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1964 Local Tournament

Men' s singles : Early rounds = F Abourousse d R Awad 63 64; A Abourousse d Ponson 75 26 64; Lusseyran d Elie Aboukhaled 62 60; S Sawaya d S Baz 62 63; F Samuel d A Accaoui 62 26 60; P Caramé d Lusseyran 63 62; T Harb d R Anid 16 62 63; Y Zeydane d Bakhkhash 62 60; H Janotta d A Kouayess 46 86 86;

1/8 f : F Samuel d P Caramé 62 64; Ed Samuel d F Abourousse 61 62; R Karaoglan d A Bezdjian 63 61; A Issa d A Abourousse 63 64; Kh Issa d Nd Salem 61 63; T Harb d J Homsy 26 97 62; K Fawaz d E Khouri w-o; S Sawaya d Janotta 64 46 63; Y Zeydane d Kh Issa 63 62;

¼ f : Fawaz d Y Zeydane 64 63; Ed Samuel d Sawaya 75 63; F Samuel d Harb 60 62; A Issa d Karaoglan 75 57 63

½ f : K Fawaz d F Samuel 61 63 64; Ed Samuel d A Issa 62 63 61

Final : K Fawaz d E Samuel 62 63 36 86

Ladies singles F : M Zeydane d L Yaverian 61 62

Men's doubles ½ f : Fawaz-Samuel d Nemati brothers 64 60 60; A Issa-J Homsy d Saway-Caramé 16 63 64 62 Final : K Fawaz- Ed Samuel d A Issa-J Homsy 61 61 62

• End of 1963, the Lebanese national rankings stood as such = Men's = 1-K Fawaz; 2-E Samuel 3-R Karaoglan 4-Y Zeydane & J Homsy 6-F Samuel ; Ladies : 1-Mounira Zeydane 2-Anne Stupp 3-Lita Yaverian 4-S Korn 5- N Baz ,D Saab

1964 International Tournament

Men's singles = Early rounds : Nemat Nemati (Iran) d Abbouddi Issa (Leb) def; Ronald Barnes (Brazil) d Tony Harb (Leb) 62 64; Ed Samuel (Leb) d Mo'tazz Sonbol (Egypt) 61 62; Francis Samuel (Leb) d Koudai (Iran) 75 26 62; Allen Fox (US) d Kamal Mobarak (Egypt) 64 75; R Taylor (GB) d Jo Homsy (Leb) ; Dimitri Sturdza (Switzerland) d Madani (Iran) 63 62; John Keller (Austr) d Khodr Issa (Leb) 62 60; Donald Dell (US) d I. Nemati (Iran) 60 60; Ken Fletcher (Australia) d Youssef Zeydane (Leb) 63 61; Allen Fox d Francis Samuel 61 61; Taylor d N Nemati 60 64; Dell d Ed Samuel 64 62; Karim Fawaz d Ernst Blancke (Austria) 62 46 64; Detlev Herdy (Austria) d Sami Sawaya (Leb) 62 61; K Fawaz d D Sturdza 61 64;

¼ f : Barnes d Keller 64 64; Dell d Taylor 60 60; A Fox d K Fawaz 63 61; Fletcher d Herdy 57 60 64

½ f : Barnes d Fox 63 46 64; Fletcher d Dell 61 75;

Final : Ronald Barnes (Brazil) d Ken Fletcher (Australia) 64 108 63;

Men' s doubles = 1/8 Barnes-Taylor d Ed and F Samuel 60 60; ¼ : Sturdza-Fawaz d Blancke-Herdy 26 61 62;

½ f : Fletcher-Keller d Sturdza-Fawaz 63 36 64; Barnes-Taylor d Dell- Fox 63 62;

Final : Barnes-Taylor d Fletcher-Keller 119 911 64

Ladies singles : D Catt (GB) d N Baz 60 62; Judy Tegart (Australia) d Rose Menassa (Leb) 60 60; Slattery d L Yaverian (Leb) w-o; Michèle Boulle (Fr) d Slattery 63 64;

½ f : Tegart d Boulle 60 60; D Catt d Sand 63 26 63

Mixed doubles Final = Judy Tegart-Ken Fletcher d DeirdreCatt-J Keller 62 63

• The performance of Karim Fawaz reaching the quarter-finals in the '64 edition was accompanied by a real Media "buzz", after the no 1 Lebanese player (and medical student ) decisively got the best of the Austrian no 1, Blancke, and more flamboyamtly, of the handsome and efficient Swiss no 1, Dimitri Sturdza ( a Rumanian Prince, noble immigrant in Switzerland from communist Central Europe). An unprecedented large crowd, plus a large newspapers photographers and sports columnists gathering, came to Brummana on a Thursday to support Fawaz in his encounter with the American Allen Fox. But the crafty and seasoned Fox dismissed the local Hero in two short sets. Nevertheless the soft-spoken , modest and elegant Fawaz became a national celebrity for many years to come, and each of his subsequent matches in doubles were a "Happening"in its own right.