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1963 Local Tournament

Men's singles : Alex Bezdjian d Tony Harb 16 63 63; Wadih Fawaz d E Aboukhaled 63 75; Roy Karaoglan d Fouad Abourousse 62 62; Makram Alameddine d Khodr Issa 61 64; ¼ f : Abbouddi Issa d Francis Samuel 62 911 62; Karim Fawaz d Raymond Anid 62 63; Karaoglan d W Fawaz 60 61; Ed Samuel d H Janotta 64 63

½ f : K Fawaz d A Issa 62 60 75; Karaoglan d Ed Samuel 61 64 46 36 63

Final : K Fawaz d R Karaoglan 63 75 60;

Men's doubles = K Fawaz-E Samuel d Attieh-F Samuel 62 63 64;

Ladies singles F : M Zeydane d L Yavérian 62 26 64;

Junior Boys 18 : Jihad Kouayess d Tarek Kettaneh 63 63; Boys 15 : J Kouayess d Khodr Issa 62 60;

1963 International

Men's singles: 1st rd: Mo'tazz Sonbol (Egypt) d Francis Samuel (Leb) 43 , def. J Mukerjea (India) d Nazmi Bari (Turkey) 64 63; Barry Geraghty (Australia) d Karim Fawaz (Leb) 46 62 62; W Hernandez (Chile) d Nick Kalo (Greece) 63 46 75

2nd rd : Billy Knight (GB) d Sonbol 62 64; Cliff Drysdale (S Afr) d Edouard Samuel (Leb) 63 63; Jack Frost (US) d K Mobarak (Egypt) 61 64; Gordon Forbes (S Afr) d Mukerjea 86 60; Mike Sangster (GB) d R Karaoglan (Leb) 63 63

¼ f : Sangster d Frost 63 64; Roy Emerson d Hernandez 62 60; Forbes d Geraghty 64 86; Knight d Drysdale 63 16 62;

½ f : Forbes d Sangster 46 75 63 97; Emerson d Knight 63 62 62

Final : Roy Emerson d Gordon Forbes 62 62 62

Ladies singles ½ f : Margaret Hunt (S Afr) d Pat Hird (GB) 62 60; Annette van Zyl (S Afr) d Caroline Yates Bell (GB) 61 62

Final : A van Zyl d M Hunt 61 60;

Men's doubles: Fawas-E Samuel d Mobarak-Sonbol 64 26 86; Sangster-Knight d Attieh-Jabbour 75 62; Drysdale-Geraghty d Fawaz-Samuel 63 75; ½ f : Drysdale-Geraghty d Sangster-Knight 64 1820 75 64; Emerson-Forbes d Frost-Mukerjea

Final : Emerson-Forbes d Drysdale-Geraghty 61 1921 75 63

Mixed doubles F : M Hunt-Drysdale d C Yates-Bell-Knight

• This is the year that saw Brummana host the year's world no 1 player, Roy Emerson, retain his 1962 title in the Lebanese mountains without even deucing one set.


• The future world no 4, Drysdale, played two thrilling doubles matches with sets which went beyond 38 games each.


• Annette van Zyl will be world no 6 in 1965 and 1966 and no 8 in1968.