Wimbledon Championships 1964

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1964 ►
Date: June 22nd - July 3rd, 1964
Edition: 78th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 : 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 : AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson
Ladies singles : Brazil 1960Brazil Maria Bueno
Men's double : South Africa 1961South Africa Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : AustraliaAustralia Margaret Smith Lesley Turner
AustraliaAustralia 
Mixed : AustraliaAustralia Lesley Turner Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1964

The 78th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1964 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Men's singles

Roy Emerson won his first individual title at Wimbledon.

Ladies singles

The Brazilian Maria Bueno won for the third and last time after 1959 and 1960. In the final she beat last year's winner Margaret Smith Court in three sets.

Men's doubles

In the men's doubles, the pairing Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle prevailed.

Ladies doubles

Margaret Smith Court and Lesley Turner defeated Billie Jean King and Karen Hantze Susman in the double-finals .

Mixed

Lesley Turner and Fred Stolle won the mixed competition .

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .