1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1963 Wimbledon Championships AUS Margaret Smith USA Billie Jean Moffitt 6–3, 6–4 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1963 Wimbledon Championships First-seeded Margaret Smith defeated unseeded Billie Jean Moffitt in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championships. With the win, she completed the career Grand Slam in singles.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th The final was a rematch of the pair's second-round meeting the previous year. Karen Susman was the reigning champion, but did not defend her title as she was expecting her first child.Little Alan 2010 Wimbledon Compendium 2010 The All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, London 1899039333 299 Seeds 1 1 AUS Margaret Smith (champion) 2 8 AUS Lesley Turner (fourth round) 3 6 GBR Ann Jones (semifinals) 4 3 USA Darlene Hard (semifinals) 5 4 AUS Jan Lehane (quarterfinals) 6 5 TCH Věra Suková (third round) 7 7 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno (quarterfinals) 8 2 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Margaret Smith 3 6 6 8 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 6 0 1 4 USA Darlene Hard 6 1 5 AUS Jan Lehane 1 2r USA Donna Fales 4 1 3 GBR Ann Jones 6 6 7 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno 2 5 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 6 7 1 AUS Margaret Smith 6 6 4 USA Darlene Hard 3 3 3 GBR Ann Jones 4 4 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 6 6 1 AUS Margaret Smith 6 6 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 3 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Margaret Smith 6 6 CAN 1957 Louise Brown 1 1 FRA Michelle Bourbonnais 4 1 Q SWE Katarina Bartholdson 6 6 BEL Christiane Mercelis 1 2 USA Carole Caldwell 6 6 ARG Norma Baylon 6 3 6 FRA Janine Lieffrig 4 6 2 1 AUS M Smith 6 6 Q SWE K Bartholdson 1 0 USA C Caldwell 6 3 3 ARG N Baylon 0 6 6 1 AUS M Smith 6 6 ARG N Baylon 3 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 4 6 6 GBR Deidre Catt 6 4 4 SWE Gudrun Rosin 6 3 ITA Francesca Gordigiani 8 6 FRG Renate Ostermann 6 6 GBR Jenny Wagstaff 3 4 NED Jenny Ridderhof-Seven 7 4 5 SUI Janine Bourgnon 5 6 7 8 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 6 6 ITA F Gordigiani 2 1 FRG R Ostermann 6 6 SUI J Bourgnon 1 2 8 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 6 6 FRG R Ostermann 4 2 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA Darlene Hard 6 6 Q GBR Joyce Fulton 0 0 GBR Caroline Yates-Bell 6 6 Q GBR Margaret Lee 1 2 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 2 0 FRG Helga Schultze 6 6 FRG Heide Schildknecht 4 5 GBR Hazel Cheadle 6 7 USA Pat Edrich 1 1 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 6 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 MEX 1934 Yola Ochoa 2 0 ITA Lucia Bassi 1 5 AUS Judy Tegart 6 7 URS 1955 Anna Dmitrieva 6 6 ITA Roberta Beltrame 1 2 4 USA D Hard 6 6 GBR C Yates-Bell 2 1 FRG H Schultze 6 6 GBR H Cheadle 1 3 HUN Z Körmöczy 1 3 GBR C Truman 6 6 AUS J Tegart 6 6 URS 1955 A Dmitrieva 