1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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 and completed the career grand slam in singles.[1]

Women's Singles
1963 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Margaret Smith
Runner-up Billie Jean Moffitt
Final score6–3, 6–4
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Main article: 1963 Wimbledon Championships

Karen Susman did not defend her title as she was expecting her first child.[2]

Seeds
01.   Margaret Smith (Champion)
02.   Lesley Turner (Fourth round)
03.   Ann Jones (Semifinals)
04.   Darlene Hard (Semifinals)
05.   Jan Lehane (Quarterfinals)
06.   Věra Suková (Third round)
07.   Maria Bueno (Quarterfinals)
08.   Renée Schuurman (Quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Margaret Smith 3 6 6
8 Renée Schuurman 6 0 1
1 Margaret Smith 6 6
4 Darlene Hard 3 3
4 Darlene Hard 6 1
5 Jan Lehane 1 2r
1 Margaret Smith 6 6
Billie Jean Moffitt 3 4
Donna Fales 4 1
3 Ann Jones 6 6
3 Ann Jones 4 4
Billie Jean Moffitt 6 6
7 Maria Bueno 2 5
Billie Jean Moffitt 6 7

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 Margaret Smith 6 6
Louise Brown 1 1
1 M Smith 6 6
Q K Bartholdson 1 0
Michelle Bourbonnais 4 1
Q Katarina Bartholdson 6 6
1 M Smith 6 6
N Baylon 3 3
Christiane Mercelis 1 2
Carole Caldwell 6 6
C Caldwell 6 3 3
N Baylon 0 6 6
Norma Baylon 6 3 6
Janine Lieffrig 4 6 2

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 Renée Schuurman 4 6 6
Deidre Catt 6 4 4
8 R Schuurman 6 6
F Gordigiani 2 1
Gudrun Rosin 6 3
Francesca Gordigiani 8 6
8 R Schuurman 6 6
R Ostermann 4 2
Renate Ostermann 6 6
Jenny Wagstaff 3 4
R Ostermann 6 6
J Bourgnon 1 2
Jenny Ridderhof-Seven 7 4 5
Janine Bourgnon 5 6 7

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 Darlene Hard 6 6
Q Joyce Fulton 0 0 4 D Hard 6 6
Caroline Yates-Bell 6 6 C Yates-Bell 2 1
Q Margaret Lee 1 2 4 D Hard 6 6
Pilar Barril 2 0 H Schultze 3 0
Helga Schultze 6 6 H Schultze 6 6
Heide Schildknecht 4 5 H Cheadle 1 3
Hazel Cheadle 6 7 4 D Hard 3 6 8
Pat Edrich 1 1 C Truman 6 3 6
Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 6 Z Körmöczy 1 3
Christine Truman 6 6 C Truman 6 6
Yola Ochoa 2 0 C Truman 8 0 6
Lucia Bassi 1 5 J Tegart 6 6 1
Judy Tegart 6 7 J Tegart 6 6
Anna Dmitrieva 6 6 A Dmitrieva 1 4
Roberta Beltrame 1 2

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 Jan Lehane 6 6
Q Sally Holdsworth 2 0 5 J Lehane 6 6
Joyce Barclay 2 5 J Barclay 3 2
Q Ulla Sandulf 6 2r 5 J Lehane 8 6
Tory Fretz 6 6 T Fretz 6 4
Carol Prosen 1 1 T Fretz 8 1 9
Q Diane Tuckey 4 1 F Dürr 6 6 7
Françoise Dürr 6 6 5 J Lehane 6 6
Almut Sturm 1 1 M Hunt 1 3
Rita Bentley 6 6 R Bentley 2 3
Pauline Roberts 5 2 M Hunt 6 6
Margaret Hunt 7 6 M Hunt 4 6 8
Pam Watermeyer 2 2 C Hanks 6 2 6
Carol Hanks 6 6 C Hanks 6 6
Jill Mills 5 3 S Brasher 0 2
Shirley Brasher 7 6

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Charlene Rigby 0 4
Silvana Lazzarino 6 6 S Lazzarino 4 6 4
Dorothy Knode 6 6 D Knode 6 3 6
Ann McAlpine 2 1 D Knode 3 5
Helga Niessen 6 4 6 L Cawthorn 6 7
Carole Newman 3 6 4 H Niessen 2 5
Mary Habicht 4 0 L Cawthorn 6 7
Lorna Cawthorn 6 6 L Cawthorn 0 4
Carole Rosser 2 9 6 D Fales 6 6
Noelene Turner 6 7 8 N Turner 1 1
Donna Fales 6 6 D Fales 6 6
Ann Barclay 3 2 D Fales
Carmen Coronado 6 4 6 6 V Suková w/o
Constance Jaster 2 6 0 C Coronado 6 1 4
Jane Albert 4 4 6 V Suková 2 6 6
6 Věra Suková 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Q Heather Allen 6 3 3
Isabelle de Lansalut 3 6 6 I de Lansalut 2 2
Judy Alvarez 6 4 R Lesh 6 6
Robin Lesh 8 6 R Lesh 3 6
Q Mary McAnally 0 1 R Ebbern 6 8
Robyn Ebbern 6 6 R Ebbern 6 6
Q Jean Barnes 6 6 Q J Barnes 0 2
Klára Bardóczy 1 4 R Ebbern 2 4
Hana Sladek 6 6 3 A Jones 6 6
Márta Peterdy-Wolf 2 3 H Sladek 3 6 6
Jenny Trewby 5 2 J Knight 6 3 3
Jean Knight 7 6 H Sladek 1 0
Heather Segal 6 4 3 A Jones 6 6
Virginia Wade 8 6 V Wade 3 7
Jill Blackman 3 2 3 A Jones 6 9
3 Ann Jones 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Liz Starkie 6 6
Ana María Estalella 4 0
E Starkie 6 6
E de Jong 0 1
Zsófia Broszmann 6 5 4
Eva de Jong 4 7 6
E Starkie 1 5
7 M Bueno 6 7
Rosemary Deloford 3 4
Annette Van Zyl 6 6
A Van Zyl 2 0
7 M Bueno 6 6
Parveen Ahmed 0 0
7 Maria Bueno 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Sonja Pachta 4 4
Billie Jean Moffitt 6 6
BJ Moffitt 7 6 6
L Pericoli 9 4 0
Lea Pericoli 6 6
Pat Hird 2 1
BJ Moffitt 4 6 7
2 L Turner 6 4 5
Q Judy Tee 1 3
Edda Buding 6 6
E Buding 4 3
2 L Turner 6 6
Margot Dohrer 1 3
2 Lesley Turner 6 6

References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. Little, Alan (2010). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: The All England Lawn Tennis Club. p. 299. ISBN 1899039333.
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