1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Manuel Santana
Runner-up	Dennis Ralston
Score	6–4, 11–9, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Manuel Santana defeated Dennis Ralston in the final, 6–4, 11–9, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Roy Emerson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Owen Davidson.

Seeds

01.

Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)

02.

Tony Roche (quarterfinals)

03.

Fred Stolle (second round)

04.

Manuel Santana (champion)

05.

John Newcombe (third round)

06.

Dennis Ralston (final)

07.

Cliff Drysdale (semifinals)

08.

Clark Graebner (second round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Roy Emerson	6	3	4	4

	Owen Davidson	1	6	6	6
								Owen Davidson	2	6	7	6	5

							4	Manuel Santana	6	4	9	3	7
4	Manuel Santana	6	3	8	4	7

	Ken Fletcher	2	6	6	6	5
														4	Manuel Santana	6	11	6

														6	Dennis Ralston	4	9	4
6	Dennis Ralston	7	6	11

	Bob Hewitt	5	2	9
							6	Dennis Ralston	6	8	3	7	6

							7	Cliff Drysdale	8	6	6	5	3
7	Cliff Drysdale	9	6	6

2	Tony Roche	7	2	2

Top half

Section 1

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

1	Roy Emerson	6	6	6
	Harry Fauquier	0	1	2		1	R Emerson	6	6	6
	Bernard Montrenaud	6	4	6	4		W Bungert	2	3	1
	Wilhelm Bungert	1	6	8	6								1	R Emerson	7	6	7
	Peter Pokorny	3	1	3										C Pasarell	5	2	5
	Charlie Pasarell	6	6	6			C Pasarell	9	1	8	6	6
	John Barrett	6	7	6			J Barrett	7	6	10	4	3
	Jaime Pinto Bravo	2	5	1														1	R Emerson	6	6	6
	Koji Watanabe	6	4	6	6														S Smith	2	2	2
	Sergio Tacchini	1	6	0	1		K Watanabe	6	8	2	2
	Bob Maud	0	5	4			S Smith	4	10	6	6
	Stan Smith	6	7	6										S Smith	6	6	6
	Pancho Guzmán	3	1	2										K Wooldridge	3	2	3
	Bill Hoogs	6	6	6			W Hoogs	7	5	6	6	4
	Jim McManus	7	2	7			K Wooldridge	9	7	4	4	6
	Keith Wooldridge	9	6	9

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

8	Clark Graebner	6	6	6
	Martin Mulligan	4	4	3			8	C Graebner	3	6	6	1
	Owen Davidson	6	6	6				O Davidson	6	3	8	6
	Nikola Pilić	4	4	4										O Davidson	6	6	6
	Patrice Beust	6	5	6	6									P Beust	1	2	2
	Eleazar Davidman	2	7	1	3			P Beust	6	9	6
	Dimitri Sturdza	3	4	6	6	6		D Sturdza	4	7	4
Q	Keishiro Yanagi	6	6	3	4	2														O Davidson	6	2	6	6
	Tom Okker	6	6	6																T Okker	1	6	3	3
	Alan Mills	4	1	1				T Okker	6	2
	Clay Iles	8	6	6				C Iles	1	0^r
	Peter van Lingen	6	2	4										T Okker	6	6	3	9
	Pekka Säilä	2	2	4										R Barnes	0	1	6	7
	Mike Sangster	6	6	6				M Sangster	3	6	4
	William Álvarez	1	3	2				R Barnes	6	8	6
	Ronnie Barnes	6	6	6

Section 3

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

4	Manuel Santana	5	3
	Isao Watanabe	7	0^r			4	M Santana	6	6	6
	Jimmy Moore	4	1	1			M Belkin	0	1	2
	Mike Belkin	6	6	6								4	M Santana	6	6	10
	Marty Riessen												M Riessen	3	2	8
	Barry Phillips-Moore	w/o					M Riessen	6	6	13
	Lew Gerrard	7	11	5			E Scott	3	3	11
	Gene Scott	9	13	7														4	M Santana	6	6	1
	Daniel Contet	6	6	8															R Wilson	3	2	2^r
	István Gulyás	4	0	6			D Contet	6	3	4	4
Q	Ove Bengtson	6	6	1	6	Q	O Bengtson	3	6	6	6
	Jim Osborne	4	1	6	1							Q	O Bengtson	6	9	4	4
	Jerry Cromwell	6	6	6									R Wilson	4	11	6	6
	Claude de Gronckel	4	3	2			J Cromwell	1	4	0
	Bobby Wilson	6	9	6			R Wilson	6	6	6
	John Cottrill	0	7	3

