1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1969 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
Runners-up Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
Final score 7–5, 11-9, 6–3
Draw 64
Seeds 8

Australia's John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending men's doubles champions at the 1969 Wimbledon Championships, and successfully defended their title, beating Tom Okker of the Netherlands and America's Marty Riessen in the final in straight sets - 7-5, 11-9, 6-3. It was the second of three consecutive Wimbledon titles for the Australian pair, and the third of five Wimbledon titles that they would earn together in their career.[1]

Seeds


01.   Australia John Newcombe/Australia Tony Roche (Champions)
02.   Australia Roy Emerson/Australia Rod Laver (Semi-finals)
03.   Australia Ken Rosewall/Australia Fred Stolle (Third Round)
04.   United States Bob Lutz/United States Stan Smith (Quarter-finals)
05.   South Africa Bob Hewitt/South Africa Frew McMillan (Semi-finals)
06.   Netherlands Tom Okker/United States Marty Riessen (Final)
07.   South Africa Cliff Drysdale/United Kingdom Roger Taylor (Quarter-finals)
08.   United States Arthur Ashe/United States Charlie Pasarell (Third Round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarter-finals[2] Semi-finals[3] Final[4]
1  Australia John Newcombe
 Australia Tony Roche
6 6 6  
 France Daniel Contet
 France Francois Jauffret
1 4 2     1  Australia John Newcombe
 Australia Tony Roche
3 6 14 6  
4  United States Bob Lutz
 United States Stan Smith
3 6 2 6 18     5  South Africa Bob Hewitt
 South Africa Frew McMillan
6 3 12 2  
5  South Africa Bob Hewitt
 South Africa Frew McMillan
6 3 6 3 20       1  Australia John Newcombe
 Australia Tony Roche
7 11 6
6  Netherlands Tom Okker
 United States Marty Riessen
7 6 6       6  Netherlands Tom Okker
 United States Marty Riessen
5 9 3
 Australia Dick Crealy
 Australia Allan Stone
5 4 4     6  Netherlands Tom Okker
 United States Marty Riessen
6 3 6 6
7  South Africa Cliff Drysdale
 United Kingdom Roger Taylor
6 4 2     2  Australia Roy Emerson
 Australia Rod Laver
3 6 3 4    
2  Australia Roy Emerson
 Australia Rod Laver
8 6 6  

Top Half

Section 1

First Round[5]Second Round[6]Third Round[7]Quarter-finals[2]
1 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
9 11 6
United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom Peter Curtis
7 9 2 1 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
6 10 6
United States Tom Edlefsen
Belgium Patrick Hombergen
United Kingdom Roger Becker
United Kingdom Alan Mills
2 8 2
United Kingdom Roger Becker
United Kingdom Alan Mills
w/o 1 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
6 6 6
Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
United States Gardnar Mulloy
3 6 4 Spain Manuel Orantes
United States Vic Seixas
3 4 2
Japan Junzo Kawamori
Japan Koji Watanabe
6 8 6 Japan Junzo Kawamori
Japan Koji Watanabe
4 3 5
Q Australia John Brown
Australia Ian Fletcher
4 6 6 8 1 Spain Manuel Orantes
United States Vic Seixas
6 6 7
Spain Manuel Orantes
United States Vic Seixas
6 3 2 10 6 1 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
6 6 6
8 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Charlie Pasarell
6 8 7 France Daniel Contet
France Francois Jauffret
1 4 2
United States Tom Gorman
United States Armistead Neely
4 6 5 8 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Charlie Pasarell
1 2 8 7 6
Chile Jaime Pinto Bravo
Chile Pat Rodriguez
6 6 6 Brazil Thomaz Koch
Brazil José Edison Mandarino
6 6 6 5 2
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Brazil José Edison Mandarino
3 4 3 8 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Charlie Pasarell
6 4 2 6 4
France Daniel Contet
France Francois Jauffret
6 6 9 France Daniel Contet
France Francois Jauffret
4 6 6 3 6
Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
3 4 7 France Daniel Contet
France Francois Jauffret
9 25 7
Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
6 3 6 6 Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
7 23 5
Q United Kingdom Stanley Matthews
United Kingdom John Paish
3 6 3 3

