1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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.

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

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships

Seeds

01.   Rod Laver (quarterfinals)

02.   John Newcombe (champion)

03.   Ken Rosewall (semifinals)

04.   Stan Smith (final)

05.   Arthur Ashe (third round)

06.   Cliff Richey (quarterfinals)

07.   Ilie Năstase (second round)

08.   Cliff Drysdale (first round)

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

Qualifying

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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