Men's singles
1971 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	John Newcombe
Runner-up	Stan Smith
Score	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	128 (12 Q )
Seeds	8

Defending champion John Newcombe defeated Stan Smith in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was his third Wimbledon singles title and fourth major singles title overall.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Rod Laver	7	6	3
		Tom Gorman	9	8	6
											Tom Gorman	3	6	2
										4	Stan Smith	6	8	6
	4	Stan Smith	8	6	6
		Onny Parun	6	3	4
																			4	Stan Smith	3	7	6	4	4
																			2	John Newcombe	6	5	2	6	6
	6	Cliff Richey	8	7	4	7	5
	3	Ken Rosewall	6	5	6	9	7
										3	Ken Rosewall	1	1	3
										2	John Newcombe	6	6	6
		Colin Dibley	1	2	3
	2	John Newcombe	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
	LL	Bob Howe	2	0	1					1	R Laver	6	6	6	7
		Ray Moore	6	3	8	6	9				R Moore	8	3	2	5
		Allan Stone	1	6	9	4	7												1	R Laver	9	6	7
		Clark Graebner	6	6	6															C Graebner	8	2	5
		Allan McDonald	4	2	2						C Graebner	6	6	6
		István Gulyás	2	4	8	2					Ž Franulović	3	1	1
		Željko Franulović	6	6	6	6																						1	R Laver	7	6	2	7
		Tom Okker	6	6	6																								T Okker	5	1	6	5
		Jan Kodeš	3	3	3						T Okker	8	6	6	6
		Gene Scott	6	6	3	0	3				R Ruffels	9	4	3	4
		Ray Ruffels	4	4	6	6	6													T Okker	3	6	6	8
		Nikola Pilić	6	9	5	6														N Pilić	6	3	4	6
		Terry Ryan	3	8	7	4					N Pilić	6	6	3	4	6
	Q	Pat Cramer	9	9	3	2	7				N Kalogeropoulos	2	2	6	6	1
		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	8	8	6	6	9

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Cliff Drysdale	6	8	3	4	5
		Tom Gorman	2	6	6	6	7				T Gorman	2	6	6	6
	Q	Ezio Di Matteo	6	6	8					Q	E di Matteo	6	2	2	1
		Peter Curtis	4	3	6															T Gorman	6	6	7
		Ion Țiriac	9	6	6															I Țiriac	4	3	5
	Q	Anand Amritraj	8	3	1						I Țiriac	6	6	7	8
		Brian Fairlie	8	9	6						B Fairlie	3	3	9	6
		Roy Barth	6	8	4																								T Gorman	6	8	6
		Jørgen Ulrich	1	6	4	6	6																						R Case	3	6	4
		Štěpán Koudelka	6	1	6	4	4				J Ulrich	3	6	7	3	1
		Ross Case	6	7	7						R Case	6	2	5	6	6
	Q	Jeff Simpson	4	5	5															R Case	6	6	6
		Derek Schroder	1	3	6	4														H Irvine	3	4	3
		Hank Irvine	6	6	3	6					H Irvine	6	8	6
	Q	Wanaro N'Godrella	3	8	7						T Addison	2	6	4
		Terry Addison	6	9	9

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Stan Smith	6	6	6
		Michel Leclercq	2	4	3					4	S Smith	6	6	6
		Andrés Gimeno	3	6	4	4					J Paish	1	4	4
		John Paish	6	1	6	6													4	S Smith	6	6	7
		Jürgen Fassbender	4	4	9	9	5													A Pattison	3	4	5
		Ove Bengtson	6	6	7	7	7				O Bengtson	6	6	4	7	3
		Andrew Pattison	6	6	6						A Pattison	4	4	6	9	6
		Jun Kuki	2	1	0																							4	S Smith	2	6	6	9
		Bob Lutz	8	8	4	6	12																						R Emerson	6	1	3	7
		Frank Froehling	6	9	6	2	10				R Lutz	6	6	6
		Petre Mărmureanu	2	1	2						J Clifton	3	1	4
		John Clifton	6	6	6															R Lutz	9	3	8	8
	Q	Peter Doerner	6	6	3	6														R Emerson	8	6	9	9
		Keishiro Yanagi	2	2	6	0				Q	P Doerner	6	2	6	1
		Roy Emerson	6	6	6						R Emerson	4	6	8	6
		Milan Holeček	4	4	4

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Arthur Ashe	3	6	6	7
		Erik van Dillen	6	3	4	5				5	A Ashe	6	6	6
		Harald Elschenbroich	6	5	3	1					P Proisy	4	4	4
		Patrick Proisy	3	7	6	6													5	A Ashe	1	8	9	4
		John Alexander	6	6	6															M Riessen	6	9	8	6
		Bill Bowrey	0	2	2						J Alexander	8	2	3
		Marty Riessen	9	6	8						M Riessen	9	6	6
		Jim McManus	8	4	6																								M Riessen	8	3	6	3
		Pancho Gonzales	6	6	6	4	6																						O Parun	9	6	3	6
		Manuel Orantes	3	4	8	6	2				R Gonzales	5	9	6	3	4
		Pierre Barthès	6	8	6	9					P Barthès	7	8	3	6	6
	Q	Karl Meiler	4	9	3	7														P Barthès	2	6	7	1
		Onny Parun	6	2	6	6														O Parun	6	4	9	6
		Jean-Loup Rouyer	2	6	2	3					O Parun	6	6	6
	Q	Hans-Joachim Plötz	6	6	7					Q	H-J Plötz	0	2	2
		František Pála	1	4	5