Section 4

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

5	John Newcombe	6	3	4	6	6
	Ray Ruffels	1	6	6	3	3	5	J Newcombe	7	7	6
	Ilie Năstase	2	0	0				T Koch	5	5	4
	Thomaz Koch	6	6	6									5	J Newcombe	10	6	3	4	3
	Bob Carmichael	1	3	4										K Fletcher	8	4	6	6	6
	Ken Fletcher	6	6	6				K Fletcher	6	6	1	6
	Frew McMillan	6	8	3	6			F McMillan	4	3	6	3
Q	Bernard Paul	2	6	6	2																K Fletcher	2	10	9	3	6
	Giordano Maioli	3	4	6	4																J Mukerjea	6	8	7	6	1
	Ronnie Holmberg	6	6	3	6			R Holmberg	6	6	6
	Jiří Javorský	1	4	5				G Battrick	1	1	4
	Gerald Battrick	6	6	7										R Holmberg	8	2	6	5
	Gaetano Di Maso	7	7	3	4									J Mukerjea	6	6	8	7
	Torben Ulrich	9	5	6	6			T Ulrich	3	4	5
	Sergei Likhachev	6	5	5	3			J Mukerjea	6	6	7
	Jaidip Mukerjea	2	7	7	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Eduardo Zuleta	8	7	3	9
Q	Graham Primrose	6	5	6	7			E Zuleta	2	0	1
	Pierre Darmon	7	6	6				P Darmon	6	6	6
	Donald Dell	5	3	0											P Darmon	6	6	6
	Jack Saul	6	6	3	4	12									J Saul	1	2	1
	Osamu Ishiguro	1	4	6	6	10		J Saul	6	6	5	5	7
	Stanley Matthews	2	8	4	5			I El Shafei	3	3	7	7	5
	Ismail El Shafei	6	6	6	7																P Darmon	6	3	4	4
	Keith Diepraam	6	6	6	6															6	D Ralston	4	6	6	6
	Michel Leclercq	8	2	2	2			K Diepraam	11	10	6	6
	Gardnar Mulloy	3	7	7				K Carpenter	13	8	1	0
	Keith Carpenter	6	9	9											K Diepraam	2	6	1	1
	Roger Taylor	3	6	0	2									6	D Ralston	6	4	6	6
	Alex Metreveli	6	0	6	6			A Metreveli	0	6	4	4
	Bob Lutz	5	2	6	4		6	D Ralston	6	4	6	6
6	Dennis Ralston	7	6	3	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

	Jørgen Ulrich	6	6	6
	Richard Russell	3	3	2				J Ulrich	7	2	6	6	6
Q	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	5	4	0				JE Mandarino	9	6	3	4	4
	José Edison Mandarino	7	6	6											J Ulrich	8	7	3	3
	Shiv Prakash Misra	8	3	4	4										W Bowrey	10	5	6	6
	Mark Cox	6	6	6	6			M Cox	4	6	6	2	3
	Wiesław Gąsiorek	2	4	4				W Bowrey	6	4	4	6	6
	Bill Bowrey	6	6	6																		W Bowrey	6	4	5	1
	Terry Ryan	6	6	3	6	6																R Hewitt	4	6	7	6
	Nicola Pietrangeli	2	8	6	3	2		T Ryan	6	7	6
	Jean-Claude Barclay	6	4	1	0		LL	I Konishi	4	5	4
LL	Ichizo Konishi	1	6	6	6										T Ryan	3	4	6	6	1
	Bob Hewitt	6	6	6											R Hewitt	6	6	2	3	6
LL	Lance Lumsden	2	4	3				R Hewitt	6	6	4	6
	Ingo Buding	2	2	6	2		3	F Stolle	2	3	6	2
3	Fred Stolle	6	6	4	6

Section 7

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

	José Luis Arilla	20	4	6	6	6
	Patricio Rodríguez	22	6	2	2	2		JL Arilla	4	7	6	6
	Dick Crealy	4	2	10				W Knight	6	5	4	2
	Billy Knight	6	6	12										JL Arilla	3	2	6
	Abe Segal	6	6	6										J Leschly	6	6	8
	Ion Țiriac	4	2	3				A Segal	6	2	6	4
	Jan Leschly	6	9	6				J Leschly	8	6	3	6
	Frank Salomon	4	7	4															J Leschly	6	1	6	6	6
	Ray Moore	2	6	10	6													7	C Drysdale	3	6	8	3	8
Q	John Clifton	6	2	8	1			R Moore	5	2	2
Q	Geoffrey Bluett	3	1	7	5			J Pickens	7	6	6
	John Pickens	6	6	5	7									J Pickens	3	2	2
	Premjit Lall	6	6	6									7	C Drysdale	6	6	6
	Colin Zeeman	3	4	1				P Lall	6	6	3
	Jan Kodeš	4	4	5			7	C Drysdale	8	8	6
7	Cliff Drysdale	6	6	7

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Graham Stilwell	4	2	6	13
	Cliff Richey	6	6	3	15			C Richey	5	6	6	6
	Terry Addison	6	9	3	4	6		T Addison	7	2	4	4
Q	Ray Weedon	4	7	6	6	2									C Richey	6	7	9
	Georges Goven	6	6	7											G Goven	2	5	7
	Eduardo Soriano	3	4	5				G Goven	2	7	6	4	6
	Bob Howe	6	6	6				R Howe	6	5	3	6	2
Q	Robert Puddicombe	1	2	4																	C Richey	4	4	4
	Paul Hutchins	3	3	4																2	A Roche	6	6	6
	Eric Drossart	6	6	6				E Drossart	1	2	10
	Peter Curtis	6	6	6				P Curtis	6	6	12
LL	Barry Butcher	1	4	3											P Curtis	2	6	6	2
	Allan Stone	5	6	2	7	6								2	A Roche	6	4	8	6
	Miguel Olvera	7	2	6	5	0		A Stone	1	8	4
Q	Ted Beards	2	4	4			2	A Roche	6	10	6
2	Tony Roche	6	6	6

References

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

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1966 French Championships	Grand Slams Men's Singles	Succeeded by 1966 U.S. Championships

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

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