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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 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 Fraser and Maria Bueno won the singles titles.
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.
Neale Fraser, the icon of Australian tennis who was the last man to win singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at a single grand slam, has died aged 91, Tennis Australia announced on Tuesday.
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.
Here are all the Wimbledon Singles winners over the past two decades: Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides. See all. AOL. The best air purifiers of 2025. AOL.
Neale Fraser: Jeanne Arth Darlene Hard Rod Laver Darlene Hard (x2) 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 ...