WTA Wimbledon 1970 Draw & Results

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Margaret Court won the 1970 Wimbledon, defeating Billie Jean King 14-12 11-9 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 22–July 6 on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Margaret Court
def. Billie Jean King , 14-12 11-9
Dates
Jun 22 — Jul 6
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

95 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1970 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Margaret Court 14-12 11-9 Billie Jean King CH H2H Match data Jul 6, 1970* F
SF (2)
Margaret Court 6-4 6-1 Rosie Casals H2H Match data Jul 5, 1970* SF
Billie Jean King CH 6-3 7-5 Francoise Durr H2H Match data Jul 5, 1970* SF
QF (4)
Margaret Court 6-8 6-0 6-0 Helga Masthoff H2H Match data Jul 3, 1970* QF
Rosie Casals 6-2 6-0 Winnie Shaw H2H Match data Jul 3, 1970* QF
Billie Jean King CH 3-6 6-3 6-2 Karen Krantzcke H2H Match data Jul 3, 1970* QF
Francoise Durr 6-0 6-4 Cecilia Martinez H2H Match data Jul 3, 1970* QF
R16 (8)
Billie Jean King CH 6-1 6-2 Lea Pericoli H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Helga Masthoff 6-1 6-3 Betty Ann Grubb H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Karen Krantzcke 6-4 6-3 Judy Tegart H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Margaret Court 6-3 6-3 Vlasta Kodesova H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Winnie Shaw 6-2 6-4 Kerry Reid H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Rosie Casals 6-1 6-0 Christina Sandberg H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Francoise Durr 6-2 6-4 Julie Heldman H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16
Cecilia Martinez 6-1 6-4 Virginia Wade H2H Match data Jul 1, 1970* R16 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R32 (16)
Christina Sandberg 6-4 7-9 6-4 Shirley Bloomer H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Julie Heldman 6-3 6-2 Valerie Ziegenfuss H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Cecilia Martinez 9-7 9-7 Rita Bentley H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Helga Masthoff 8-6 6-1 Gail Hansen H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Virginia Wade 6-4 6-4 Peaches Bartkowicz H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Winnie Shaw 6-3 6-0 Peggy Michel H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Billie Jean King CH 6-4 6-0 Marijke Jansen H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Francoise Durr 7-5 6-1 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Lea Pericoli 6-2 6-2 Esme Emmanuel H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Betty Ann Grubb 7-5 6-2 Ada Bakker H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Margaret Court 6-0 6-1 Maria Eugenia Guzman H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Judy Tegart 6-2 6-0 Gail Sherriff H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Vlasta Kodesova 5-7 10-8 6-2 Jill Cooper H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Kerry Reid 6-4 3-6 6-2 Marianna Brummer H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Rosie Casals 6-3 8-6 Denise Carter H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
Karen Krantzcke 6-2 6-3 Kazuko Sawamatsu H2H Match data Jun 28, 1970* R32
R64 (32)
Rosie Casals 6-3 6-1 Wendy Overton H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Julie Heldman 6-4 6-2 Helen Amos H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Billie Jean King CH 6-2 6-1 Fiorella Bonicelli H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Virginia Wade 6-4 7-5 Annette Van Zyl H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Maria Eugenia Guzman 4-6 6-3 6-3 Ingrid Bentzer H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Kerry Reid 11-9 7-5 Olga Morozova H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Ada Bakker 5-7 6-4 11-9 Heide Orth H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Gail Sherriff 6-3 6-2 Joyce Williams H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Jill Cooper 6-1 6-3 Corinne Molesworth H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Betty Ann Grubb 4-6 8-6 6-1 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Peggy Michel 6-0 6-0 Alena Palmeova West H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Gail Hansen 6-4 0-6 8-6 Evelyne Terras H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Denise Carter 6-3 6-3 Laura Rossouw H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Peaches Bartkowicz 6-4 6-0 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Vlasta Kodesova 6-0 6-3 Robin Lloyd H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Judy Tegart 6-0 6-0 Sue Tutt H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Marijke Jansen 6-2 3-6 9-7 Betty Stove H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Francoise Durr 6-1 6-4 Mary Ann Eisel H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Margaret Court 6-0 6-1 Susan Alexander H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Karen Krantzcke 6-1 6-8 7-5 Nell Truman H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Winnie Shaw 6-4 6-2 Lesley Hunt H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-4 7-5 Trudy Groenman H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Esme Emmanuel 7-5 5-7 6-3 Carole Graebner H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Rita Bentley 8-6 1-6 10-8 Veronica Burton H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Helga Masthoff 6-3 6-0 Ana Maria Arias H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Cecilia Martinez 6-3 6-1 Patricia Cody H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Lea Pericoli 6-4 7-5 Elizabeth Ernest H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Christina Sandberg 6-2 6-2 Chikako Murakami H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Sharon Walsh Pete 6-2 6-4 Helen Gourlay H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-1 6-2 Frances Luff H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Marianna Brummer 6-4 7-5 Marilyn Greenwood H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
Shirley Bloomer 6-4 6-4 Lindsey Beaven H2H Match data Jun 26, 1970* R64
R128 (32)
Chikako Murakami 8-10 6-2 8-6 Christiane Spinoza H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Julie Heldman 6-2 6-1 Fay Toyne H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Trudy Groenman 6-3 6-4 Daphne Pattison H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Marianna Brummer 6-4 6-3 Jane Ohara H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Rosie Casals 8-6 6-1 Kathleen Harter H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Sharon Walsh Pete 8-6 6-3 Patti Hogan H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Patricia Cody 1-6 8-6 6-2 Wendy Tomlinson H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Annette Van Zyl 2-6 6-3 6-4 Brenda Kirk H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Laura Rossouw 6-0 6-2 Maria Teresa Nasuelli H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Olga Morozova 6-2 6-3 Judith Szorenyi H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-2 Odile De Roubin H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Francoise Durr 6-2 6-3 Lany Kaligis H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Veronica Burton 2-6 9-7 6-4 Eugenia Isopaitis H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Peaches Bartkowicz 3-6 9-7 6-1 Kristy Pigeon H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Christina Sandberg 10-8 6-0 Jackie Fayter H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Peggy Michel 6-3 6-2 Alex Cowie H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Helen Amos 6-0 6-2 Monica Giorgi H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Valerie Ziegenfuss 7-5 6-2 Sandra Walsham H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Marilyn Greenwood 6-0 6-3 Patricia Edwards H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Helen Gourlay 6-0 2-6 6-4 Lita Liem H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Wendy Overton 6-3 7-5 Lexie Kenny H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Shirley Bloomer 9-7 6-0 Marilyn Pryde H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Mary Ann Eisel 7-5 4-6 6-3 Marie Pinterova H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Kerry Reid 6-4 6-1 Janice Townsend H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Lesley Hunt 7-5 6-4 Stephanie Defina H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Lindsey Beaven 6-4 2-6 6-3 Joan Wilshere H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Denise Carter 6-3 3-6 6-3 Patricia Walkden H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Rita Bentley 6-1 6-1 Wendy Hall H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Winnie Shaw 6-3 4-6 6-3 Kerry Harris H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Cecilia Martinez 6-2 6-0 Kimiyo Yagahara H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Virginia Wade 6-1 6-4 Sally Holdsworth H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128
Alena Palmeova West 6-2 6-3 Suzana Gesteira H2H Match data Jun 24, 1970* R128

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