1967 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1967 Australian Championships
1966 Champions	Roy Emerson Fred Stolle
Champions	John Newcombe Tony Roche
Runners-up	William Bowrey Owen Davidson
Final score	3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6-8, 8-6

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 seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. John Newcombe / Tony Roche (Champions)
2. William Bowrey / Owen Davidson (Final)
3. Arthur Ashe / Cliff Richey (Quarterfinals)
4. Roy Emerson / Warren Jacques (Semifinals)
5. Mark Cox / Graham Stilwell (Quarterfinals)
6. Jim McManus / Jim Osborne (Quarterfinals)
7. Will Coghlan / David Power (Semifinals)
8. Kenneth Andersson / Claude de Gronckel (Second Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

	Final
	1	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3	6	7	6	8
	2	William Bowrey Owen Davidson	6	3	5	8	6

Top Half

First Round									Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
									1	J Newcombe   T Roche	w.	o.
										O Parun   K Woolcott
																		1	J Newcombe   T Roche	6	6	6
	J Cottrill   A Stone	6	6	6															J Cottrill   A Stone	1	3	4
	F Bartlett   J Bartlett	2	2	1						J Cottrill   A Stone	9	6	6
	A Budiman   R Sherriff	2	5	3					8	K Anderson   C de Gronckel	7	4	4
8	K Andersson   C de Gronckel	6	7	6																							1	J Newcombe   T Roche	3	6	10	6
4	R Emerson   W Jacques	7	6	6	6																						4	R Emerson   W Jacques	6	3	8	2
	K Coombes   P McCumstie	9	3	3	2				4	R Emerson   W Jacques	6	13	7
	J Cooper   R Ruffels	8	3	13	5	7				J Cooper   R Ruffels	4	11	5
	P Hombergen   A Tielemans	6	6	11	7	5												4	R Emerson   W Jacques	5	7	6	7
	M Kenny   J Ryan	7	4	5	6	8												6	J McManus   J Osborne	7	5	3	5
	J Alexander   P Doerner	5	6	7	2	6				M Kenny   J Ryan	4	11	5
	I Bidmeade   P Oatey	3	6	4	6				6	J McManus   J Osborne	6	13	7
6	J McManus   J Osborne	6	3	6	8

Bottom Half

First Round									Second Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
7	W Coghlan   D Power	7	7	3	4	6
	B Higgins   B White	5	5	6	6	3			7	W Coghlan   D Power	6	1	6	10	11
	K McCullough   A McDonald	4	4	4						D Candy   B Phillips-Moore	4	6	3	12	9
	D Candy   B Phillips-Moore	6	6	6														7	W Coghlan   D Power	6	4	4	6	6
	L Lumsden   R Russell	1	6	4	8	6												3	A Ashe   C Richey	3	6	6	4	3
	T Addison   J Brown	6	3	6	6	2				L Lumsden   R Russell	3	5	6	6	7
	P McPherson   G Sara	5	4	3					3	A Ashe   C Richey	6	7	4	3	9
3	A Ashe   C Richey	7	6	6																							7	W Coghlan   D Power	1	5	3
5	M Cox   G Stilwell	6	6	4	6																						2	W Bowrey   O Davidson	6	7	6
	I Fletcher   G Penberthy	4	1	6	0				5	M Cox   G Stilwell	6	7	6
	B Bowman   W Reid	5	6	4	2					D Crealy   B Folke	2	5	4
	D Crealy   B Folke	7	4	6	6													5	M Cox   G Stilwell	2	7	2
																		2	W Bowrey   O Davidson	6	9	6
										B Fairlie   J Mitchell	9	3	6
									2	W Bowrey   O Davidson	11	6	8

References

• 1967 Australian Open Men's Doubles Draw