1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1962 Wimbledon Championships USA Karen Susman TCH Věra Suková 6–4, 6–4 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam 1962 Wimbledon Championships Karen Susman defeated Věra Suková in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Angela Mortimer was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Suková. Top seed Margaret Smith had a bye into the second round, where she lost her first match to Billie-Jean Moffit. It was the first time in Grand Slam history that the women's top seed had lost her opening match, albeit in the second round.Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd; 5th Revised ed. edition (25 June 2020). 978-1913412005 Seeds 1 1 AUS Margaret Smith (second round) 2 8 USA Darlene Hard (quarterfinals) 3 6 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno (semifinals) 4 3 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman (quarterfinals) 5 2 GBR Ann Haydon (semifinals) 6 7 GBR Angela Mortimer (fourth round) 7 5 AUS Lesley Turner (quarterfinals) 8 4 USA Karen Susman (champion) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 3 1 5 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 4 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 4 4 8 USA Karen Susman 6 6 7 AUS Lesley Turner 6 4 2 3 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno 2 6 6 TCH Věra Suková 6 6 2 USA Darlene Hard 4 3 5 GBR Ann Haydon 6 1 8 USA Karen Susman 8 6 3 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno 4 3 TCH Věra Suková 6 6 8 USA Karen Susman 6 6 TCH Věra Suková 4 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Margaret Smith 6 3 5 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 1 6 7 USA Carole Caldwell 4 6 8 FRA Florence de la Courtie 6 2 6 FRG Almut Sturm 6 4 6 USA Mimi Arnold 0 6 3 Q NZL Patsy Belton 1 0 AUT Sonja Pachta 6 6 USA BJ Moffitt 7 6 USA C Caldwell 5 3 FRG A Sturm 4 6 1 AUT S Pachta 6 2 6 USA BJ Moffitt 6 6 AUT S Pachta 1 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 ITA Silvana Lazzarino 1 2 AUS Margaret Hellyer 2 6 6 RSA 1928 Sandra Price 6 1 8 USA Victoria Palmer 6 6 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 1 1 AUS Robyn Ebbern 6 6 Q GBR Jean Knight 0 0 5 GBR A Haydon 6 6 RSA 1928 S Price 4 4 USA V Palmer 2 6 7 AUS R Ebbern 6 0 5 5 GBR A Haydon 6 6 USA V Palmer 2 2 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 6 6 GBR Frances MacLennan 0 4 GBR Pat Roberts 2 3 GBR Pauline Roberts 6 6 NZL Anne Smith 7 8 3 USA Judy Alvarez 9 6 6 FRA Paule Courteix 3 1 USA Justina Bricka 6 6 GBR Rita Bentley 6 6 GBR Carole Rosser 3 2 GBR Rosemary Deloford 6 5 5 HUN Márta Peterdy-Wolf 4 7 7 BEL Christiane Mercelis 6 5 0 AUS Jill Blackman 2 7 6 AUS Madonna Schacht 7 6 GBR Caroline Yates-Bell 5 2 4 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 6 6 GBR P Roberts 2 2 USA J Alvarez 4 3 USA J Bricka 6 6 GBR R Bentley 6 6 HUN M Peterdy-Wolf 1 3 AUS J Blackman 3 8 5 AUS M Schacht 6 6 7 4 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 2 6 6 USA J Bricka 6 1 4 GBR R Bentley 4 1 AUS M Schacht 6 6 4 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 