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Australian Open 1971

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ATP Grand Slam Grass Start: Dec 26, 1971 Draw: 64 49 matches
Champion: Ken Rosewall

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
11 John Cooper 3 6 6 6
Frank Sedgman 6 3 1 3
10 Allan Stone 6 6 6
Max Cocks 1 2 3
8 Mal Anderson 6 6 6
Neale Fraser 2 3 1
9 Dick Crealy 6 7 6
7 Colin Dibley 4 6 3
4 Alex Metreveli 6 3 6 6
Ross Case 2 6 4 2
Barry Phillips Moore 6 1 7 1 6
3 John Alexander 3 6 6 6 3
2 Ken Rosewall 6 6 6
Jean Paul Meyer 4 4 2
1 John Newcombe 6 6 6
Patrice Dominguez 1 3 1
Quarterfinal
10 Allan Stone 5 7 7 6
Barry Phillips Moore 7 6 6 3
4 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 6
11 John Cooper 7 2 3 4
2 Ken Rosewall 6 6 6
9 Dick Crealy 3 1 3
8 Mal Anderson 2 6 6 3 9
1 John Newcombe 6 3 4 6 7
Semifinal
8 Mal Anderson 6 7 7
4 Alex Metreveli 2 6 6
2 Ken Rosewall 7 6 3 6
10 Allan Stone 6 1 6 2
Final
2 Ken Rosewall 7 6 7
8 Mal Anderson 6 3 5

Early rounds

Round of 64 18 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Kim Warwick Alvin Gardiner 7-6 6-2 7-6 · ·
Kiyoshi Tanabe Michael Phillips 6-0 6-4 6-4 · ·
John Stephens Bill Lloyd W/O
Frank Sedgman Robert Casey 6-1 6-0 6-3 · ·
Mervyn Rose Paul Kronk 7-5 6-3 6-1 · ·
Barry Phillips Moore Rod Frawley 6-3 6-4 6-1 · ·
Wanaro N'Godrella Will Coghlan 6-3 7-6 3-6 6-3 ·
Allan McDonald Stephen Myers 6-2 6-4 6-4 · ·
Cliff Letcher Greg Perkins 6-1 0-6 7-6 6-4 ·
Jun Kuki Alan Haswell W/O
John James Syd Ball 6-3 5-7 7-5 7-5 ·
Bob Giltinan Keith Hancock 6-1 3-6 7-5 6-4 ·
Neale Fraser Tony Hammond 6-3 6-3 6-4 · ·
Ian Fletcher Robert Rheinberger W/O
Max Cocks Graeme Thomson 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-6 ·
Ross Case Colin Stubs 6-1 6-3 6-1 · ·
John Bartlett William Durham 7-6 6-2 6-3 · ·
Jiri Zigmund Don Mccormick 3-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-2
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Barry Phillips Moore John James 6-3 7-5 6-3 · ·
Jean Paul Meyer Cliff Letcher 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-7 8-6
Patrice Dominguez Allan McDonald 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-3 ·
Ross Case John Stephens 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-5 ·
Neale Fraser Geoff Masters 7-5 7-5 6-2 · ·
John Cooper Patrick Proisy 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 ·
Allan Stone Kim Warwick 7-5 7-5 6-3 · ·
Dick Crealy Bob Giltinan 7-6 7-5 6-7 4-6 13-11
Mal Anderson Wanaro N'Godrella 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-3 ·
Colin Dibley Mervyn Rose 6-1 6-4 7-6 · ·
Max Cocks Jiri Zigmund 6-4 7-5 4-6 1-6 6-1
Frank Sedgman Owen Davidson 6-3 1-6 6-1 7-5 ·
Alex Metreveli Kiyoshi Tanabe 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
John Alexander Ian Fletcher 6-1 6-1 6-4 · ·
Ken Rosewall Jun Kuki 6-3 6-2 6-1 · ·
John Newcombe John Bartlett 6-2 7-6 6-3 · ·

Players (50)

PlayerCountryReached
Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall AUS Winner
MA Mal Anderson AUS Final
AM Alex Metreveli RUS Semifinal
AS Allan Stone AUS Semifinal
Barry Phillips Moore Barry Phillips Moore AUS Quarterfinal
Dick Crealy Dick Crealy AUS Quarterfinal
JC John Cooper AUS Quarterfinal
John Newcombe John Newcombe AUS Quarterfinal
Colin Dibley Colin Dibley AUS Round of 16
FS Frank Sedgman AUS Round of 16
JM Jean Paul Meyer FRA Round of 16
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Round of 16
MC Max Cocks AUS Round of 16
NF Neale Fraser AUS Round of 16
Patrice Dominguez Patrice Dominguez FRA Round of 16
RC Ross Case AUS Round of 16
AM Allan McDonald AUS Round of 32
BG Bob Giltinan AUS Round of 32
CL Cliff Letcher AUS Round of 32
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 32
IF Ian Fletcher AUS Round of 32
JZ Jiri Zigmund TCH Round of 32
JB John Bartlett AUS Round of 32
JJ John James AUS Round of 32
JS John Stephens AUS Round of 32
JK Jun Kuki JPN Round of 32
KW Kim Warwick AUS Round of 32
KT Kiyoshi Tanabe JPN Round of 32
MR Mervyn Rose AUS Round of 32
OD Owen Davidson AUS Round of 32
Patrick Proisy Patrick Proisy FRA Round of 32
WN Wanaro N'Godrella FRA Round of 32
AH Alan Haswell AUS Round of 64
AG Alvin Gardiner AUS Round of 64
BL Bill Lloyd AUS Round of 64
CS Colin Stubs AUS Round of 64
DM Don Mccormick CAN Round of 64
GT Graeme Thomson AUS Round of 64
GP Greg Perkins AUS Round of 64
KH Keith Hancock AUS Round of 64
MP Michael Phillips AUS Round of 64
PK Paul Kronk AUS Round of 64
RC Robert Casey AUS Round of 64
RR Robert Rheinberger AUS Round of 64
RF Rod Frawley AUS Round of 64
SM Stephen Myers AUS Round of 64
SB Syd Ball AUS Round of 64
TH Tony Hammond AUS Round of 64
WC Will Coghlan AUS Round of 64
WD William Durham AUS Round of 64