard 6 2 3 USA Kingman LambertIND Narenda Nath 6 6 12 IRL James BuckleyIRL Peter Jackson 2 0 10 AUS Bob HewittAUS Fred Stolle 9 6 10 Q GBR Gerry OakleyGBR Humphrey Truman 7 2 8 3 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 6 6 6 USA R HernandoGBR W Knight 2 2 2 FRA P DarmonFRA G Pilet 9 6 10 6 USA F FroehlingUSA M Riessen 11 4 12 8 USA C CrawfordUSA J Douglas 6 10 12 6 BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 4 12 10 4 USA K LambertIND N Nath 12 2 4 AUS R HewittAUS F Stolle 14 6 6 3 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 6 6 8 6 USA F FroehlingUSA M Riessen 8 3 6 1 USA C CrawfordUSA J Douglas 1 7 4 AUS R HewittAUS F Stolle 6 9 6 3 CHI L AyalaIND R Krishnan 6 1 1 8 AUS R HewittAUS F Stolle 4 6 6 10 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals URS 1955 Toomas LeiusURS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 5 6 6 6 USA Whitney ReedDEN Jørgen Ulrich 7 4 4 4 FRA Daniel ContetFRA Jacques Renavand 4 6 3 4 FRG Wilhelm BungertFRG Christian Kuhnke 6 1 6 6 POL 1928 Wiesław GąsiorekPOL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 6 3 1 2 GBR Alan MillsGBR Bobby Wilson 4 6 6 6 SWE Ingemar IngvarssonSWE Staffan Stockenberg 1 1 1 IND Akhtar AliIND Naresh Kumar 6 6 6 BRA 1960 Ronnie BarnesBRA 1960 Carlos Fernandes 10 12 6 Q FRG Harald ElschenbroichAUS Alan Lane 8 10 3 MEX 1934 Mario LlamasMEX 1934 Esteban Reyes Jr. 4 1 7 HUN István GulyásTCH Jiří Javorský 6 6 9 Q GBR Geoff WardGBR Ivor Warwick 3 6 3 1 AUS Ken FletcherAUS John Newcombe 6 3 6 6 AUS Will CoghlanAUS Bob Howe 6 1 9 6 3 ITA Nicola PietrangeliITA Orlando Sirola 4 6 7 3 URS 1955 T LeiusURS 1955 S Likhachev 9 6 11 FRG W BungertFRG C Kuhnke 7 4 9 GBR A MillsGBR R Wilson 6 6 6 IND Akhtar AliIND Naresh Kumar 3 3 2 BRA 1960 R BarnesBRA 1960 C Fernandes 6 7 5 0 6 HUN I GulyásTCH J Javorský 3 5 7 6 1 AUS K FletcherAUS J Newcombe 6 1 9 6 6 AUS W CoghlanAUS R Howe 3 6 7 8 1 URS 1955 T LeiusURS 1955 S Likhachev 6 4 4 2 GBR A MillsGBR R Wilson 2 6 6 6 BRA 1960 R BarnesBRA 1960 C Fernandes 2 6 5 AUS K FletcherAUS J Newcombe 6 8 7 GBR A MillsGBR R Wilson 5 6 3 6 4 AUS K FletcherAUS J Newcombe 7 3 6 1 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS Warren JacquesMEX 1934 Antonio Palafox 4 6 6 CHI Ernesto AguirreCHI Patricio Apey 6 8 8 CAN 1957 Robert BédardCAN 1957 François Godbout 6 3 8 6 11 USA Donald DellUSA Crawford Henry 3 6 6 8 9 USA Bill BondUSA Al Driscole 3 4 6 6 8 AUS Barry GeraghtyGBR Roger Taylor 6 6 4 3 6 RSA 1928 Bertie GaertnerRSA 1928 Julie Mayer 3 8 4 USA Chuck McKinleyUSA Dennis Ralston 6 10 6 FRA Jean-Claude BarclayFRA François Jauffret 4 7 8 2 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillanRSA 1928 Francis Rawstorne 6 5 6 6 3 AUS Martin MulliganFRG Wolfgang Stuck 4 6 8 9 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Adrian BeyRSA 1928 Robin Sanders 6 1 6 7 Q GBR Peter MoysGBR John Ward 2 3 4 USA Gardnar MulloyRSA 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 NED Pieter van EijsdenNED Willem Maris 1 4 3 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Neale Fraser 6 6 6 CHI E AguirreCHI P Apey 5 5 3 CAN 1957 R BédardCAN 1957 F Godbout 7 7 6 USA W BondUSA A Driscole 9 1 7 2 2 USA C McKinleyUSA D Ralston 7 6 5 6 6 FRA J-C BarclayFRA F Jauffret 3 7 6 6 AUS M MulliganFRG W Stuck 6 5 2 4 USA G MulloyRSA 1928 A Segal 3 1 3 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 6 6 6 CAN 1957 R BédardCAN 1957 F Godbout 3 2 3 USA C McKinleyUSA D Ralston 6 6 6 FRA J-C BarclayFRA F Jauffret 2 4 6 2 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 6 6 4 6 USA C McKinleyUSA D Ralston 6 4 5 2 1 AUS R EmersonAUS N Fraser 2 6 7 6 References External links 1961 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles 1961