1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1977 Wimbledon Championships
Final date	1 July 1977
1976 Champions	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
Champions	Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell
Runners-up	Betty Stöve Martina Navratilova
Score	6–3, 6–3
Draw	48 (3 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1977 Wimbledon Championships

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Evert partnered with Rosie Casals, but they lost in the second round to Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell.

Cawley and Russell defeated Navratilova and Betty Stöve in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

01.   Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (final)

02.   Rosie Casals / Chris Evert (second round)

03.   Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss (quarterfinals)

04.   Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (semifinals)

05.   Kerry Reid / Greer Stevens (quarterfinals)

06.   Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (third round)

07.   Lesley Charles / Sue Mappin (semifinals)

08.   Billie Jean King / Karen Susman (second round)

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
	1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6	6
		Jane Stratton Mimmi Wikstedt	2	0
								1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6	6	6
								4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	8	2	2
	4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7	7
	5	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	5	5
															1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	3	3
																Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	6	6
	7	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	6	8	7
	3	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	3	9	5
								7	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	3	4
									Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	6	6
		Brigitte Cuypers Marise Kruger	9	4	2
		Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	8	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	7
		C Doerner W Turnbull	2	5				1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	6
								LL	R Khan N Weigel	0	1
															1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	7	6
		F Bonicelli R Giscafré	6	6												A Jones W Wooldridge	3	9	4
		L Beaven Y Vermaak	3	2					F Bonicelli R Giscafré	4	3
									A Jones W Wooldridge	6	6
																						1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	6
																							J Stratton M Wikstedt	2	0
								6	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6
		M Jaušovec V Ruzici	9	6					M Jaušovec V Ruzici	3	2
		J Durie A Hobbs	7	2											6	S Barker A Kiyomura	5	3
		L duPont J Newberry	1	6	4											J Stratton M Wikstedt	7	6
		J Stratton M Wikstedt	6	3	6				J Stratton M Wikstedt	9	6
									I Bentzer S Tolleson	7	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	F Dürr V Wade	6	1	6
		T Holladay K May	2	6	3			4	F Dürr V Wade	6	6
									S Simmonds M Tyler	4	3
															4	F Dürr V Wade	6	4	8
															Q	C Matison P Whytcross	4	6	6
								Q	G Sammel L Whitfield	3	7	1
		R Fox K Harter	7	1				Q	C Matison P Whytcross	6	5	6
	Q	C Matison P Whytcross	9	6																		4	F Dürr V Wade	7	7
	5	K Reid G Stevens	6	4	6																	5	K Reid G Stevens	5	5
		L Antonoplis A Smith	2	6	2			5	K Reid G Stevens	6	7
									J Anthony E Nagelsen	3	5
															5	K Reid G Stevens	6	6
		M Hamm C Reynolds	7	6												M Hamm C Reynolds	2	0
		C Molesworth B Thompson	5	3					M Hamm C Reynolds	w/o
									B Simon F Thibault

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									D Evers M Pinterová	4	0
		A-M Bruning S Walsh	3	6	1				T Austin L Hunt	6	6
		T Austin L Hunt	6	1	6											T Austin L Hunt	2	4
															7	L Charles S Mappin	6	6
									A McDade E Vessies-Appel	4	5
		J Connor T Harford	5	1				7	L Charles S Mappin	6	7
	7	L Charles S Mappin	7	6																		7	L Charles S Mappin	6	8	7
																						3	D Boshoff I Kloss	3	9	5
									C Meyer R Tomanová	6	6
		G Coles L Mottram	6	3				Q	S Saliba M Sawyer	4	4
	Q	S Saliba M Sawyer	8	6												C Meyer R Tomanová	3	6	3
															3	D Boshoff I Kloss	6	3	6
									J Dalton K Ruddell	8	8
		F Mihai P Peled	3	2				3	D Boshoff I Kloss	9	9
	3	D Boshoff I Kloss	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		K Shaw V Ziegenfuss	6	6
	LL	E Dignam C Lane	2	2					K Shaw V Ziegenfuss	4	7	4
									B Cuypers M Kruger	6	5	6
																B Cuypers M Kruger	6	6
	LL	P Moor J Preyer	1	3												P Bostrom M Carillo	4	4
		P Bostrom M Carillo	6	6					P Bostrom M Carillo	7	6	6
								8	BJ King K Susman	9	4	3
																							B Cuypers M Kruger	9	4	2
		C Drury C Harrison	6	2	2																		H Cawley J Russell	8	6	6
		J Fayter R Maršíková	4	6	6				J Fayter R Maršíková	6	2	6
									M Gurdal N Sato	3	6	3
																J Fayter R Maršíková	6	2
																H Cawley J Russell	8	6
									H Cawley J Russell	6	7
		H Eisterlehner I Riedel	1	1				2	R Casals C Evert	3	5
	2	R Casals C Evert	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation