1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

1966 Wimbledon Championships: Santana defeats Ralston April 2022 1966 Wimbledon Championships ESP 1945 Manuel Santana USA Dennis Ralston 6–4, 11–9, 6–4 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1966 Wimbledon Championships 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.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Roy Emerson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Owen Davidson. Seeds 1 1 AUS Roy Emerson (quarterfinals) 2 8 AUS Tony Roche (quarterfinals) 3 6 AUS Fred Stolle (second round) 4 3 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana (champion) 5 4 AUS John Newcombe (third round) 6 5 USA Dennis Ralston (final) 7 7 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (semifinals) 8 2 USA Clark Graebner (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Roy Emerson 6 3 4 4 AUS Owen Davidson 1 6 6 6 4 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 6 3 8 4 7 AUS Ken Fletcher 2 6 6 6 5 6 USA Dennis Ralston 7 6 11 AUS Bob Hewitt 5 2 9 7 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 9 6 6 2 AUS Tony Roche 7 2 2 AUS Owen Davidson 2 6 7 6 5 4 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 6 4 9 3 7 6 USA Dennis Ralston 6 8 3 7 6 7 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 8 6 6 5 3 4 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 6 11 6 6 USA Dennis Ralston 4 9 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 CAN Harry Fauquier 0 1 2 FRA Bernard Montrenaud 6 4 6 4 FRG Wilhelm Bungert 1 6 8 6 AUT Peter Pokorny 3 1 3 USA Charlie Pasarell 6 6 6 GBR John Barrett 6 7 6 CHI Jaime Pinto Bravo 2 5 1 JPN 1947 Koji Watanabe 6 4 6 6 ITA Sergio Tacchini 1 6 0 1 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 0 5 4 USA Stan Smith 6 7 6 ECU Pancho Guzmán 3 1 2 USA Bill Hoogs 6 6 6 USA Jim McManus 7 2 7 GBR Keith Wooldridge 9 6 9 1 AUS R Emerson 6 6 6 FRG W Bungert 2 3 1 USA C Pasarell 9 1 8 6 6 GBR J Barrett 7 6 10 4 3 JPN 1947 K Watanabe 6 8 2 2 USA S Smith 4 10 6 6 USA W Hoogs 7 5 6 6 4 GBR K Wooldridge 9 7 4 4 6 1 AUS R Emerson 7 6 7 USA C Pasarell 5 2 5 USA S Smith 6 6 6 GBR K Wooldridge 3 2 3 1 AUS R Emerson 6 6 6 USA S Smith 2 2 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 6 AUS Martin Mulligan 4 4 3 AUS Owen Davidson 6 6 6 YUG Nikola Pilić 4 4 4 FRA Patrice Beust 6 5 6 6 ISR Eleazar Davidman 2 7 1 3 SUI Dimitri Sturdza 3 4 6 6 6 Q JPN 1947 Keishiro Yanagi 6 6 3 4 2 NED Tom Okker 6 6 6 GBR Alan Mills 4 1 1 GBR Clay Iles 8 6 6 RSA 1928 Peter van Lingen 6 2 4 FIN Pekka Säilä 2 2 4 GBR Mike Sangster 6 6 6 COL William Álvarez 1 3 2 BRA 1960 Ronnie Barnes 6 6 6 8 USA C Graebner 3 6 6 1 AUS O Davidson 6 3 8 6 FRA P Beust 6 9 6 SUI D Sturdza 4 7 4 NED T Okker 6 2 GBR C Iles 1 0r GBR M Sangster 3 6 4 BRA 1960 R Barnes 6 8 6 AUS O Davidson 6 6 6 FRA P Beust 1 2 2 NED T Okker 6 6 3 9 BRA 1960 R Barnes 0 1 6 7 AUS O Davidson 6 2 6 6 NED T Okker 1 6 3 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 5 3 JPN 1947 Isao Watanabe 7 0r AUS Jimmy Moore 4 1 1 CAN Mike Belkin 6 6 6 USA Marty Riessen AUS Barry Phillips-Moore w/o NZL Lew Gerrard 7 11 5 USA Gene Scott 9 13 7 FRA Daniel Contet 6 6 8 HUN István Gulyás 4 0 6 Q SWE Ove Bengtson 6 6 1 6 USA Jim Osborne 4 1 6 1 USA Jerry Cromwell 6 6 6 BEL Claude De Gronckel 4 3 2 GBR Bobby Wilson 6 9 6 AUS John Cottrill 0 7 3 4 ESP 1945 M Santana 6 6 6 CAN M Belkin 0 1 2 USA M Riessen 6 6 13 USA E Scott 3 3 11 FRA D Contet 6 3 4 4 Q SWE O Bengtson 3 6 6 6 USA J Cromwell 1 4 0 GBR R Wilson 6 6 6 4 ESP 1945 M Santana 6 6 10 USA M Riessen 3 2 8 Q SWE O Bengtson 6 9 4 4 GBR R Wilson 4 11 6 6 4 ESP 1945 M Santana 6 6 1 GBR R Wilson 3 2 2r Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS John Newcombe 6 3 4 6 6 AUS Ray Ruffels 1 6 6 3 3 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 2 0 0 BRA 1960 Thomaz Koch 6 6 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 1 3 4 AUS Ken Fletcher 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 8 3 6 Q FRA Bernard Paul 2 6 6 2 ITA Giordano Maioli 3 4 6 4 USA Ronnie Holmberg 6 6 3 6 TCH Jiří Javorský 1 4 5 GBR Gerald Battrick 6 6 7 ITA Gaetano Di Maso 7 7 3 4 DEN Torben Ulrich 9 5 6 6 URS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 6 5 5 3 IND Jaidip Mukerjea 2 7 7 6 5 AUS J Newcombe 7 7 6 BRA 1960 T Koch 5 5 4 AUS K Fletcher 6 6 1 6 RSA 1928 F McMillan 4 3 6 3 USA R Holmberg 6 6 6 GBR G Battrick 1 1 4 DEN T Ulrich 3 4 5 IND J Mukerjea 6 6 7 5 AUS J Newcombe 10 6 3 4 3 AUS K Fletcher 8 4 6 6 6 USA R Holmberg 8 2 6 5 IND J Mukerjea 6 6 8 7 AUS K Fletcher 2 10 9 3 6 IND J Mukerjea 6 8 7 6 1 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ECU Eduardo Zuleta 8 7 3 9 Q AUS Graham Primrose 6 5 6 7 FRA Pierre Darmon 7 6 6 USA Donald Dell 5 3 0 RSA 1928 Jack Saul 6 6 3 4 12 JPN 1947 Osamu Ishiguro 1 4 6 6 10 GBR Stanley Matthews 2 8 4 5 UAR Ismail El Shafei 6 6 6 7 RSA 1928 Keith Diepraam 6 6 6 6 FRA Michel Leclercq 8 2 2 2 USA Gardnar Mulloy 3 7 7 CAN Keith Carpenter 6 9 9 GBR Roger Taylor 3 6 0 2 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 0 6 6 USA Bob Lutz 5 2 6 4 6 USA Dennis Ralston 7 6 3 6 ECU E Zuleta 2 0 1 FRA P Darmon 6 6 6 RSA 1928 J Saul 6 6 5 5 7 UAR I El Shafei 3 3 7 7 5 RSA 1928 K Diepraam 11 10 6 6 CAN K Carpenter 13 8 1 0 URS 1955 A Metreveli 0 6 4 4 6 USA D Ralston 6 4 6 6 FRA P Darmon 6 6 6 RSA 1928 J Saul 1 2 1 RSA 1928 K Diepraam 2 6 1 1 6 USA D Ralston 6 4 6 6 FRA P Darmon 6 3 4 4 6 USA D Ralston 4 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round DEN Jørgen Ulrich 6 6 6 JAM Richard Russell 3 3 2 Q