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Neale Fraser defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 9–7, 7–5, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1960 Wimbledon Championships. [1] Alex Olmedo was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.
The 1960 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from Monday 20 June until Saturday 2 July 1960. [1] It was the 74th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1960.
Neale Andrew Fraser, AO MBE (3 October 1933 – 2 December 2024) was an Australian champion tennis player. Fraser is the most recent man to have completed the triple crown (i.e. having won the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles at a Grand Slam tournament), which he did in 1959 and 1960 at the U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open).
Australian 19-time Grand Slam winner Neale Fraser dies aged 91.
1960: Neale Fraser: Rafael Osuna Dennis Ralston: Maria Bueno Darlene Hard 1961: Rod Laver (x2) Angela Mortimer: Roy Emerson Neale Fraser Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt (x2) Fred Stolle Lesley Turner Bowrey: 1962: Karen Hantze Susman: Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle: Neale Fraser Margaret duPont: 1963: Chuck McKinley: Margaret Smith Court: Rafael Osuna ...
From 1878 until 1921, the event started with a knockout phase, the All Comers' Singles, whose winner then faced the defending champion in a challenge round. The All Comers' winner was automatically awarded the title six times ( 1879 , 1887 , 1891 , 1895 , 1907 , 1908 ) in the absence of the previous year's champion.
Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mike Davies and Bobby Wilson.. Rafael Osuna and Dennis Ralston defeated Davies and Wilson in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 10–8 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1960 Wimbledon Championship.
Neale Fraser Althea Gibson: 6–4, 7–5 1958: Bob Howe Lorraine Coghlan: Kurt Nielsen Althea Gibson: 6–3, 13–11 1959: Rod Laver Darlene Hard (2) Neale Fraser Maria Bueno: 6–4, 6–3 1960: Rod Laver (2) Darlene Hard (3) Bob Howe Maria Bueno: 13–11, 3–6, 8–6 1961: Fred Stolle Lesley Turner Bowrey: Bob Howe Edda Buding: 11–9, 6–2 ...