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1961 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Margaret Smith

Final score
  
6–1, 6–4

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Jan Lehane

Draw
  
44

Singles
  
men

Margaret Smith defeated Jan Lehane 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1961 Australian Championships.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Margaret Smith (Champion)
  2. Jan Lehane (Finalist)
  3. Lesley Turner (Third round)
  4. Mary Carter Reitano (Semifinalist)
  5. Mary Bevis Hawton (Quarterfinalist)
  6. Maureen Pratt (Third round)
  7. Lorraine Coghlan (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Beverley Rae (Third round)

Key

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

    1961 Australian Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia