1960 French Championships - Men's Singles
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Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....

 defeated Luis Ayala
Luis Ayala (tennis)
Luis Alberto Ayala Salinas is a former Chilean world-ranked tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. When he retired, he became a tennis professional at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. Currently, he is the Director of Tennis at the Forest Club in Houston, Texas.-Grand slams:...

 3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1960 French Championships
1960 French Championships (tennis)
List of Champions of the 1960 French Championships :-Men's Singles: Nicola Pietrangeli defeated Luis Ayala 3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-3-Women's Singles: Darlene Hard defeated Yola Ramirez 6-3 6-4...

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See also:
1960 French Championships - Women's Singles
1960 French Championships - Women's Singles
Darlene Hard defeated Yola Ramirez 6-3 6-4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1960 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Darlene Hard is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated....


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Barry Mackay
    Barry MacKay
    Barry MacKay is a former American tennis player and tournament director and a current tennis broadcaster. While competing in college for the University of Michigan, he won the singles title at the 1957 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship to clinch the team title for Michigan. He was also a finalist...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  2.   Neale Fraser
    Neale Fraser
    Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE is a former tennis player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. He began playing tennis at age 11 and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he became Captain of Tennis at the school.Fraser won Wimbledon in 1960 and the US...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  3.   Andrés Gimeno
    Andrés Gimeno
    Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera is a retired Spanish tennis player. He major achievement came in 1972, when he won the French Open....

     (Quarterfinalist)

  4.   Rod Laver
    Rod Laver
    Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...

     (Third round)

  5.   Luis Ayala
    Luis Ayala (tennis)
    Luis Alberto Ayala Salinas is a former Chilean world-ranked tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. When he retired, he became a tennis professional at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. Currently, he is the Director of Tennis at the Forest Club in Houston, Texas.-Grand slams:...

     (Finalist)

  6.   Nicola Pietrangeli
    Nicola Pietrangeli
    Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....

     (Champion)

  7.   Mike Davies
    Mike Davies (tennis)
    Mike Davies is a Welsh former professional tennis player. He has had a 60-year career in the tennis business, first as a tennis player, including a period as the number one ranked player in Great Britain and a member of the British Davis Cup team, then as an entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of...

     (Second round)

  8.   Roy Emerson
    Roy Emerson
    Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...

     (Third round)



  1.   Pierre Darmon
    Pierre Darmon
    Pierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...

     (Fourth round)

  2.   Robert Haillet (Semifinalist)

  3.   Ian Vermaak
    Ian Vermaak
    Ian Vermaak was a tennis player competing for South Africa. He finished runner-up to Nicola Pietrangeli in the singles final of the Amateur French Championships of Roland-Garros in 1959, after having reached earlier in the season the Hamburg International German Tennis Championships final, losing...

     (Second round)

  4.   Giuseppe Merlo
    Giuseppe Merlo
    Giuseppe Merlo is an Italian former tennis player. He was born in Meran.-References:* Profile at ATP...

     (Fourth round)

  5.   Jacques Brichant
    Jacques Brichant
    Jacques Brichant was a Belgian tennis player.Brichant has played the most Davis Cup ties for his country. Brichant reached the semi-finals of the French Championships in singles once, and the quarter-finals twice....

     (Fourth round)

  6.   Jan-Erik Lundquist (Second round)

  7.   Billy Knight (Fourth round)

  8.   Robert Keith Wilson (Fourth round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Finals

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