1967 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1967 Australian Championships
1966 Champions Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Fred Stolle
Champions Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
Runners-up Australia William Bowrey
Australia 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. Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche (Champions)
  2. Australia William Bowrey / Australia Owen Davidson (Final)
  3. United States Arthur Ashe / United States Cliff Richey (Quarterfinals)
  4. Australia Roy Emerson / Australia Warren Jacques (Semifinals)
  5. United Kingdom Mark Cox / United Kingdom Graham Stilwell (Quarterfinals)
  6. United States Jim McManus / United States Jim Osborne (Quarterfinals)
  7. Australia Will Coghlan / Australia David Power (Semifinals)
  8. Sweden Kenneth Andersson / Belgium Claude de Gronckel (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final

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

Top Half

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

Bottom Half

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

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