Champion Rod Laver Final score 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 Seeds 8 | Runner-up Chuck McKinley Draw 128 (8Q) Singles men | |
Rod Laver defeated Chuck McKinley 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships.
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Neale Fraser (Fourth round)
- Rod Laver (Champion)
- Nicola Pietrangeli (Third round)
- Roy Emerson (Quarterfinalist)
- Manuel Santana (Second round)
- Luis Ayala (Quarterfinalist)
- Ramanathan Krishnan (Semifinalist)
- Chuck McKinley (Finalist)
Key
References
1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA