Third-seeded Rod Laver defeated top seed Neale Fraser 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1960 Australian Championships.

Laver saved a championship point in the fourth set.

[1] The seeded players are listed below.

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