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Daniel Contet	4	6	3	6	3
		Bob Maud	6	4	6	2	6				R Maud	4	7	4	6	4
		Jan Kukal	6	3	2	1					F Sedgman	6	5	6	2	6
		Frank Sedgman	3	6	6	6														F Sedgman	2	6	3	4
		François Jauffret	6	6	3	4	2													J Borowiak	6	4	6	6
		Jeff Borowiak	4	2	6	6	6				J Borowiak	6	9	8
		Barry Phillips-Moore	6	8	8						B Phillips-Moore	2	7	6
		Stanley Matthews	3	6	6																								J Borowiak	4	6	4	4
		Tony Roche	7	6	6	8																						6	C Richey	6	4	6	6
		Charlie Pasarell	9	4	8	9					C Pasarell	3	3	6	3
		Adriano Panatta	6	3	6	6					A Panatta	6	6	3	6
	Q	Butch Seewagen	3	6	3	4														A Panatta	2	2	4
		Marcelo Lara	1	3	4														6	C Richey	6	6	6
		Roger Taylor	6	6	6						R Taylor	2	6	6	4	9
		Dick Crealy	3	7	6	3				6	C Richey	6	3	2	6	11
	6	Cliff Richey	6	9	2	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Fred Stolle	6	3	9	4	6
		Kim Warwick	4	6	7	6	3				F Stolle	6	6	6
		Péter Szőke	5	2	2						T Koch	3	4	4
		Thomaz Koch	7	6	6															F Stolle	9	6	6
		Frew McMillan	6	6	6															O Davidson	8	1	2
		Toshiro Sakai	4	2	1						F McMillan	7	6	1	4
		Jan Leschly	6	3	3	3					O Davidson	9	3	6	6
		Owen Davidson	3	6	6	6																							F Stolle	4	5	9	4
	Q	John de Mendoza	9	3	3	4																						3	K Rosewall	6	7	7	6
		Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	8	6	6	6					J-B Chanfreau	8	3	8
		Jaime Fillol	6	5	4	6	6				J Fillol	9	6	9
		Ismail El Shafei	4	7	6	0	2													J Fillol	3	1	4
		Bob Carmichael																	3	K Rosewall	6	6	6
		Jimmy Connors	w/o								R Carmichael	7	6	4	6	2
		Patrick Hombergen	3	3	1					3	K Rosewall	9	2	6	3	6
	3	Ken Rosewall	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Colin Dibley	7	6	6
		Hans Kary	5	2	2						C Dibley	2	6	3	9	6
		Graham Stilwell	8	6	1	7					G Stilwell	6	3	6	8	4
		Jean-Claude Barclay	6	0	6	5														C Dibley	3	8	6	6	10
		Dennis Ralston	8	6	6															D Ralston	6	9	3	0	8
		Torben Ulrich	6	3	2						D Ralston	6	6	5	9
		Geoff Masters	7	6	6						G Masters	1	4	7	7
		Nikola Špear	5	0	2																								C Dibley	6	8	6
		Szabolcs Baranyi	6	1	4	2																							J Loyo Mayo	3	6	3
		Joaquín Loyo Mayo	1	6	6	6					J Loyo Mayo	9	6	6
		Vladimír Zedník	3	6	2	0					B Bertram	8	3	2
		Byron Bertram	6	3	6	6														J Loyo Mayo	4	9	6	4	6
		Patricio Cornejo	4	2	4															G Goven	6	7	4	6	4
		Georges Goven	6	6	6						G Goven	6	6	6
		Ray Keldie	6	1	3	6	8			7	I Năstase	4	4	2
	7	Ilie Năstase	1	6	6	4	10

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Phil Dent	6	5	6	7
		Premjit Lall	4	7	4	5					P Dent	7	3	4
		Alex Metreveli	6	6	6						A Metreveli	9	6	6
		Jaidip Mukerjea	2	4	4															A Metreveli	6	7	6
		José Edison Mandarino	6	8	6	6													Q	J Hřebec	4	5	4
		Antonio Muñoz	4	9	4	2					JE Mandarino	4	4	3
	Q	John Feaver	5	2	2					Q	J Hřebec	6	6	6
	Q	Jiří Hřebec	7	6	6																								A Metreveli	8	3	6	3
		Syd Ball	6	7	6	1	5																					2	J Newcombe	9	6	4	6
		Allen Fox	2	9	1	6	7				A Fox	4	2	2
		Gerald Battrick	2	6	6	6					G Battrick	6	6	6
		John Bartlett	6	4	3	1														G Battrick	4	4	4
		Ian Fletcher	8	7	1	6													2	J Newcombe	6	6	6
		Mark Cox	6	5	6	4					I Fletcher	5	4	2
		Bob Hewitt	4	3	5					2	J Newcombe	7	6	6
	2	John Newcombe	6	6	7

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1971 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
• 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation