International tennis championships of Germany 1965

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   International Tennis Championships of Germany tennis   
date August 2-10, 1965
venue Hamburg BR Germany
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
First run 1892
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface sand
Defending champion
Men's singles Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Wilhelm Bungert 
Ladies singles AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith
Men's doubles Spain 1945Spain Alberto Arilla Manuel Santana
Spain 1945Spain 
Ladies doubles AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Lesley Turner
AustraliaAustralia 
Mixed Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Helga Schultze Nikola Pilić
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
Title holder
Men's singles South Africa 1961South Africa Cliff Drysdale
Ladies singles AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith
Men's doubles Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
Ladies doubles AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Lesley Turner
AustraliaAustralia 
Mixed AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Neale Fraser
AustraliaAustralia 

The 59th International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from August 2 to August 10, 1965 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .

Margaret Smith defended her title in both singles and doubles with Lesley Turner and also won in mixed alongside her compatriot Neale Fraser . In the men's doubles there was the first purely German victory since 1939 by Ingo Buding and Christian Kuhnke . The women's final reached Edda Buding . The men's singles were won by the South African Cliff Drysdale . Here Christian Kuhnke reached the semifinals.

Results

Men's singles

  final
               
   South Africa 1961South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6th 6th 3 6th
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Boro Jovanović 2 4th 6th 3

Ladies singles

  final
           
 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith  6th 6th
 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Edda Buding 2 3

Men's doubles

  final
               
   Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke
 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany  
7th 6th 6th
 AustraliaAustralia Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson
 AustraliaAustralia 
5 4th 2

Ladies doubles

  final
           
 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith  Lesley Turner
 AustraliaAustralia 
6th 6th
 Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Esther Bueno  Françoise Durr
 FranceFrance 
3 1

Mixed

  final
           
 AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith  Neale Fraser
 AustraliaAustralia 
6th 6th
 Spain 1945Spain Carmen Coronado José Edison Mandarino
 Brazil 1960Brazil  
4th 5

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