First-seeded
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the world number 1 ranked professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969 and in some sources in 1970, spanning four years befor ...
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
The 1962 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 5 January to 15 January. It was the 50th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as ...
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the world number 1 ranked professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969 and in some sources in 1970, spanning four years befor ...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the world number 1 ranked professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969 and in some sources in 1970, spanning four years befor ...
''(champion)''
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Roy Emerson ''(finalist)''
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Neale Fraser ''(semifinals)''
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Bob Hewitt
Robert Anthony John Hewitt (born 12 January 1940) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In 1967, after marrying a South African, he became a South African citizen. He has won 15 major titles and a career Grand Slam in both men' ...
''(semifinals)''
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Fred Stolle ''(quarterfinals)''
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Ken Fletcher ''(third round)''
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John Newcombe
John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a fo ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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John Fraser John Fraser may refer to:
Politics
*John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was (M.P.) for Inverness-shire
*John James Fraser (1829–1896), 5th Premier of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, 18 ...
''(second round)''
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Boro Jovanović
Boro Jovanović (born 21 October 1939) is a former Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanovi ...
''(second round)''
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Wilhelm Bungert ''(quarterfinals)''
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Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tinga ...
''(second round)''
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Premjit Lall ''(third round)''
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Jaidip Mukerjea ''(third round)''
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Ingo Buding
Ingo Dietmar Buding (9 January 1942 – 13 March 2003) was a West German tennis player. His sisters Edda and Ilse were also tennis players.
Buding reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 1965 and won the boys' singles title in 1959 and 1 ...
''(second round)''
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Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to:
*Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen
*Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran
*Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series
*Roger Taylor (college pr ...
''(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
External links
1962 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com the source for this draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Singles,1962
1962 in tennis
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
1962 in Australian tennis