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1967 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles
Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle were the defending champions but only Roy Emerson did compete this year. John Newcombe and Tony Roche won the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6 against William Bowrey and Owen Davidson Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seed (tennis), seeded teams received bye (tennis), byes into the second round. Draw Final Top half Bottom half References 1967 Australian Open Men's Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Doubles,1967 1967 in Australian tennis 1967 Australian Championships, Men's Doubles ... [...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] |
