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Women's singles
1967 U.S. National Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Billie Jean King
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones
Score11–9, 6–4
Details
Seeds10
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1966 · U.S. National Championships · 1968 →
1967 tennis event results

Top-seeded Billie Jean King defeated Ann Haydon-Jones 11–9, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1967 U.S. National Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. United States Billie Jean King (champion)
  2. United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones (finalist)
  3. France Françoise Dürr (semifinals)
  4. United States Nancy Richey (withdrawn)
  5. Australia Lesley Turner (semifinals)
  6. Brazil Maria Bueno (second round)
  7. United States Rosemary Casals (fourth round)
  8. United States Mary-Ann Eisel (third round)
  9. United Kingdom Virginia Wade (fourth round)
  10. Australia Kerry Melville (fourth round)

Draw

Key

Final eight

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 United States Billie Jean King 6 6
South Africa Annette Van Zyl 1 4
1 United States Billie Jean King 6 6
3 France Françoise Dürr 2 4
United States Valerie Ziegenfuss 0 3
3 France Françoise Dürr 6 6
1 United States Billie Jean King 11 6
2 United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones 9 4
4 Australia Lesley Turner 6 6
7 United Kingdom Rita Bentley 1 2
5 Australia Lesley Turner 2 4
2 United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones 6 6
United States Peaches Bartkowicz 5 6 1
2 United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones 7 2 6

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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