Wimbledon Championships 1971

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Wimbledon Championships 1971
Date: June 21 - July 3, 1971
Edition: 85th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe
Ladies singles : AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe Tony Roche
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase
Romania 1965Romania 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe
Ladies singles : AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Roy Emerson Rod Laver
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King Owen Davidson
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1971

The 85th Wimbledon Championships were a Grand Slam tennis grass court tournament hosted by the ITF . It took place from June 21 to July 3, 1971 in London , Great Britain . The host was the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club .

Defending champions in the singles were John Newcombe in the men and Margaret Court in the women. In the men's doubles were John Newcombe and Tony Roche , in the women's doubles Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King were the defending champions. In mixed, Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase were the defending champions.

Men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver Quarter finals
02. AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe victory
03. AustraliaAustralia Ken Rosewall Semifinals
04th United StatesUnited States Stan Smith final
No. player Round reached
05. United StatesUnited States Arthur Ashe 3rd round

06th United StatesUnited States Cliff Richey Quarter finals

07th Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase 2nd round

08th. South Africa 1961South Africa Cliff Drysdale 1 round

Ladies singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court final
02. United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King Semifinals
03. AustraliaAustralia Evonne Goolagong victory
04th United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals 2nd round
No. Player Round reached
05. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade Round of 16

06th United StatesUnited States Nancy Richey Quarter finals

07th FranceFrance Françoise Dürr Quarter finals

08th. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Helga Masthoff 3rd round

Men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe Tony Roche
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round
02. AustraliaAustralia Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
Quarter finals
03. South Africa 1961South Africa Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
South Africa 1961South Africa 
1 round
04th Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac
Romania 1965Romania 
Quarter finals

Ladies doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
victory
02. AustraliaAustralia Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong
AustraliaAustralia 
final
03. AustraliaAustralia Judy Dalton Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Round of 16
04th FranceFrance Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr
FranceFrance 
Semifinals

Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Marty Riessen Margaret Court
AustraliaAustralia 
final
02. Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase Rosie Casals
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
03. AustraliaAustralia Owen Davidson Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
victory
04th South Africa 1961South Africa Frew McMillan Judy Dalton
AustraliaAustralia 
Semifinals

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