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1967 International Tournament

Men's singles: 1/8 f : Miguel Olvera (Ecuador) d Rabih Baz(Leb); J Kukal d John Bartlett (Australia); Watanabe d H Broun; Konishi d J Kouayess; Brian Fairlie (New Z) d K Yanagi (Jap) 60 810 61;
Dick Crealy (Australia) d Kevin Woolcott (GB) 26 6262; Milan Holecek (Czech) d Detlev Herdy (Austria) 64 64

¼ f : Miguel Olvera d Jan Kukal (Czech) 86 36 62; Isao Watanabe d Fairlie 62 63; Crealy d Nick Kalogeropoulos (Greece) 57 97 75; Holecek d Konishi (Japan) 57 60 62

½ f: Olvera d Watanabe 64 62; Crealy d Holecek 36 86 64;

Final: Crealy d Olvera 63 62 64;

Men' s doubles ½ f : Kalo-Olvera d Fairlie-Crealy 79 86 64; Watanabe-Yanagi d Woolcott-H Broun (NZ) 60 36 62; .. Final : Kalo-Olvera d Watanabe-Yanagi 75 62 62

Ladies singles ¼ f : Carol Sherrif (A) d Mabel Vrancovic (Arg) 64 36 97; Alena Palmeova (Czech) d Carol Prosen Kalo 62 64 ½ f : Vlasta Vopickova (Czech) d C Sherriff 63 108; Gail Sherriff (A) d Palmeova 86 57 62

Final : Gail Sherriff d V Vopickova 61 16 62

Mixed doubles f : C Sherriff-Crealy d G Sherriff-Kalo 64 62

• The line up for the 1967 event was rather below par, as players were recruited by the Brummana delegates in Britain just after the 6-day June Arab-Israeli war which left the whole Near East shocked by the devastating Tsahal victory over Egypt, Syria and Jordan.


• The Greek player Nicolas Kalogeropoulos (or Nick Kalo) who played and lived in the US, has the profile of an antique greek god-perfect statue. You can imagine the support he got from the feminine attendance all along his conquest of the doubles title in Brummana. Kalo had won the Roland Garros AND the Wimbledon juniors in 1963.


• Dick Crealy , not really a star like other Australian players of the 60's, nevertheless reached the singles finals of the Australian open in 1970, during the Open era,(losing to Arthur Ashe), crowning a decent career that saw him conquer 4 Doubles Slam titles.