1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions, but Roche did not compete. Newcombe partnered with Ken Fletcher, and they defeated Bill Bowrey and Owen Davidson in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championship.[1]

Men's doubles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Ken Fletcher
Australia John Newcombe
Runners-upAustralia Bill Bowrey
Australia Owen Davidson
Score6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds edit

01.     Roy Emerson /   Fred Stolle (third round, withdrew)
02.   n/a
03.     Clark Graebner /   Marty Riessen (semifinals)
04.     Bill Bowrey /   Owen Davidson (final)

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

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  Mark Cox
  Alan Mills
6 4 6 6 6
  Cliff Drysdale
  Martin Mulligan
8 6 2 2 3
  Mark Cox
  Alan Mills
2 4 7
4   Bill Bowrey
  Owen Davidson
6 6 9
4   Bill Bowrey
  Owen Davidson
9 8 13 4 6
  Tom Okker
  Ray Ruffels
7 10 11 6 4
4   Bill Bowrey
  Owen Davidson
3 4 6 3
  Ken Fletcher
  John Newcombe
6 6 3 6
  Jan Leschly
  Jørgen Ulrich
1 2 2
3   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen
6 6 6
3   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen
3 5 1
  Ken Fletcher
  John Newcombe
6 7 6
  Premjit Lall
  Jaidip Mukerjea
8 0 6 2
  Ken Fletcher
  John Newcombe
10 6 4 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Roy Emerson
  Fred Stolle
7 12 6
  Bob Carmichael
  Bob Howe
5 10 2 1   R Emerson
  F Stolle
6 6 6
  Naresh Kumar
  Shiv Prakash Misra
6 9 3 6   N Kumar
  SP Misra
3 1 1
  John Pickens
  Bill Tym
2 7 6 3   R Emerson
  F Stolle
w/o
  Mark Cox
  Alan Mills
6 6 6   M Cox
  A Mills
  Bernard Montrenaud
  Bernard Paul
3 4 3   M Cox
  A Mills
10 6 1 6
  Mike Sangster
  Bobby Wilson
10 8 6   M Sangster
  R Wilson
8 4 6 3
  Eric Drossart
  Claude de Gronckel
8 6 1   M Cox
  A Mills
6 4 6 6 6
  Ronnie Barnes
  Ronnie Holmberg
3 6 7 8 6   C Drysdale
  M Mulligan
8 6 2 2 3
  Jerry Cromwell
  Jim Osborne
6 2 9 6 3   R Barnes
  R Holmberg
6 7 2 12 6
  Sergei Likhachev
  Alex Metreveli
6 6 7   S Likhachev
  A Metreveli
1 9 6 10 3
Q   Terry Ryan
  Rohan Summers
4 4 5   R Barnes
  R Holmberg
4 4 6 2
  Gerald Battrick
  David Lloyd
4 8 4 2   C Drysdale
  M Mulligan
6 6 4 6
  Graham Stilwell
  Keith Wooldridge
6 6 6 6   G Stilwell
  K Wooldridge
8 2 4
  Jean-Pierre Courcol
  Michel Leclercq
6 4 1 4   C Drysdale
  M Mulligan
10 6 6
  Cliff Drysdale
  Martin Mulligan
4 6 6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Bill Bowrey
  Owen Davidson
2 3 11 6 7
  Ingo Buding
  Wilhelm Bungert
6 6 9 4 5 4   W Bowrey
  O Davidson
6 7 6
  Osamu Ishiguro
  Koji Watanabe
4 8 4 1   R Maud
  R Moore
3 5 2
  Bob Maud
  Ray Moore
6 6 6 6 4   W Bowrey
  O Davidson
6 3 6 6
  Lance Lumsden
  Richard Russell
2 6 5 3   R Hewitt
  A Segal
4 6 3 0
  Bob Hewitt
  Abe Segal
6 4 7 6   R Hewitt
  A Segal
7 6 6
  Gardnar Mulloy
  Barry Phillips-Moore
w/o   G Bluett
  J Crump
5 4 2
  Geoffrey Bluett
  John Crump
4   W Bowrey
  O Davidson
9 8 13 4 6
  Charlie Pasarell
  Dennis Ralston
6 6 7   T Okker
  R Ruffels
7 10 11 6 4
  Patrice Beust
  Daniel Contet
0 1 5   C Pasarell
  D Ralston
6 6 1 4 5
  Billy Knight
  Tony Pickard
4 2 4   T Okker
  R Ruffels
3 4 6 6 7
  Tom Okker
  Ray Ruffels
6 6 6   T Okker
  R Ruffels
16 7 9 6
  Donald Dell
  Jim McManus
4 3 6   T Koch
  JE Mandarino
14 5 11 2
  Thomaz Koch
  José Edison Mandarino
6 6 8   T Koch
  JE Mandarino
4 6 6 6
  Lew Gerrard
  Roger Taylor
6 4 3 7 4   I Năstase
  I Țiriac
6 2 4 3
  Ilie Năstase
  Ion Țiriac
3 6 6 5 6

