1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions,^[1] but decided not to play together. Evert partnered with Rosie Casals, but they lost in the second round to Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell.^[1]

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.^[1]^[2]

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Barrett, John; Flink, Steve; Tingay, Lance (1978). "Wimbledon Championships". World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook (10th Year ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 51, 57. ISBN 978-0-354-09039-1. ISSN 0305-6325. OCLC 237184605. OL 15012356M.
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

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

[World_of_Tennis-1-1] Barrett, John; Flink, Steve; Tingay, Lance (1978). "Wimbledon Championships". World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook (10th Year ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 51, 57. ISBN 978-0-354-09039-1. ISSN 0305-6325. OCLC 237184605. OL 15012356M.

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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