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1966 International Tournament

Men's singles early rounds: Jose Luis Arilla (Sp) d Paul Caramé (Leb);

¼ f : Patricio Rodrigues (Chile) d Osamu Ishiguro (Japan) 63 75; Jose Luis Arilla d Frew McMillan (S Afr) 108 61; Jorgen Ulrich (Denmark) d Bobby Wilson (GB) 63 63; Isao Watanabe (Jap) d Jan Leschly (Denm) 63 36 108; ½ f : Rodriguez d Arilla 64 62; Ulrich d Watanabe 63 06 62

Final : Jorgen Ulrich d Pat Rodriguez 64 16 16 61 63

Ladies singles : ½ : Glenda Swan (S Afr) d Christiane Spinoza (Fr) 46 64 63; Pat Walkden (Rhodesia) d Nell Truman (GB) 61 63 Final : Pat Walkden d Swan 61 61

Men' s doubles ¼ : Arilla-Rodriguez d K Fawaz-E Samuel 64 62; Ishiguro-Watanabe d McMillan-Bob Maud 64 26 119; ½ f : Arilla-Rodriguez d Wilson-John Cottrill( A) 108 26 62; Ishiguro-Watanabe d Leschly-J Ulrich 63 64;.. Final : Ishiguro-Watanabe d Arilla-Rodriguez 62 63 63

Mixed doubles ¼ f : Sally Holdsworth(GB)-J Ulrich d C Spinoza-Rodriguez 61 61; ½ f : Swan-R Maud d Truman-Cottrill 63 61; Walkden-McMillan d Holdsworth-Ulrich 63 64; F : Walkden-McMillan d Maud-Swan 64 64

• Frew McMillan, who was the only player on circuit to play double handed from both sides (he used a long leather wrapped handle Dunlop racket), will later team up in doubles with Bob Hewitt, Australian born but resident of South Africa through his marriage, and the brilliant team will total 5 Grand Slam doubles titles (including Wimbledon) and a lot of doubles titles on the circuit during the Open era. McMillan also got 4 mixed doubles titles in Slam tournaments.


• Also present that year at Brummana were the Australian John Cottrill; the Egyptians Mobarak and Sonbol; and the Italians Sergio Tacchini and Giordano Maioli.