# 1961 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Clark Graebner defeated Ernst Blanke in the final, 6–3, 9–7 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Claude de Gronckel | Claude de Gronckel | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Clark Graebner | Clark Graebner | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Clark Graebner | Clark Graebner | 6 | 6 | | Clark Graebner | Clark Graebner | 6 | 9 |
| | | | | | Ernst Blanke | Ernst Blanke | 3 | 7 |
| Ernst Blanke | Ernst Blanke | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ernst Blanke | Ernst Blanke | 3 | 7 |
| Stanley Matthews | Stanley Matthews | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Claude de Gronckel | Claude de Gronckel | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Francis Samuel | Francis Samuel | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | C de Gronckel | C de Gronckel | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | J Elsmark | J Elsmark | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | C Pinho | C Pinho | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | J Elsmark | J Elsmark | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | C de Gronckel | C de Gronckel | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Graebner | C Graebner | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Clark Graebner | Clark Graebner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | J Horn | J Horn | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | C Graebner | C Graebner | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| H Eberstein | H Eberstein | 2 | 3 | | | | | | J-P Courcol | J-P Courcol | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Đorđe Đukić | Đorđe Đukić | 6 | 6 | Đ Đukić | Đ Đukić | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Detlev Nitsche | Detlev Nitsche | 2 | 2 | J-P Courcol | J-P Courcol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jean-Pierre Courcol | Jean-Pierre Courcol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Zulficar Rahim | Zulficar Rahim | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Patrick Landau | Patrick Landau | 6 | 2 | 6 | P Landau | P Landau | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Wiesław Biełanowicz | Wiesław Biełanowicz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Wiesław Biełanowicz | Wiesław Biełanowicz | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | E Blanke | E Blanke | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ernst Blanke | Ernst Blanke | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Nugzar Mdzinarishvili | Nugzar Mdzinarishvili | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Blanke | E Blanke | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Matthews | S Matthews | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | U Schafer | U Schafer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | L Citron | L Citron | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | L Citron | L Citron | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | S Matthews | S Matthews | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Tom Okker | Tom Okker | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Stanley Matthews | Stanley Matthews | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |