Wimbledon Championships 1970

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1970 ►
Date:	June 22nd - July 4th 1970
Edition:	84th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Rod Laver
Ladies singles :	Ann Jones
Men's double :	John Newcombe Tony Roche
Ladies doubles :	Margaret Court Judy Tegart
Mixed :	Ann Jones Fred Stolle
winner
Men's singles :	John Newcombe
Ladies singles :	Margaret Court
Men's double :	John Newcombe Tony Roche
Ladies doubles :	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
Mixed :	Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase
Grand Slams 1970
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The 84th Wimbledon Championships were a Grand Slam tennis grass court tournament hosted by the ITF . It took place from June 22nd to July 4th, 1970 in London , Great Britain . The host was the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club .

The defending champions in the singles were Rod Laver for the men and Ann Jones for the women. In the men's doubles were John Newcombe and Tony Roche , in the women's doubles Margaret Court and Judy Tegart were the defending champions. In mixed, Ann Jones and Fred Stolle were the defending champions.

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rod Laver Round of 16 02.  John Newcombe victory 03.  Arthur Ashe Round of 16 04th  Tony Roche Quarter finals 05.  Ken Rosewall final 06th  Željko Franulović 3rd round 07th  Stan Smith Round of 16 08th.  Ilie Năstase Round of 16

No. player Round reached 09.  Clark Graebner Quarter finals 10.  Roy Emerson Quarter finals 11.  Tom Okker 2nd round 12.  Cliff Drysdale 3rd round 13.  Jan Kodeš 1 round 14th  Andrés Gimeno Semifinals 15th  Dennis Ralston Round of 16 16.  Roger Taylor Semifinals

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Margaret Court victory 02.  Billie Jean King final 03.  Virginia Wade Round of 16 04th  Kerry Melville Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rosie Casals Semifinals 06th  Julie Heldman Round of 16 07th  Karen Krantzcke Quarter finals 08th.  Helga Niessen Quarter finals

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  John Newcombe Tony Roche   victory 02.  Tom Okker Marty Riessen   Quarter finals 03.  Roy Emerson Rod Laver   Quarter finals 04th  Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan   Semifinals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Bob Lutz Stan Smith   Round of 16 06th  Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle   final 07th  Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor   Round of 16 08th.  Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson   Round of 16

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Margaret Court Judy Dalton   Semifinals 02.  Rosie Casals Billie Jean King   victory 03.  Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville   Semifinals 04th  Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade   final

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Marty Riessen Margaret Court   2nd round 02.  Bob Hewitt Billie Jean King   3rd round 03.  Frew McMillan Judy Dalton   Semifinals 04th  Dennis Ralston Françoise Dürr   2nd round

Web links

• Official website - Roll of Honor (English)
• Archives of the ATP World Tour (Men) Grand Slams 1970 (English)
• Archive of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Women & Mixed) tournaments 1970 (English)
• ITF Archives (Men & Mixed )
• ITF Archives (Women )
• Grand Slam History Reference Book (English)