1966 Australian Championships

Tennis tournament

1966 Australian Championships

Date| 21–31 January 1966
Edition| 54th
Category| Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface| Grass
Location| Sydney, Australia
Venue| White City Tennis Club
Champions
Men's singles
Roy Emerson
Women's singles
Margaret Smith
Men's doubles
Fred Stolle /  Roy Emerson
Women's doubles
Carole Caldwell Graebner /  Nancy Richey
Mixed doubles
Judy Tegart /  Tony Roche
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The 1966 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 21 to 31 January. It was the 54th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 15th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Roy Emerson and Margaret Smith.

## Champions

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### Men's singles

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Main article: 1966 Australian Championships – Men's singles

Roy Emerson defeated  Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 [1]

### Women's singles

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Main article: 1966 Australian Championships – Women's singles

Margaret Smith defeated  Nancy Richey walkover [2]

### Men's doubles

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Roy Emerson /  Fred Stolle defeated  John Newcombe /  Tony Roche, 7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10 [3]

### Women's doubles

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Carole Graebner /  Nancy Richey defeated  Margaret Smith /  Lesley Turner, 6–4, 7–5 [4]

### Mixed doubles

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Judy Tegart /  Tony Roche defeated  Robyn Ebbern /  Bill Bowrey, 6–1, 6–3 [5]

## References

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1. ^ "1966 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia.
2. ^ "1966 Women's Singles". Tennis Australia.
3. ^ "1966 Men's Doubles". Tennis Australia.
4. ^ "1966 Women's Doubles". Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19.
5. ^ "1966 Mixed Doubles". Tennis Australia.

## External links

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* Australian Open official website

Preceded by

1965 U.S. National Championships

|  Grand Slams | Succeeded by

1966 French Championships

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