Wimbledon Championships 1962
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1962 ► | |
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Date: | June 25 - July 6, 1962 |
Edition: | 76th Wimbledon Championships |
Place: | Church Road, London |
Covering: | race |
Defending champion | |
Men's singles : |
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Ladies singles : |
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Men's double : |
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Ladies doubles : |
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Mixed : |
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winner | |
Men's singles : |
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Ladies singles : |
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Men's double : |
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Ladies doubles : |
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Mixed : |
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Grand Slams 1962 | |
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The 76th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1962 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.
For the second time after 1957, Queen Elizabeth II attended the tournament and held the awards ceremony.
Men's singles
Rod Laver defended his title. In the final he beat his compatriot Martin Mulligan in three sets.
Ladies singles
Karen Hantze-Susman defeated Věra Suková in the women's final and won her only individual title in a Grand Slam tournament.
Men's doubles
Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle were successful in men's doubles .
Ladies doubles
Billie Jean King and Karen Hantze-Susman won the women's double competition. Karen Hantze
Mixed
Margaret Osborne-duPont and Neale Fraser won the mixed competition .
source
- J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 4.