Australian Championships 1960

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The Australian Championships 1960 was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Australia, notable for being one of the early major titles in Rod Laver’s illustrious career.

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Label Occurrences
Australian Championships 1960 canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Championships ⓘ
tennis tournament ⓘ
chronology followedBy Australian Championships 1961 ⓘ
follows Australian Championships 1959 ⓘ
city Brisbane ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
drawSizeMenDoubles 32 ⓘ
drawSizeMenSingles 32 ⓘ
drawSizeMixedDoubles 32 ⓘ
drawSizeWomenDoubles 16 ⓘ
drawSizeWomenSingles 32 ⓘ
editionNumber 48 ⓘ
endDate 1960-02-01 ⓘ
genderCategories men's events ⓘ
mixed events ⓘ
women's events ⓘ
governingBody Lawn Tennis Association of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Tennis Australia
laterName Australian Open ⓘ
location Brisbane ⓘ
menDoublesChampions Bob Mark ⓘ
Rod Laver ⓘ
menDoublesFinalScore 6–2, 3–6, 13–11, 4–6, 6–3 ⓘ
menDoublesRunnersUp Neale Fraser ⓘ
menDoublesRunnersUp Roy Emerson ⓘ
menSinglesChampion Rod Laver ⓘ
menSinglesFinalScore 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6 ⓘ
menSinglesRunnerUp Neale Fraser ⓘ
mixedDoublesChampions Bob Howe ⓘ
Christine Truman ⓘ
mixedDoublesFinalScore 1–6, 9–7, 6–2 ⓘ
mixedDoublesRunnersUp Darlene Hard ⓘ
mixedDoublesRunnersUp Rod Laver ⓘ
notableFor early major title in Rod Laver's career ⓘ
partOf 1960 Grand Slam tennis season ⓘ
Australian Open history ⓘ
linked to: Australian Open
sport tennis ⓘ
startDate 1960-01-22 ⓘ
surface grass ⓘ
tourLevel Grand Slam ⓘ
venue Milton Courts ⓘ
womenDoublesChampions Christine Truman ⓘ
Maria Bueno ⓘ
womenDoublesFinalScore 6–2, 7–5 ⓘ
womenDoublesRunnersUp Jan Lehane ⓘ
Margaret Smith ⓘ
womenSinglesChampion Margaret Court ⓘ
Margaret Smith ⓘ
womenSinglesFinalScore 7–5, 6–2 ⓘ
womenSinglesRunnerUp Jan Lehane ⓘ

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Rod Laver → wonTournament → Australian Championships 1960 ⓘ