First-seeded
Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
defeated
Jan Lehane
Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand.
She won the singles title at the New South Wales Champ ...
6–0, 6–2 in the final to win the women'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 ...
.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Margaret Smith Margaret Smith or Maggie Smith may refer to:
People
*Margaret Smith Court, known as Margaret Court (born 1942), Australian tennis player
*Margaret A. Smith, superintendent of Volusia County Schools
*Margaret Bayard Smith (1778–1844), American aut ...
''(champion)''
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Darlene Hard
Darlene Ruth Hard (January 6, 1936 – December 2, 2021) was an American professional tennis player, known for her aggressive volleying ability and strong serves. She captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Champ ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Yola Ramírez
Yolanda Ramírez Ochoa (born 1 March 1935) is a Mexican tennis player active in the 1950s and 1960s. She was twice a singles finalist and once a women's doubles champion and mixed doubles champion at the French Open.
Career
Ramírez was a singl ...
''(semifinals)''
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Lesley Turner ''(quarterfinals)''
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Jan Lehane
Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand.
She won the singles title at the New South Wales Champ ...
''(finalist)''
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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 Championships in 1951 and 1952.
Reitano won the singles title at the ...
''(semifinals)''
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Robyn Ebbern
Robyn Ebbern (born 2 July 1944) is an Australian former tennis player who was active in the 1960s.
Biography
Born in Brisbane, Ebbern and Margaret Smith won the Australian Championships doubles in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. Championships doub ...
''(third round)''
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Madonna Schacht
Madonna Schacht (born 1940s) is an Australian former tennis player.
Tennis career
Active on tour in the 1960s, Schacht grew up in Gympie, Queensland and attended St Patrick's College, Gympie, St Patrick's College.
Schacht went on her first over ...
''(third round)''
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Judy Tegart
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''(quarterfinals)''
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Mary Bevis Hawton
Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was a tennis player from Australia. Her career ranged from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Hawton won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times. In 1958 s ...
''(third round)''
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Lorraine Coghlan
Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (née Coghlan; born 23 September 1937) is a former tennis player from the state of Victoria in Australia. In 1956, she won the Australian Championships Girls' Singles title. Coghlan teamed with Bob Howe to win the mix ...
''(third round)''
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Norma Marsh ''(quarterfinals)''
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Jill Blackman
Jill Alison Emmerson (born 24 July 1942) is an Australian former tennis player from Sydney. She competed under her maiden name Jill Blackman until the late 1960s.
Emmerson was a singles quarter-finalist at the 1963 French Championships and 196 ...
''(third round)''
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Fay Toyne
Fay Toyne (born 18 December 1943), also known by her married name Fay Toyne Moore, is a retired tennis player from Australia whose career spanned the 1960s.
Toyne was a doubles finalist at the 1966 French Championships. Partnering Jill Blackma ...
''(third round)''
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Beverley Rae ''(third round)''
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Dorothy Whitely ''(second round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
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* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...
* r =
Retired
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.
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
External links
1962 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com the source for this draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Women's Singles,1962
1962 in women's 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
1962 in Australian women's sport