1 4 4 USA D Hard 6 6 FRG H Schultze 3 0 GBR C Truman 8 0 6 AUS J Tegart 6 6 1 4 USA D Hard 3 6 8 GBR C Truman 6 3 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS Jan Lehane 6 6 Q GBR Sally Holdsworth 2 0 GBR Joyce Barclay 2 5 Q SWE Ulla Sandulf 6 2r USA Tory Fretz 6 6 USA Carol-Ann Prosen 1 1 Q GBR Diane Tuckey 4 1 FRA Françoise Dürr 6 6 FRG Almut Sturm 1 1 GBR Rita Bentley 6 6 GBR Pauline Roberts 5 2 RSA 1928 Margaret Hunt 7 6 RSA 1928 Pam Watermeyer 2 2 USA Carol Hanks 6 6 GBR Jill Mills 5 3 GBR Shirley Brasher 7 6 5 AUS J Lehane 6 6 GBR J Barclay 3 2 USA T Fretz 8 1 9 FRA F Dürr 6 6 7 GBR R Bentley 2 3 RSA 1928 M Hunt 6 6 USA C Hanks 6 6 GBR S Brasher 0 2 5 AUS J Lehane 8 6 USA T Fretz 6 4 RSA 1928 M Hunt 4 6 8 USA C Hanks 6 2 6 5 AUS J Lehane 6 6 RSA 1928 M Hunt 1 3 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round RSA 1928 Charlene Rigby 0 4 ITA Silvana Lazzarino 6 6 USA Dorothy Knode 6 6 GBR Ann McAlpine 2 1 FRG Helga Niessen 6 4 6 AUS Carole Newman 3 6 4 USA Mary Habicht 4 0 GBR Lorna Cawthorn 6 6 GBR Carole Rosser 2 9 6 AUS Noelene Turner 6 7 8 USA Donna Fales 6 6 CAN 1957 Ann Barclay 3 2 ESP 1945 Carmen Coronado 6 4 6 USA Constance Jaster 2 6 0 USA Jane Albert 4 4 6 TCH Věra Suková 6 6 ITA S Lazzarino 4 6 4 USA D Knode 6 3 6 FRG H Niessen 2 5 GBR L Cawthorn 6 7 AUS N Turner 1 1 USA D Fales 6 6 ESP 1945 C Coronado 6 1 4 6 TCH V Suková 2 6 6 USA D Knode 3 5 GBR L Cawthorn 6 7 USA D Fales 6 TCH V Suková w/o GBR L Cawthorn 0 4 USA D Fales 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Heather Allen 6 3 3 FRA Isabelle de Lansalut 3 6 6 USA Judy Alvarez 6 4 AUS Robin Lesh 8 6 Q GBR Mary McAnally 0 1 AUS Robyn Ebbern 6 6 Q AUS Jean Barnes 6 6 HUN Klára Bardóczy 1 4 CAN 1957 Hanna Sladek 6 6 FRA Márta Peterdy-Wolf 2 3 GBR Jenny Trewby 5 2 GBR Jean Knight 7 6 RSA 1928 Heather Segal 6 4 GBR Virginia Wade 8 6 AUS Jill Blackman 3 2 3 GBR Ann Jones 6 6 FRA I de Lansalut 2 2 AUS R Lesh 6 6 AUS R Ebbern 6 6 Q AUS J Barnes 0 2 CAN 1957 H Sladek 3 6 6 GBR J Knight 6 3 3 GBR V Wade 3 7 3 GBR A Jones 6 9 AUS R Lesh 3 6 AUS R Ebbern 6 8 CAN 1957 H Sladek 1 0 3 GBR A Jones 6 6 AUS R Ebbern 2 4 3 GBR A Jones 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Liz Starkie ESP 1945 Ana María Estalella 6 4 6 0 HUN Zsófia Broszmann 6 5 4 NED Eva de Jong 4 7 6 GBR Rosemary Deloford 3 4 RSA 1928 Annette Van Zyl 6 6 PAK Parveen Ahmed 0 0 7 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno 6 6 GBR E Starkie 6 6 NED E de Jong 0 1 RSA 1928 A Van Zyl 2 0 7 BRA 1960 M Bueno 6 6 GBR E Starkie 1 5 7 BRA 1960 M Bueno 6 7 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUT Sonja Pachta 4 4 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 6 6 ITA Lea Pericoli 6 6 GBR Pat Hird 2 1 Q GBR Judy Tee 1 3 FRG Edda Buding 6 6 FRG Margot Dohrer 1 3 2 AUS Lesley Turner 6 6 USA BJ Moffitt 7 6 6 ITA L Pericoli 9 4 0 FRG E Buding 4 3 2 AUS L Turner 6 6 USA BJ Moffitt 4 6 7 2 AUS L Turner 6 4 5 References External links 1963 LS 1963 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1963 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships