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1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Margaret Smith

Final score
  
6–3, 6–4

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Billie-Jean Moffitt

Draw
  
96 (10Q)

Singles
  
men

Reigning champion Karen Hantze Susman (USA) did not defend her title, as she was expecting her first child. First-seeded Margaret Smith (AUS) defeated unseeded Billie Jean Moffitt (USA) 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Smith is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Margaret Smith (Champion)
  2. Lesley Turner (Fourth round)
  3. Ann Haydon-Jones (Semifinalist)
  4. Darlene Hard (Semifinalist)
  5. Jan Lehane (Quarterfinalist)
  6. Věra Suková (Third round)
  7. Maria Bueno (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Renee Schuurman (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired
  • References

    1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia