1963 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1963 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox
Runners-up	Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon
Score	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Draw	68 (5 Q )
Seeds	4

Main article: 1963 Wimbledon Championships

Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Michael Hann and Roger Taylor.

Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox defeated Jean-Claude Barclay and Pierre Darmon in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championship.

Seeds

01.   Bob Hewitt / Fred Stolle (third round)

02.   Roy Emerson / Manuel Santana (semifinals)

03.   Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston (fourth round)

04.   Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (fourth round)

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

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

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Gordon Forbes Abe Segal	12	6	7
		Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino	10	2	5
											Gordon Forbes Abe Segal	3	7	4	4
											Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox	6	5	6	6
		Billy Knight Mike Sangster	3	6	5	6	4
		Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox	6	3	7	4	6
																				Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox	4	6	6	6
																				Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon	6	2	2	2
		Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon	6	7	6
		Toomas Leius Sergei Likhachev	4	5	3
											Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon	6	7	3	6
										2	Roy Emerson Manuel Santana	2	5	6	3
		Ken Fletcher John Newcombe	1	4	6	4
	2	Roy Emerson Manuel Santana	6	6	4	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										1	Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle	6	6	6
										Q	Paul Hutchins GM Price	0	1	1
																			1	R Hewitt F Stolle	2	2	5
																				M Hann R Taylor	6	6	7
										Q	Geoffrey Bluett Clay Iles	6	2	1	2
											Michael Hann Roger Taylor	4	6	6	6
																												M Hann R Taylor		2	6	6	6	5
																												G Forbes A Segal		6	3	8	4	7
										Bill Bond Tom Edlefsen		6	6	4	3	6
										John Fraser Bob Howe		3	2	6	6	1
																			W Bond T Edlefsen		4	4	4
																			G Forbes A Segal		6	6	6
										Gordon Forbes Abe Segal		6	6	6
										Geoff Ward Ivor Warwick		3	3	1

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										John Crump Geoffrey Paish		9	7	3	2	6
										Dieter Ecklebe Wolfgang Stuck		7	5	6	6	4
																			J Crump G Paish		4	6	4	6	3
																			R Fisher N Holland		6	3	6	4	6
										Bill Hoogs Jim McManus		7	6	7	2
										Ron Fisher Neville Holland		9	8	5	6
																												R Fisher N Holland		w/o
																												T Koch JE Mandarino
										Alex Metreveli Mikhail Mozer		6	2	8	2
										Michio Fujii Osamu Ishiguro		3	6	10	6
																			M Fujii O Ishiguro		3	5	8	1
																			T Koch JE Mandarino		6	7	6	6
										Allan Kendall Ladislav Legenstein		3	7	6	4
										Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino		6	9	4	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										4	Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić	6	6	6
											Mustapha Belkhodja Jean Borotra	3	3	1
																			4	B Jovanović N Pilić	6	6	2	8
																				J Ulrich T Ulrich	4	3	6	6
										Gardnar Mulloy Ed Rubinoff		6	5	3	4
										Jørgen Ulrich Torben Ulrich		4	7	6	6
																												4	B Jovanović N Pilić	6	15	6	3
																													W Knight M Sangster	3	17	8	6
										Willem Maris Pieter van Eijsden		2	4	6	6
										Patrice Beust Daniel Contet		6	6	1	8
																			P Beust D Contet		6	2	7	5	1
																			W Knight M Sangster		3	6	5	7	6
											Billy Knight Mike Sangster	6	12	6
										Q	Alfonso Ochoa Francis Rawstorne	4	10	4

