1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1961 Wimbledon Championships GBR Angela Mortimer GBR Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam 1961 Wimbledon Championships Angela Mortimer defeated Christine Truman in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was her third and last major singles title, and the final marked the last all-British final at the event to date. Maria Bueno was the reigning champion, but did not defend her title due to jaundice.Little Alan 2010 Wimbledon Compendium 2010 The All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, London 1899039333 299 Seeds 1 8 RSA 1928 Sandra Reynolds (semifinals) 2 1 AUS Margaret Smith (quarterfinals) 3 3 GBR Ann Haydon (fourth round) 4 6 AUS Lesley Turner (second round) 5 7 MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez (quarterfinals) 6 2 GBR Christine Truman (final) 7 5 GBR Angela Mortimer (champion) 8 4 USA Karen Hantze (quarterfinals) As originally seeded, USA Darlene Hard was the fifth seed, but when she withdrew from the championships before the draw was made, the seeding list was redrafted and she was replaced by Yola Ramírez.Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd; 5th Revised ed. edition (25 June 2020). 978-1913412005 Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 AUS Margaret Smith 6 3 7 6 GBR Christine Truman 3 6 9 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 6 2 7 8 USA Karen Hantze 4 6 5 7 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 TCH Věra Suková 3 4 5 MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez 6 3 0 1 RSA 1928 Sandra Reynolds 4 6 6 6 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 4 4 7 GBR Angela Mortimer 11 6 1 RSA 1928 Sandra Reynolds 9 3 6 GBR Christine Truman 6 4 5 7 GBR Angela Mortimer 4 6 7 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 AUS Margaret Smith 3 6 6 USA Nancy Richey 6 3 4 USA Pat Stewart 3 6 6 FRA Susan Chatrier 6 0 3 ESP 1945 Carmen Coronado 6 1 6 USA Belmar Gunderson 0 6 4 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 6 ITA Silvana Lazzarino 2 2 2 AUS M Smith 6 6 USA P Stewart 3 0 ESP 1945 C Coronado 3 0 HUN Z Körmöczy 6 6 2 AUS M Smith 6 6 HUN Z Körmöczy 2 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 AUS Margaret Hellyer 4 4 GBR Pat Hird 1 6 4 ARG Nora Somoza 6 4 6 AUT Sonja Pachta 1 3 RSA 1928 Margaret Hunt 6 6 GBR Pat Hales 1 1 FRG Edda Buding 6 6 6 GBR C Truman 6 6 ARG N Somoza 2 2 RSA 1928 M Hunt 6 1 6 FRG E Buding 2 6 4 6 GBR C Truman 6 6 RSA 1928 M Hunt 3 2 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 Q SUI Janine Bourgnon 0 0 BEL Christiane Mercelis 7 7 USA Sally Moore 5 5 FRA Danièle Wild 4 4 GBR Carol Webb 6 6 ESP 1945 Marta Pombo 6 3 10 Q GBR Janet Scoble 3 6 8 GBR Frances MacLennan 3 3 GBR Pat Wheeler 6 6 RSA 1928 Renée Schuurman 7 6 GBR Rita Bentley 5 3 Q IRL Eleanor O'Neill 2 2 ITA Francesca Gordigiani 6 6 GBR Pauline Roberts 6 6 GBR Frances Walton 0 4 3 GBR A Haydon 6 6 BEL C Mercelis 2 1 GBR C Webb 6 6 ESP 1945 M Pombo 4 1 GBR P Wheeler 2 0 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 6 6 ITA F Gordigiani 6 3 6 GBR P Roberts 2 6 4 3 GBR A Haydon 6 6 GBR C Webb 1 1 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 