FRA Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 5 4 0 BRA 1960 José Edison Mandarino 7 6 6 IND Shiv Prakash Misra 8 3 4 4 GBR Mark Cox 6 6 6 6 POL 1928 Wiesław Gąsiorek 2 4 4 AUS Bill Bowrey 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Terry Ryan 6 6 3 6 6 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 2 8 6 3 2 FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 6 4 1 0 LL JPN 1947 Ichizo Konishi 1 6 6 6 AUS Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 LL JAM Lance Lumsden 2 4 3 FRG Ingo Buding 2 2 6 2 3 AUS Fred Stolle 6 6 4 6 DEN J Ulrich 7 2 6 6 6 BRA 1960 JE Mandarino 9 6 3 4 4 GBR M Cox 4 6 6 2 3 AUS W Bowrey 6 4 4 6 6 RSA 1928 T Ryan 6 7 6 LL JPN 1947 I Konishi 4 5 4 AUS R Hewitt 6 6 4 6 3 AUS F Stolle 2 3 6 2 DEN J Ulrich 8 7 3 3 AUS W Bowrey 10 5 6 6 RSA 1928 T Ryan 3 4 6 6 1 AUS R Hewitt 6 6 2 3 6 AUS W Bowrey 6 4 5 1 AUS R Hewitt 4 6 7 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ESP 1945 José Luis Arilla 20 4 6 6 6 CHI Patricio Rodríguez 22 6 2 2 2 AUS Dick Crealy 4 2 10 GBR Billy Knight 6 6 12 RSA 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac 4 2 3 DEN Jan Leschly 6 9 6 RHO 1964 Frank Salomon 4 7 4 RSA 1928 Ray Moore 2 6 10 6 Q GBR John Clifton 6 2 8 1 Q GBR Geoffrey Bluett 3 1 7 5 USA John Pickens 6 6 5 7 IND Premjit Lall 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Colin Zeeman 3 4 1 TCH Jan Kodeš 4 4 5 7 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 7 ESP 1945 JL Arilla 4 7 6 6 GBR W Knight 6 5 4 2 RSA 1928 A Segal 6 2 6 4 DEN J Leschly 8 6 3 6 RSA 1928 R Moore 5 2 2 USA J Pickens 7 6 6 IND P Lall 6 6 3 7 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 8 8 6 ESP 1945 JL Arilla 3 2 6 DEN J Leschly 6 6 8 USA J Pickens 3 2 2 7 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 6 DEN J Leschly 6 1 6 6 6 7 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 3 6 8 3 8 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Graham Stilwell 4 2 6 13 USA Cliff Richey 6 6 3 15 AUS Terry Addison 6 9 3 4 6 Q RSA 1928 Ray Weedon 4 7 6 6 2 FRA Georges Goven 6 6 7 ARG Eduardo Soriano 3 4 5 AUS Bob Howe 6 6 6 Q CAN Robert Puddicombe 1 2 4 GBR Paul Hutchins 3 3 4 BEL Eric Drossart 6 6 6 GBR Peter Curtis 6 6 6 LL RSA 1928 Barry Butcher 1 4 3 AUS Allan Stone 5 6 2 7 6 ECU Miguel Olvera 7 2 6 5 0 Q GBR Ted Beards 2 4 4 2 AUS Tony Roche 6 6 6 USA C Richey 5 6 6 6 AUS T Addison 7 2 4 4 FRA G Goven 2 7 6 4 6 AUS R Howe 6 5 3 6 2 BEL E Drossart 1 2 10 GBR P Curtis 6 6 12 AUS A Stone 1 8 4 2 AUS A Roche 6 10 6 USA C Richey 6 7 9 FRA G Goven 2 5 7 GBR P Curtis 2 6 6 2 2 AUS A Roche 6 4 8 6 USA C Richey 4 4 4 2 AUS A Roche 6 6 6 References External links 1966 MS 1966 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1966 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles