Men's singles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Manuel Santana
Runner-up	Dennis Ralston
Score	6–4, 11–9, 6–4
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Manuel Santana defeated Dennis Ralston in the final, 6–4, 11–9, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Roy Emerson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Owen Davidson.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Roy Emerson	6	3	4	4
		Owen Davidson	1	6	6	6
											Owen Davidson	2	6	7	6	5
										4	Manuel Santana	6	4	9	3	7
	4	Manuel Santana	6	3	8	4	7
		Ken Fletcher	2	6	6	6	5
																			4	Manuel Santana	6	11	6
																			6	Dennis Ralston	4	9	4
	6	Dennis Ralston	7	6	11
		Bob Hewitt	5	2	9
										6	Dennis Ralston	6	8	3	7	6
										7	Cliff Drysdale	8	6	6	5	3
	7	Cliff Drysdale	9	6	6
	2	Tony Roche	7	2	2

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Roy Emerson	6	6	6
		Harry Fauquier	0	1	2					1	R Emerson	6	6	6
		Bernard Montrenaud	6	4	6	4					W Bungert	2	3	1
		Wilhelm Bungert	1	6	8	6													1	R Emerson	7	6	7
		Peter Pokorny	3	1	3															C Pasarell	5	2	5
		Charlie Pasarell	6	6	6						C Pasarell	9	1	8	6	6
		John Barrett	6	7	6						J Barrett	7	6	10	4	3
		Jaime Pinto Bravo	2	5	1																							1	R Emerson	6	6	6
		Koji Watanabe	6	4	6	6																							S Smith	2	2	2
		Sergio Tacchini	1	6	0	1					K Watanabe	6	8	2	2
		Bob Maud	0	5	4						S Smith	4	10	6	6
		Stan Smith	6	7	6															S Smith	6	6	6
		Pancho Guzmán	3	1	2															K Wooldridge	3	2	3
		Bill Hoogs	6	6	6						W Hoogs	7	5	6	6	4
		Jim McManus	7	2	7						K Wooldridge	9	7	4	4	6
		Keith Wooldridge	9	6	9

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Clark Graebner	6	6	6
		Martin Mulligan	4	4	3					8	C Graebner	3	6	6	1
		Owen Davidson	6	6	6						O Davidson	6	3	8	6
		Nikola Pilić	4	4	4															O Davidson	6	6	6
		Patrice Beust	6	5	6	6														P Beust	1	2	2
		Eleazar Davidman	2	7	1	3					P Beust	6	9	6
		Dimitri Sturdza	3	4	6	6	6				D Sturdza	4	7	4
	Q	Keishiro Yanagi	6	6	3	4	2																						O Davidson	6	2	6	6
		Tom Okker	6	6	6																								T Okker	1	6	3	3
		Alan Mills	4	1	1						T Okker	6	2
		Clay Iles	8	6	6						C Iles	1	0r
		Peter van Lingen	6	2	4															T Okker	6	6	3	9
		Pekka Säilä	2	2	4															R Barnes	0	1	6	7
		Mike Sangster	6	6	6						M Sangster	3	6	4
		William Álvarez	1	3	2						R Barnes	6	8	6
		Ronnie Barnes	6	6	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Manuel Santana	5	3
		Isao Watanabe	7	0r						4	M Santana	6	6	6
		Jimmy Moore	4	1	1						M Belkin	0	1	2
		Mike Belkin	6	6	6														4	M Santana	6	6	10
		Marty Riessen																		M Riessen	3	2	8
		Barry Phillips-Moore	w/o								M Riessen	6	6	13
		Lew Gerrard	7	11	5						E Scott	3	3	11
		Gene Scott	9	13	7																							4	M Santana	6	6	1
		Daniel Contet	6	6	8																								R Wilson	3	2	2r
		István Gulyás	4	0	6						D Contet	6	3	4	4
	Q	Ove Bengtson	6	6	1	6				Q	O Bengtson	3	6	6	6
		Jim Osborne	4	1	6	1													Q	O Bengtson	6	9	4	4
		Jerry Cromwell	6	6	6															R Wilson	4	11	6	6
		Claude de Gronckel	4	3	2						J Cromwell	1	4	0
		Bobby Wilson	6	9	6						R Wilson	6	6	6
		John Cottrill	0	7	3