0 6 6 ITA F Gordigiani 6 0 3 3 GBR A Haydon 6 4 2 RSA 1928 R Schuurman 3 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA Karen Hantze 6 6 FRA Rosie Darmon 2 2 GBR Vivienne Dennis 1 6 6 Q GBR Judy Tee 6 3 3 GBR Robin Blakelock 6 7 HUN Márta Peterdy-Wolf 3 5 FRG Renate Ostermann 4 6 2 AUS Eva Duldig 6 4 6 GBR Shirley Brasher 6 3 6 NED Jenny Seven 0 6 2 AUS Jan Lehane 6 6 URS 1955 Anna Dmitrieva 4 0 FRA Michelle Bourbonnais 6 5 5 Q CAN 1957 Eleanor Dodge 4 7 7 GBR Jill Mills 6 6 GBR Caroline Yates-Bell 3 4 8 USA K Hantze 6 6 GBR V Dennis 1 1 GBR R Blakelock 1 7 AUS E Duldig 6 9 GBR S Brasher 0 3 AUS J Lehane 6 6 Q CAN 1957 E Dodge 4 6 4 GBR J Mills 6 1 6 8 USA K Hantze 6 6 AUS E Duldig 3 2 AUS J Lehane 6 6 GBR J Mills 1 4 8 USA K Hantze 6 6 AUS J Lehane 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Rosemary Deloford 6 8 AUS Nell Hopman 3 6 Q IRL Geraldine Houlihan 1 3 GBR Alison Stroud 6 6 USA Justina Bricka 6 6 SWE Gudrun Rosin 4 3 USA Donna Floyd 6 6 URS 1955 Valeria Kuzmenko Titova 1 3 GBR Margaret Lee 7 4 1 GBR Ilse Davies 5 6 6 USA Carol Hanks 3 3 AUT Doris Schuster 6 6 Q GBR Honor Durose 1 12 7 Q GBR Jenny Wagstaff 6 10 5 GBR Joyce Barclay w/o 7 GBR Angela Mortimer GBR R Deloford 6 6 6 GBR A Stroud 8 1 2 USA J Bricka 6 9 USA D Floyd 1 7 GBR I Davies 4 3 AUT D Schuster 6 6 Q GBR H Durose 0 0 7 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 GBR R Deloford 1 3 USA J Bricka 6 6 AUT D Schuster 2 0 7 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 USA J Bricka 4 7 7 GBR A Mortimer 6 9 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Gwyn Thomas 3 6 6 RSA 1928 Meryl Mark 6 1 8 RSA 1928 Lynne Hutchings 5 6 6 CAN 1957 Hanna Sladek 7 2 2 TCH Věra Suková 6 6 FRG Margot Dittmeyer 0 0 RSA 1928 Marlene Gerson 7 7 1 GBR Ruth Illingworth 9 5 6 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 6 4 5 FRG Karin Herich 3 6 7 NOR Tone Schirmer 6 6 AUS Joan Gibson 2 4 USA Mimi Arnold 7 6 GBR Jenny Trewby 5 0 GBR Diane Tuckey 1 2 4 AUS Lesley Turner 6 6 RSA 1928 M Mark 2 3 RSA 1928 L Hutchings 6 6 TCH V Suková 6 6 GBR R Illingworth 3 1 FRG K Herich 7 6 NOR T Schirmer 5 2 USA M Arnold 7 6 4 AUS L Turner 5 4 RSA 1928 L Hutchings 2 5 TCH V Suková 6 7 FRG K Herich 2 1 USA M Arnold 6 6 TCH V Suková 7 6 USA M Arnold 5 2 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Robyn Ebbern 2 6 GBR Liz Starkie 6 8 Q GBR Viola White 6 2 FRG Helga Schultze 8 6 GBR Deidre Catt 6 6 GBR Margaret O'Donnell 2 2 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 9 6 2 5 MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez 11 1 6 GBR E Starkie 6 6 FRG H Schultze 0 1 GBR D Catt 6 1 3 5 MEX 1934 Y Ramírez 3 6 6 GBR E Starkie 6 1 5 MEX 1934 Y Ramírez 8 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Carole Rosser 3 6 0 FRA Florence de la Courtie 6 3 6 AUS Mary Reitano w/o ESP 1945 Ana María Estalella ITA Lea Pericoli 4 3 Q CAN 1957 Susan Butt 6 6 GBR Lorna Cawthorn 1 0 1 RSA 1928 Sandra Reynolds 6 6 FRA F de la Courtie 6 6 ESP 1945 AM Estalella 4 3 Q CAN 1957 S Butt 3 2 1 RSA 1928 S Reynolds 6 6 FRA F de la Courtie 1 3 1 RSA 1928 S Reynolds 6 6 References External links 1961 LS 1961 French 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