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1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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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
← 1965 · Wimbledon Championships · 1967 →

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]

Seeds

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

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

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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

Section 4

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

References

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