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Bill Hoogs
  Jack Saul
6 3 9 6
  Jimmy Moore
  Colin Zeeman
4 6 7 2   W Hoogs
  J Saul
3 9 8 6
  Pancho Guzmán
  Miguel Olvera
6 6 6   F Guzmán
  M Olvera
6 7 6 3
Q   Željko Franulović
  Zdravko Minček
4 0 1   W Hoogs
  J Saul
2 9 9 2 4
  Jan Leschly
  Jørgen Ulrich
11 7 7   J Leschly
  J Ulrich
6 7 7 6 6
  John Cottrill
  Allan Stone
9 5 5   J Leschly
  J Ulrich
6 7 6
  Ichizo Konishi
  Isao Watanabe
6 8 2 7   I Konishi
  I Watanabe
2 5 3
  William Álvarez
  István Gulyás
3 6 6 5   J Leschly
  J Ulrich
1 2 2
  Pierre Darmon
  Georges Goven
4 6 2 8 3   C Graebner
  M Riessen
6 6 6
  Keith Diepraam
  Frew McMillan
6 3 6 10   K Diepraam
  F McMillan
6 4 6 11 6
  Bob Lutz
  Stan Smith
6 6 6   R Lutz
  S Smith
4 6 4 13 8
Q   Tim Phillips
  Ray Weedon
4 3 3   R Lutz
  S Smith
6 5 3 7
  John Barrett
  Peter Curtis
6 4 4 5 3   C Graebner
  M Riessen
4 7 6 9
  Keith Carpenter
  Harry Fauquier
2 6 6 7   K Carpenter
  H Fauquier
2 1 1
  John Clifton
  Paul Hutchins
5 2 2 3   C Graebner
  M Riessen
6 6 6
3   Clark Graebner
  Marty Riessen
7 6 6

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Frank Salomon
  Peter van Lingen
6 6 6 3 5
  Jiří Javorský
  Jan Kodeš
8 3 3 6 7   J Javorský
  J Kodeš
4 2 4
Q   Ted Beards
  Roy Dixon
10 3 2 5   J-C Barclay
  N Pietrangeli
6 6 6
  Jean-Claude Barclay
  Nicola Pietrangeli
8 6 6 7   J-C Barclay
  N Pietrangeli
7 3 3 2
  Patricio Rodríguez
  Eduardo Soriano
3 4 4   P Lall
  J Mukerjea
5 6 6 6
  Premjit Lall
  Jaidip Mukerjea
6 6 6   P Lall
  J Mukerjea
9 6 3 6
Q   Geoff Ward
  Ivor Warwick
8 6 2 6   O Bengtson
  B Holmström
7 1 6 3
  Ove Bengtson
  Bo Holmström
10 1 6 8   P Lall
  J Mukerjea
8 0 6 2
  Nikola Pilić
  Gene Scott
19 12 6 4 9   K Fletcher
  J Newcombe
10 6 4 6
  Cliff Richey
  Torben Ulrich
21 10 4 6 7   N Pilić
  E Scott
2 16 6 2 4
  Giordano Maioli
  Sergio Tacchini
6 1 2 2   JL Arilla
  M Santana
6 14 2 6 6
  José Luis Arilla
  Manuel Santana
3 6 6 6   JL Arilla
  M Santana
6 5 7 4
  Ernesto Aguirre
  Jaime Pinto Bravo
10 7 2 13   K Fletcher
  J Newcombe
2 7 9 6
  Michael Hann
  John McDonald
12 5 6 15   M Hann
  J McDonald
5 4 5
  Clay Iles
  Stanley Matthews
6 6 2 7 3   K Fletcher
  J Newcombe
7 6 7
  Ken Fletcher
  John Newcombe
4 3 6 9 6

References edit

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links edit