International tennis championships of Germany 1966
◄ International Tennis Championships of Germany ►
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| date | August 1-9, 1966 |
| venue |
Hamburg BR Germany
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| First run | 1892 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| Defending champion | |
| Men's singles |
.svg){kind=small} Cliff Drysdale
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| Ladies singles |
 Margaret Smith
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| Men's doubles |
Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke
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| Ladies doubles |
Margaret Smith Lesley Turner
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| Mixed |
Margaret Smith Neale Fraser
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| Title holder | |
| Men's singles |
Fred Stolle
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| Ladies singles |
Margaret Smith
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| Men's doubles |
Fred Stolle Jørgen Ulrich
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| Ladies doubles |
 Ann Jones Margaret Smith
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| Mixed |
Margaret Smith John Newcombe
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The 60th German International Tennis Championships took place from August 1st to August 9th, 1966 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
Margaret Smith defended all three titles, this time in women's doubles with Brit Ann Jones and in mixed alongside her compatriot John Newcombe . In the men's category, Fred Stolle won both the singles and the men's doubles title with the Dane Jørgen Ulrich . He also stood at the side of Maria Esther Bueno in the mixed final. The first appearance of players from the Soviet Union in Hamburg generated interest.
Results
Men's singles
| final | |||||||
| Fred Stolle
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2 | 7th | 6th | 6th | |||
 István Gulyás
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6th | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
Ladies singles
| final | |||||
| Margaret Smith
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8th | 6th | |||
.svg){kind=small} Maria Esther Bueno
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6th | 3 | |||
Men's doubles
| final | |||||||
| Fred Stolle Jørgen Ulrich
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6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | |||
.svg){kind=small} Sergei Likhachev Alexander Metreveli
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8th | 5 | 5 | 4th | |||
Ladies doubles
| final | |||||
| Ann Jones Margaret Smith
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6th | 6th | |||
 Norma Baylon Annette van Zyl
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3 | 2 | |||
Mixed
| final | |||||
| Margaret Smith John Newcombe
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4th | 7th | 6th | ||
| Maria Esther Bueno Fred Stolle
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6th | 5 | 3 | ||
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- Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from July 30th to August 10th 1966, available in the online archive at http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
- Tennis, official organ of the German Tennis Federation , 20th year, issue 15 (2nd August 1966 edition)