1967 Wimbledon Championships

  • Australian Championships
  • International French Tennis Championships
  • Wimbledon Championships
  • U.S. National Championships

The 81st edition of the Wimbledon Championships was in 1967 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road instead. With a total of 301 896 viewers, a new record was achieved.

Billie Jean King succeeded the first player since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925 to win the single, the double and mixed in a year. They were only two sentences - one double and one in mixed doubles - from.

It was the last Wimbledon Championships, where only amateurs were allowed. After the tournament, a tournament only for professionals ( the Wimbledon World Professional Championships ) was held in August 1967 on the grounds, which was broadcast by the BBC for the first time in color and was met with great audience interest. In December, the Bureau of the All England Club decided the first organizer of a Grand Slam tournament, in the following year to allow professional players to the regular Wimbledon Championships. In February 1968, the International Tennis Federation created the Amateur scheme as far as possible.

Men's Singles

In the men only two seeded players reached the quarter-finals, the set at position 1 Last year's winner Manuel Santana lost his first match did already. Finally, John Newcombe won his first of three singles titles at Wimbledon. In the final he beat the German Wilhelm Bungert clear in three sets.

Women's Singles

Billie Jean King defended her title. Sis sat down in the final against Ann Haydon -Jones in straight sets by,

Men's doubles

In the men's doubles won the South Africans Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan.

Women Doubles

The women's doubles was Rosemary Casals and Billie Jean King to decide for themselves.

Mixed

In mixed Owen Davidson and Billie Jean King were victorious.

Source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8.
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