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1966 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded Roy Emerson defeated Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1966 Australian Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Roy Emerson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Roy Emerson ''(champion)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(finalist)'' # Fred Stolle ''(semifinals)'' # Clark Graebner ''(quarterfinals)'' # John Newcombe ''(semifinals)'' # n/a # Tony Roche ''(quarterfinals)'' # Marty Riessen ''(third round)'' # Bill Bowrey ''(quarterfinals)'' # Tom Okker ''(third round)'' # Owen Davidson ''(third round)'' # Ken Fletcher ''(first round)'' # John Cottrill ''(third round)'' # Herb Fitzgibbon ''(third round)'' # Ray Ruffels ''(third round)'' # Roger Taylor ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete a double career Grand Slam in singles (later followed by Rod Laver, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal). His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961 by Ned Potter, 1964 by Potter, Lance Tingay and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts and 1965 by Tingay, Joseph McCauley, Sport za Rubezhom and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts. Emerson was the first male player to win 12 singles majors. He held that record for 30 years until it was passed by Pete Sampras in 2000. He also held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until 2019 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
