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1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Billie Jean King

Final score
  
6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Maria Bueno

Draw
  
96 (10Q)

Singles
  
men

Fourth-seeded Billie Jean King defeated second-seeded Maria Bueno 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.

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The second round match in which Gail Sherriff beat her sister Carol was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 between Serena and Venus Williams.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Margaret Smith (Semifinalist)
  2. Maria Bueno (Finalist)
  3. Ann Haydon-Jones (Semifinalist)
  4. Billie Jean King (Champion)
  5. Nancy Richey (Quarterfinalist)
  6. Annette Van Zyl (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Françoise Dürr (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Norma Baylon (Third round)

Key

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

    1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia