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1962 / April 29

Men's singles 1st rd : ……. ¼ f : Ken Fletcher (A) d Christian Duverneuil 63 62; Reino Nyssonen (Finland) d John Newcombe (A) 64 64; Owen Davidson (A) d Tim Clayton (A) 62 63; Bob Hewitt (A) d Taghi Akbari (Iran) 64 63;
½ f : K Fletcher d Nyssonen 36 16 119 62 1210; Hewitt d Davidson 62 62 60;

Final : Bob Hewitt d Ken Fletcher 79 62 62 63;

• The tournament was preceded by a Davis Cup tie between Lebanon and Finland in the same courts.


• The Australian official regular Touring team which was captained by their Coach Alf Shave, the heir of famous Harry Hopman , made it a habit to go from Down Under to Europe and stop on the way in Lebanon and Egypt as part of the preparation to the Big tournaments of the Spring season.