Wimbledon Championships 1963

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1963 ►
Date: June 24 - July 5, 1963
Edition: 77th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Karen Hantze-Susman
Men's double : South Africa 1961South Africa Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King Karen Hantze-Susman
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Margaret Osborne-duPont Neale Fraser
AustraliaAustralia 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Chuck McKinley
Ladies singles : AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith
Men's double : Mexico 1934Mexico Rafael Osuna Antonio Palafox
Mexico 1934Mexico 
Ladies doubles : Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno Darlene Hard
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Ken Fletcher
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1963

The 77th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1963 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

This year the regulation was introduced that the players' clothing must be predominantly white. After it had rained all day on the second Saturday, the finals of all four competitions were played on the following Monday.

Men's singles

The American Chuck McKinley won the men’s race . He prevailed against Fred Stolle in three sets in the final and won his only title in a Grand Slam tournament.

Ladies singles

The Australian Margaret Smith won her first of three individual titles at Wimbledon. In total she won 24 singles titles in Grand Slam tournaments up to 1973, as well as 19 doubles titles.

Men's doubles

The men's doubles were won by the Mexicans Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox .

Ladies doubles

Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard were successful in women's doubles .

Mixed

Margaret Smith and Ken Fletcher 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

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 4.