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										Ramanathan Krishnan Martin Mulligan		3	10	8	3
										Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox		6	12	6	6
																			R Osuna A Palafox		3	2	6	6	13
																			N Pietrangeli O Sirola		6	6	3	2	11
										Eduardo Soriano Sergio Tacchini		6	3	5	6	3
										Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola		3	6	7	3	6
																												R Osuna A Palafox		6	6	5	6
																												O Davidson A Roche		3	4	7	3
										Bob Carmichael Owen French		4	4	4
										Owen Davidson Tony Roche		6	6	6
																			O Davidson A Roche		13	6	4	6
	John Keller Ronald McKenzie		9	4	8	4													M Cox A Mills		11	3	6	4
	Adrian Bey Alan Lane		7	6	10	6				A Bey A Lane		4	2	8	3
	Peter Moys John Ward		1	4	4					M Cox A Mills		6	6	6	6
	Mark Cox Alan Mills		6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	Jean-Claude Barclay Pierre Darmon		7	6	3	9	6
	Pierre Barthès Jean-Noël Grinda		5	3	6	11	2			J-C Barclay P Darmon		6	3	3	6	9
	Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott		8	6	2	6				C Pasarell E Scott		1	6	6	4	7
	Thorvald Moe Gunnar Sjøwall		6	4	6	2													J-C Barclay P Darmon		2	4	6	7	6
																			G Oakley H Truman		6	6	4	5	1
										István Gulyás Jan-Erik Lundqvist		2	3	3
										Gerry Oakley Humphrey Truman		6	6	6
																													J-C Barclay P Darmon	6	7	6
																												Q	JE Baker K Carpenter	0	5	0
											Alain Bresson Christian Duxin	4	4	6	7	5
										Q	Jean Édouard Baker Keith Carpenter	6	6	3	5	7
																			Q	JE Baker K Carpenter	6	8	2	7
																				D Phillips T Ryan	4	6	6	5
										François Jauffret Jacques Renavand		4	6	7	7
										David Phillips Terry Ryan		6	4	9	9

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										Reino Nyyssönen Ion Țiriac		7	5	3
										Toomas Leius Sergei Likhachev		9	7	6
																			T Leius S Likhachev		6	8	6
																			A Ashe A Fox		4	6	2
										Q	Roy Dixon Keith Wooldridge	4	6	4
											Arthur Ashe Allen Fox	6	8	6
																													T Leius S Likhachev	2	6	3	6	7
																												3	C McKinley D Ralston	6	3	6	3	5
										Alberto Arilla José Luis Arilla		4	4	4
										Tony Pickard Bobby Wilson		6	6	6
																				A Pickard R Wilson	6	2	16
																			3	C McKinley D Ralston	8	6	18
											Ian Crookenden Warren Jacques	4	6	3	6	3
										3	Chuck McKinley Dennis Ralston	6	3	6	3	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										Barry Geraghty John Hillebrand		7	9	7
										Guillermo Hernandez Bill Lenoir		5	7	5
																			B Geraghty J Hillebrand		4	4	4
																			W Bungert C Kuhnke		6	6	6
										Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke		6	9	19
										Premjit Lall Jaidip Mukerjea		3	7	17
																												W Bungert C Kuhnke		9	9	6	2
																												K Fletcher J Newcombe		11	11	4	6
										Frew McMillan Colin Zeeman		6	1	6	3	4
										Keith Diepraam Cliff Drysdale		4	6	2	6	6
																			K Diepraam C Drysdale		3	6	10	2	3
																			K Fletcher J Newcombe		6	3	8	6	6
										Ken Fletcher John Newcombe		6	6	6
										Franz Hainka Naresh Kumar		3	3	3

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										John McDonald Mark Otway		4	6	3	6	4
										Donald Dell Frank Froehling		6	3	6	4	6
																			D Dell F Froehling		7	1	4
																			R Barnes C Fernandes		9	6	6
										Ronnie Barnes Carlos Fernandes		6	6	10
										Ernesto Aguirre Patricio Rodríguez		4	0	8
																													R Barnes C Fernandes	8	6	4	3	3
																												2	R Emerson M Santana	6	2	6	6	6
										Stanley Matthews Graham Stilwell		6	11	3	4	8
										Ingo Buding Adolf Kreinberg		2	9	6	6	6
																				S Matthews G Stilwell	1	3	1
																			2	R Emerson M Santana	6	6	6
											Colin Baxter Harry Matheson	2	4	3
										2	Roy Emerson Manuel Santana	6	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com