5 6 6 AUS M Schacht 7 4 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA Karen Susman 6 6 ESP 1945 Ana María Estalella 2 1 ITA Maria Teresa Riedl 2 6 GBR Pat Hird 6 8 Q GBR Hazel Cheadle 1 1 GBR Liz Starkie 6 6 USA Gwyn Thomas GBR Frances Walton w/o Q GBR Virginia Wade 4 6 6 USA Pat Edrich 6 4 2 GBR Alison Stroud 4 1 AUS Judy Tegart 6 6 RSA 1928 Valerie Forbes 6 6 Q GBR Ann McAlpine 1 1 FRG Heide Schildknecht 6 12 GBR Robin Blakelock 1 10 8 USA K Susman 8 6 GBR P Hird 6 4 GBR E Starkie 5 6 6 USA G Thomas 7 4 2 Q GBR V Wade 6 3 1 AUS J Tegart 4 6 6 RSA 1928 V Forbes 6 6 FRG H Schildknecht 2 2 8 USA K Susman 7 10 GBR E Starkie 5 8 AUS J Tegart 6 6 RSA 1928 V Forbes 3 3 8 USA K Susman 6 6 AUS J Tegart 4 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Jenny Wagstaff 5 1 RSA 1928 Jean Forbes 7 6 SUI Alice Wavre 1 3 ESP 1945 Carmen Coronado 6 6 Q IRL Eleanor O'Neill 3 1 ITA Lucia Bassi 6 6 GBR Lorna Cawthorn 2 3 GBR Margaret Lee 6 6 USA Margaret duPont 2 4 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 DEN Inge Overgaard 4 0 NZL Ethne Green 6 6 Q RSA 1928 Marlene Gerson 5 3 AUS Kaye Dening 7 6 GBR Jill Mills 4 1 7 AUS Lesley Turner 6 6 RSA 1928 J Forbes 6 6 ESP 1945 C Coronado 3 1 ITA L Bassi 6 4 6 GBR M Lee 1 6 4 GBR C Truman 6 6 NZL E Green 1 0 AUS K Dening 4 1 7 AUS L Turner 6 6 RSA 1928 J Forbes 6 6 ITA L Bassi 3 3 GBR C Truman 5 4 7 AUS L Turner 7 6 RSA 1928 J Forbes 1 2 7 AUS Turner 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Heather Ross 6 3 1 AUS Mary Hawton 3 6 6 USA Nancy Richey 11 10 USA Donna Floyd 9 8 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 2 6 7 FRA Susan Chatrier 6 4 5 RSA 1928 Bernice Vukovich 2 6 4 GBR Deidre Catt 6 4 6 URS 1955 Anna Dmitrieva 6 6 GBR Carol Webb 1 2 Q FRG Renate Ostermann 8 6 FRG Karin Herich 6 2 ITA Francesca Gordigiani 2 3 FRG Edda Buding 6 6 USA Margaret Varner 3 4 3 BRA 1960 Maria Bueno 6 6 AUS M Hawton 5 5 USA N Richey 7 7 HUN Z Körmöczy 5 1 GBR D Catt 7 6 URS 1955 A Dmitrieva 8 5 7 Q FRG R Ostermann 6 7 5 FRG E Buding 4 6 3 3 BRA 1960 M Bueno 6 4 6 USA N Richey 5 6 GBR D Catt 7 8 URS 1955 A Dmitrieva 6 1 1 3 BRA 1960 M Bueno 3 6 6 GBR D Catt 2 4 3 BRA 1960 M Bueno 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUT Doris Schuster 1 3 TCH Věra Suková 6 6 USA Carole Ann Loop 3 1 AUS Jan Lehane 6 6 NZL Judy Davidson 6 8 FRA Michelle Bourbonnais 2 6 Q GBR Margaret Grace 2 2 6 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 TCH V Suková 8 6 AUS J Lehane 6 3 NZL J Davidson 1 1 6 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 TCH V Suková 1 6 6 6 GBR A Mortimer 6 4 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRG Helga Schultze 2 6 6 GBR Vivienne Cox 6 4 1 FRA Rosie Darmon 3 1 RSA 1928 Heather Segal 6 6 NED Eva de Jong 6 6 ITA Lea Pericoli 3 4 GBR Ruth Illingworth 0 2 2 USA Darlene Hard 6 6 FRG H Schultze 6 1 6 RSA 1928 H Segal 4 6 3 NED E de Jong 0 0 2 USA D Hard 6 6 FRG H Schultze 1 0 2 USA D Hard 6 6 References External links 1962 LS 1962 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1962 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships