Date: | 26 June – 8 July |
Edition: | 81st |
Location: | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue: | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
Attendance: | 301,896 |
Surface: | Grass |
Category: | Grand Slam |
Champms: | John Newcombe |
Champws: | Billie Jean King |
Champmd: | Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan |
Champwd: | Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King |
Champxd: | Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King |
Champbs: | Manuel Orantes |
Champgs: | Judith Salomé |
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967.[1] It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.
The first colour television broadcast in the UK, as well as in Europe, took place on 1 July 1967, the first Saturday of the Championships, when, starting at 2 pm, four hours of live coverage of the Championships was shown on BBC2 presented by David Vine and with commentary from Keith Fordyce.[2] [3] The first match broadcast in colour was Cliff Drysdale against Roger Taylor and was played on the Centre Court. Additional colour broadcasts were made during the afternoons of the following week as well as 30-minute highlight programmes shown each evening.[4]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles. John Newcombe defeated Wilhelm Bungert, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 [5]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles. Billie Jean King defeated Ann Jones, 6–3, 6–4 [6]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles. Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated Roy Emerson / Ken Fletcher, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 [7]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles. Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King defeated Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey, 9–11, 6–4, 6–2 [8]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles. Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King defeated Ken Fletcher / Maria Bueno, 7–5, 6–2 [9]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles. Manuel Orantes defeated Mike Estep, 6–2, 6–0 [10]
See main article: 1967 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles. Judith Salomé defeated Margaretta Strandberg, 6–4, 6–2 [11]