1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles explained

Date:1 July 1977
Score:6–3, 6–3
Draw:48 (3)
Seeds:8
Type:grand slam

See main article: 1977 Wimbledon Championships. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Evert partnered with Rosie Casals, but they lost in the second round to Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell.[1]

Cawley and Russell defeated Navratilova and Betty Stöve in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.[2]

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (final)

See also: 2 and 4. Rosie Casals / Chris Evert (second round)

See also: 3 and 3. Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss (quarterfinals)

See also: 4 and 2. Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (semifinals)

See also: 5 and 2. Kerry Reid / Greer Stevens (quarterfinals)

See also: 6 and 1. Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (third round)

See also: 7 and 3. Lesley Charles / Sue Mappin (semifinals)

See also: 8 and 4. Billie Jean King / Karen Susman (second round)

Draw

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barrett, John . World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook . Flink . Steve . Tingay . Lance . Macdonald and Jane's . 1978 . 978-0-354-09039-1 . 10th Year . London . 51, 57 . en . Wimbledon Championships . 0305-6325 . 237184605 . 15012356M . John Barrett (tennis) . Steve Flink . Lance Tingay.
  2. Book: Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. 2014. Vision Sports Publishing. 9-781909-534230. 4th.