Section 2

First Round[5]Second Round[6]Third Round[7]Quarter-finals[2]
4 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
16 16 6 6
Australia Terry Addison
Australia Ray Keldie
14 8 3 4 4 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 9 6
Chile Luis Ayala
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zeljko Franulovic
Poland Tadeusz Nowicki
Poland Miecyslav Rybarczyk
1 7 4
Poland Tadeusz Nowicki
Poland Miecyslav Rybarczyk
w/o 4 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
8 11 3 20
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
New Zealand Onny Parun
6 6 6 New Zealand Brian Fairlie
New Zealand Onny Parun
6 9 6 18
Australia Syd Ball
Australia Bob Giltinan
2 4 2 New Zealand Brian Fairlie
Poland Onny Parun
3 6 7 6
Australia John Cooper
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6 6 6 Australia John Cooper
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6 4 5 1
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United Kingdom Paul Hutchins
4 2 4 4 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
3 6 2 6 18
5 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6 6 7 5 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6 3 6 3 20
Q United States Thomas Mozur
United States Chauncey Steele
2 4 5 5 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
6 4 9 6
France Patrice Beust
France J-B. Chanfreau
6 4 4 Australia Owen Davidson
United States Dennis Ralston
2 6 7 4
Australia Owen Davidson
United States Dennis Ralston
8 6 6 5 South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
4 6 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
4 5 20 6 9 United States Clark Graebner
United States Gene Scott
6 3 1 1
France Pierre Darmon
France Jean-Loup Rouyer
6 7 18 4 7 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
9 2 6 5
India Premjit Lall
India Jaidip Mukerjea
4 4 4 United States Clark Graebner
United States Gene Scott
11 6 4 7
United States Bill Bowrey
United States Gene Scott
6 6 6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round[8]Second Round[6]Third Round[7]Quarter-finals[2]
Australia Bill Bowrey
Australia Ray Ruffels
4 8 6 6
Australia Bob Carmichael
United Arab Republic Ismail El Shafei
6 6 3 4 Australia Bill Bowrey
Australia Ray Ruffels
4 7 6 6
France Pierre Darmon
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikki Pilic
9 6 6 France Pierre Barthes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikki Pilic
6 5 3 4
United States Donald Dell
United States Dick Dell
7 3 2 Australia Bill Bowrey
Australia Ray Ruffels
6 3 2
Denmark Jan Leschly
Denmark Jorgen Ulrich
3 12 13 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
8 6 6
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Sweden Martin Carlstein
6 10 11 1 Denmark Jan Leschly
Denmark Jorgen Ulrich
6 6 3 4 4
Chile Pat Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
2 7 0 6 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
1 4 6 6 6
6 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6 9 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
7 6 6
France Georges Goven
France Wanaro N'Godrella
6 6 6 Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Allan Stone
5 4 4
Q Jamaica Lance Lumsden
Jamaica Richard Russell
2 4 2 France Georges Goven
France Wanaro N'Godrella
3 2 7
Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Allan Stone
18 9 6 Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Allan Stone
6 6 9
Czechoslovakia Milan Holecek
Czechoslovakia Vladimir Zednik
16 7 5 Australia Dick Crealy
Australia Allan Stone
12 6 6
France Jean-Pierre Courcol
France Bernard Paul
10 1 3 3 3 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
10 1 4
United States Roy Barth
Peru Alex Olmedo
8 6 6 6 United States Roy Barth
Peru Alex Olmedo
4 3 2
Australia Bob Howe
South Africa Abe Segal
3 5 0 3 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6 6 6
3 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
6 7 6

Section 4

First Round[8]Second Round[6]Third Round[7]Quarter-finals[2]
United Kingdom John Clifton
United Kingdom David Lloyd
0 7 8 7 10
West Germany Ingo Buding
United Kingdom Mark Sangster
6 9 6 5 8 United Kingdom John Clifton
United Kingdom David Lloyd
3 2 3
France Jean-Claude Barclay
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
6 3 6 6 France Jean-Claude Barclay
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
6 6 6
Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
Soviet Union Toomas Leius
1 6 4 3 France Jean-Claude Barclay
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
12 2 3
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
8 3 2 7 South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
14 6 6
South Africa Bob Maud
United States Cliff Richey
10 6 6 South Africa Bob Maud
United States Cliff Richey
8 6 0 6 13
South Africa Rauty Krog
South Africa Terry Ryan
3 1 4 7 South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
10 4 6 4 15
7 South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
6 6 6 7 South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
6 4 2
United States Earl Buchholz
United States Ray Moore
6 6 5 4 6 2 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
8 6 6
Australia Mal Anderson
United States Ronnie Holmberg
3 0 7 6 4 United States Earl Buchholz
South Africa Ray Moore
w/o
Australia Ken Fletcher
Spain Andrés Gimeno
2 6 7 6 Australia Ken Fletcher
Spain Andrés Gimeno
United States Pancho Gonzales
United States Jim McManus
6 3 5 4 United States Earl Buchholz
South Africa Ray Moore
4 2 2
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Ţiriac
2 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6 6 6
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge
w/o United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge
1 0 2
Australia Martin Mulligan
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
2 Australia Roy Emerson
United Kingdom Rod Laver
6 6 6
2 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
w/o

References

  1. http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemensdoubles.html Gentlemen's Doubles, Rolls of Honour, Wimbledon Official Website
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/rQs1.html Quarter Finals, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  3. http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/rSs1.html Semi Finals, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  4. http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/rFs1.html Final, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  5. 1 2 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/r1s1.html First Round - Section 1, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  6. 1 2 3 4 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/r2s1.html Second Round, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  7. 1 2 3 4 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/r3s1.html Third Round, Draws Archive - 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website
  8. 1 2 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/1969/MD/r1s2.html First Round - Section 2, 1969 Gentlemen's Doubles, Wimbledon Official Website

External links

Preceded by
1969 French Open
Grand Slam Tournaments Succeeded by
1969 US Open
Preceded by
1968 Wimbledon Championships
The Championships, Wimbledon Succeeded by
1970 Wimbledon Championships
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