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 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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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.

Champion

Manuel Santana

Runner-up

Dennis Ralston

Score6–4, 11–9, 6–4

Draw128 (10)

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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

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

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

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

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

1966 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

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Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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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

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

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

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