1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1961 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Karen Hantze ; Billie Jean Moffitt
Runners-up	Jan Lehane ; Margaret Smith
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	48 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard were the defending champions, but did not compete.

Karen Hantze and Billie Jean Moffitt defeated Jan Lehane and Margaret Smith in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Seeds edit

01.

Renée Schuurman (quarterfinals)

02.

03.

04.

Lesley Turner (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Margaret Hunt Lynne Hutchings	4	6	7

	Anna Dmitrieva Valeria Kuzmenko Titova	6	1	5
						Margaret Hunt Lynne Hutchings	1	1

					3	Jan Lehane Margaret Smith	6	6
3	Jan Lehane Margaret Smith	6	12

	Rosie Darmon Yola Ramírez	0	10
									3	Jan Lehane Margaret Smith	3	4

										Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt	6	6
	Eva Duldig Marlene Gerson	7	1

4	Sally Moore Lesley Turner	9	6
					4	Sally Moore Lesley Turner	3	0

						Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt	6	6
	Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt	9	6

1	Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman	7	3

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	2	Ann Haydon Christine Truman	6	6
		Pilar Barril Carmen Coronado	1	1
						2	A Haydon C Truman	5	6	3
							M Hunt L Hutchings	7	3	6
		Margaret Hunt Lynne Hutchings	6	6
	Q	J Macintosh JA Watts	2	0
												M Hunt L Hutchings	4	6	7
												A Dmitrieva V Kuzmenko Titova	6	1	5
		Michelle Bourbonnais Susan Chatrier	6	6
		Gill Evans Billie Woodgate	4	3
							M Bourbonnais S Chatrier	6	0
							A Dmitrieva V Kuzmenko Titova	8	6
		Anna Dmitrieva Valeria Kuzmenko Titova	1	6	6
		Gem Hoahing Danièle Wild	6	3	2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	Jan Lehane Margaret Smith	6	6
	Justina Bricka Carol Hanks	1	1		3	J Lehane M Smith	6	6
	Valerie Gardner Margaret Grace	2	1			M Hellyer V Suková	4	1
	Margaret Hellyer Věra Suková	6	6							3	J Lehane M Smith	6	3	6
	Jennifer Chamberlain Viola White	5	6	8							M Arnold E Starkie	0	6	1
	Nell Hopman Meryl Mark	7	3	6		J Chamberlain V White	6	2	3
	Eleanor O'Neill Mary O'Sullivan	2	7			M Arnold E Starkie	2	6	6
	Mimi Arnold Liz Starkie	6	9												3	J Lehane M Smith	6	12
	Márta Peterdy-Wolf Tone Schirmer	6	6													R Darmon Y Ramírez	0	10
	Monique Bedoret Poucette Bernheim	3	1			M Peterdy-Wolf T Schirmer	2	1
	Rosie Darmon Yola Ramírez	6	8			R Darmon Y Ramírez	6	6
	Edda Buding Helga Schultze	2	6								R Darmon Y Ramírez	3	6	6
	Rosemary Deloford Jill Mills	5	7	2							P Hird C Yates-Bell	6	1	1
	Florence de la Courtie Christiane Mercelis	7	5	6		F de la Courtie C Mercelis	5	2
	Hanna Sladek Pat Stewart	3	5			P Hird C Yates-Bell	7	6
	Pat Hird Caroline Yates-Bell	6	7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Eva Duldig Marlene Gerson	6	6
Q	Sheila Bramley Leonie Brighton	4	3			E Duldig M Gerson	11	6
	Ana María Estalella Marta Pombo	6	6			AM Estalella Marta Pombo	9	4
	Jane Rushton Judy Tee	2	2								E Duldig M Gerson	1	6	6
Q	Valerie Clark Lesley Hustwit	3	4								S Lazzarino L Pericoli	6	1	3
	Silvana Lazzarino Lea Pericoli	6	6			S Lazzarino L Pericoli	1	7	6
	Donna Floyd Belmar Gunderson					D Floyd B Gunderson	6	5	3
	Robyn Ebbern Mary Reitano	w/o														E Duldig M Gerson	7	1
	Joyce Barclay Frances MacLennan	w/o													4	S Moore L Turner	9	6
	Ilse Davies Karin Herich					I Davies K Herich	4	2
	Zsuzsa Körmöczy Nancy Richey	w/o				R Bentley P Roberts	6	6
	Rita Bentley Pauline Roberts										R Bentley P Roberts	6	6	5
	Lorna Cawthorn Pat Wheeler	4	6	9						4	S Moore L Turner	8	3	7
	Carole Rosser Jenny Trewby	6	2	7		L Cawthorn P Wheeler	3	3
	Joan Gibson Gudrun Rosin	3	4		4	S Moore L Turner	6	6
4	Sally Moore Lesley Turner	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Pat Hales Vera Thomas	1	4
		Margot Dittmeyer Renate Ostermann	6	6
							M Dittmeyer R Ostermann	2	1
							K Hantze BJ Moffitt	6	6
	Q	Cathy Lyon Julie Wilson	2	1
		Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt	6	6
											K Hantze BJ Moffitt	9	6
										1	S Reynolds R Schuurman	7	3
		Sonja Pachta Doris Schuster	6	1	6
	Q	Mabel Bove Nora Somoza	3	6	3
							S Pachta D Schuster	3	5
							S Reynolds R Schuurman	6	7
		Deidre Catt Angela Mortimer	1	3
	1	Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman	6	6

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.