1971 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

21 June – 3 July

Edition

85th

Prize money

The total prize money for the 1971 championships was £37,790. The winner of the men's title earned £3,750 while the women's singles champion earned £1,800.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
Men's singles	£3,750	£2,250	£750	£415	£225	£150	£95	£75
Women's singles	£1,800	£1,000	£450	£265	£150	£115	£75	£55
Men's doubles *	£750	£450	£300	£150	£0	£0	£0	—
Women's doubles *	£450	£300	£150	£75	£0	£0	£0	—
Mixed doubles *	£375	£265	£130	£75	£0	£0	£0	£0

_{* per team}

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

John Newcombe defeated Stan Smith, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

It was Newcombe's 4th career Grand Slam title (his 2nd in the Open Era), and his 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Evonne Goolagong defeated Margaret Court, 6–4, 6–1

It was Goolagong's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

'Roy Emerson / Rod Laver defeated Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston, 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King defeated Margaret Court / Evonne Goolagong, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King defeated Marty Riessen / Margaret Court, 3–6, 6–2, 15–13

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Robert Kreiss defeated Stephen Warboys, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Marina Kroschina defeated Sue Minford, 6–4, 6–4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Rod Laver (quarterfinals, lost to Tom Gorman)
John Newcombe (champion)
Ken Rosewall (semifinals, lost to John Newcombe)
Stan Smith (final, lost to John Newcombe)
Arthur Ashe (third round, lost to Marty Riessen)
Cliff Richey (quarterfinals, lost to Ken Rosewall)
Ilie Năstase (second round, lost to Georges Goven)
Cliff Drysdale (first round, lost to Tom Gorman)

Women's singles

Margaret Court (final, lost to Evonne Goolagong)
Billie Jean King (semifinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong)
Evonne Goolagong (champion)
Rosie Casals (second round, lost to Kerry Melville)
Virginia Wade (fourth round, lost to Judy Dalton)
Nancy Richey (quarterfinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong)
Françoise Dürr (quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King)
Helga Masthoff (third round, lost to Lesley Bowrey)

References

Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 421, 432. ISBN 978-0942257700.
Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 374, 375. ISBN 0007117078.
Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
"About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
"Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
"Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
"Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
"Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
"Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
"Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website

Preceded by1971 French Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by1971 US Open

v t e Wimbledon Championships
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Open Era finalists

v t e 1971 Grand Prix Tour « 1970 1972 »
A	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
B	Hamburg Bournemouth Brussels Båstad Washington Indianapolis Los Angeles Berkeley London Indoor Buenos Aires
C	Monte Carlo Charlotte Palermo Clemmons Cincinnati
D	Nice London (Queens)
Team events	Davis Cup
Pepsi-Cola Masters, Paris

v t e 1971 Women's Tennis Circuit « 1970 1972 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Virginia Slims Circuit	San Francisco (S, D) Long Beach (S, D) Milwaukee (S, D) Fort Lauderdale (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Washington (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) San Juan (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Tucson (S, D) Indianapolis 1 (S, D) Columbus (S, D) Denver (S, D) Newport (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Phoenix (S, D)
Grand Prix Circuit	Johannesburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Indianapolis 2 (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New York (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Tokyo 1 (S, D) Palm Harbor (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Phoenix (S, D) Melbourne (S, D)
Non-tour events	Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) London (S, D) Beckenham (S, D) Tokyo 2 (S, D) Tokyo 3 (S, D) Billingham (S, D) Edinburgh (S, D) Aberavon (S, D) Torquay (S, D) Nottingham (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup Wightman Cup
Virginia Slims Championships (S, D)

1971 in tennis

Grand Slam

Tours

Men	WCT circuit WCT Finals Grand Prix circuit Grand Prix Masters
Women	Virginia Slims Circuit Virginia Slims Championships Women's Grand Prix

National teams

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