1961 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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

Main article: 1961 Wimbledon Championships

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.

Seeds

01.   Sandra Reynolds / Renée Schuurman (quarterfinals)

02.   Ann Haydon / Christine Truman (third round)

03.   Jan Lehane / Margaret Smith (final)

04.   Sally Moore / Lesley Turner (semifinals)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	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

Top half

Section 1

	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

Section 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

Bottom half

Section 3

	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

Section 4

	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

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com