1963 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1963 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Rafael Osuna ; Antonio Palafox
Runners-up	Jean-Claude Barclay ; Pierre Darmon
Score	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw	68 (5Q)
Seeds	4
Events
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Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Michael Hann and Roger Taylor.

Champions

Runners-up

Score4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Draw68 (5)

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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.^[1]

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

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

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

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

Seeds

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

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

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

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