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1959 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles

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Champion
  
Neale Fraser

Final score
  
6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4

men
  
women

Runner-up
  
Alex Olmedo

Singles
  
men

Doubles
  
men

Neale Fraser defeated Alex Olmedo 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1959 U.S. National Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Neale Fraser is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Alex Olmedo (Finalist)
  2. Neale Fraser (Champion)
  3. Barry Mackay (Quarterfinalist)
  4. Rod Laver (Quarterfinalist)
  5. Ramanathan Krishnan (Third round)
  6. Luis Ayala (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Butch Buchholz (Fourth round)
  8. Roy Emerson (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

    • References

    1959 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles Wikipedia
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