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	John Newcombe	6	3	4	6	6
		Ray Ruffels	1	6	6	3	3			5	J Newcombe	7	7	6
		Ilie Năstase	2	0	0						T Koch	5	5	4
		Thomaz Koch	6	6	6														5	J Newcombe	10	6	3	4	3
		Bob Carmichael	1	3	4															K Fletcher	8	4	6	6	6
		Ken Fletcher	6	6	6						K Fletcher	6	6	1	6
		Frew McMillan	6	8	3	6					F McMillan	4	3	6	3
	Q	Bernard Paul	2	6	6	2																							K Fletcher	2	10	9	3	6
		Giordano Maioli	3	4	6	4																							J Mukerjea	6	8	7	6	1
		Ronnie Holmberg	6	6	3	6					R Holmberg	6	6	6
		Jiří Javorský	1	4	5						G Battrick	1	1	4
		Gerald Battrick	6	6	7															R Holmberg	8	2	6	5
		Gaetano Di Maso	7	7	3	4														J Mukerjea	6	6	8	7
		Torben Ulrich	9	5	6	6					T Ulrich	3	4	5
		Sergei Likhachev	6	5	5	3					J Mukerjea	6	6	7
		Jaidip Mukerjea	2	7	7	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Eduardo Zuleta	8	7	3	9
	Q	Graham Primrose	6	5	6	7					E Zuleta	2	0	1
		Pierre Darmon	7	6	6						P Darmon	6	6	6
		Donald Dell	5	3	0															P Darmon	6	6	6
		Jack Saul	6	6	3	4	12													J Saul	1	2	1
		Osamu Ishiguro	1	4	6	6	10				J Saul	6	6	5	5	7
		Stanley Matthews	2	8	4	5					I El Shafei	3	3	7	7	5
		Ismail El Shafei	6	6	6	7																							P Darmon	6	3	4	4
		Keith Diepraam	6	6	6	6																						6	D Ralston	4	6	6	6
		Michel Leclercq	8	2	2	2					K Diepraam	11	10	6	6
		Gardnar Mulloy	3	7	7						K Carpenter	13	8	1	0
		Keith Carpenter	6	9	9															K Diepraam	2	6	1	1
		Roger Taylor	3	6	0	2													6	D Ralston	6	4	6	6
		Alex Metreveli	6	0	6	6					A Metreveli	0	6	4	4
		Bob Lutz	5	2	6	4				6	D Ralston	6	4	6	6
	6	Dennis Ralston	7	6	3	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Jørgen Ulrich	6	6	6
		Richard Russell	3	3	2						J Ulrich	7	2	6	6	6
	Q	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	5	4	0						JE Mandarino	9	6	3	4	4
		José Edison Mandarino	7	6	6															J Ulrich	8	7	3	3
		Shiv Prakash Misra	8	3	4	4														W Bowrey	10	5	6	6
		Mark Cox	6	6	6	6					M Cox	4	6	6	2	3
		Wiesław Gąsiorek	2	4	4						W Bowrey	6	4	4	6	6
		Bill Bowrey	6	6	6																								W Bowrey	6	4	5	1
		Terry Ryan	6	6	3	6	6																						R Hewitt	4	6	7	6
		Nicola Pietrangeli	2	8	6	3	2				T Ryan	6	7	6
		Jean-Claude Barclay	6	4	1	0				LL	I Konishi	4	5	4
	LL	Ichizo Konishi	1	6	6	6														T Ryan	3	4	6	6	1
		Bob Hewitt	6	6	6															R Hewitt	6	6	2	3	6
	LL	Lance Lumsden	2	4	3						R Hewitt	6	6	4	6
		Ingo Buding	2	2	6	2				3	F Stolle	2	3	6	2
	3	Fred Stolle	6	6	4	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		José Luis Arilla	20	4	6	6	6
		Patricio Rodríguez	22	6	2	2	2				JL Arilla	4	7	6	6
		Dick Crealy	4	2	10						W Knight	6	5	4	2
		Billy Knight	6	6	12															JL Arilla	3	2	6
		Abe Segal	6	6	6															J Leschly	6	6	8
		Ion Țiriac	4	2	3						A Segal	6	2	6	4
		Jan Leschly	6	9	6						J Leschly	8	6	3	6
		Frank Salomon	4	7	4																								J Leschly	6	1	6	6	6
		Ray Moore	2	6	10	6																						7	C Drysdale	3	6	8	3	8
	Q	John Clifton	6	2	8	1					R Moore	5	2	2
	Q	Geoffrey Bluett	3	1	7	5					J Pickens	7	6	6
		John Pickens	6	6	5	7														J Pickens	3	2	2
		Premjit Lall	6	6	6														7	C Drysdale	6	6	6
		Colin Zeeman	3	4	1						P Lall	6	6	3
		Jan Kodeš	4	4	5					7	C Drysdale	8	8	6
	7	Cliff Drysdale	6	6	7

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Graham Stilwell	4	2	6	13
		Cliff Richey	6	6	3	15					C Richey	5	6	6	6
		Terry Addison	6	9	3	4	6				T Addison	7	2	4	4
	Q	Ray Weedon	4	7	6	6	2													C Richey	6	7	9
		Georges Goven	6	6	7															G Goven	2	5	7
		Eduardo Soriano	3	4	5						G Goven	2	7	6	4	6
		Bob Howe	6	6	6						R Howe	6	5	3	6	2
	Q	Robert Puddicombe	1	2	4																								C Richey	4	4	4
		Paul Hutchins	3	3	4																							2	A Roche	6	6	6
		Eric Drossart	6	6	6						E Drossart	1	2	10
		Peter Curtis	6	6	6						P Curtis	6	6	12
	LL	Barry Butcher	1	4	3															P Curtis	2	6	6	2
		Allan Stone	5	6	2	7	6												2	A Roche	6	4	8	6
		Miguel Olvera	7	2	6	5	0				A Stone	1	8	4
	Q	Ted Beards	2	4	4					2	A Roche	6	10	6
	2	Tony Roche	6	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com