1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Billie Jean Moffitt and Karen Susman were the defending champions, but Susman did not compete as she was expecting her first child.[1] Moffitt partnered with Carole Caldwell but lost in the second round to Deidre Catt and Liz Starkie.

Women's doubles
1963 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsBrazil Maria Bueno
United States Darlene Hard
Runners-upAustralia Robyn Ebbern
Australia Margaret Smith
Score8–6, 9–7
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard defeated Robyn Ebbern and Margaret Smith in the final, 8–6, 9–7 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championships.[2]

Seeds

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01.     Robyn Ebbern /   Margaret Smith (final)
02.     Maria Bueno /   Darlene Hard (champions)
03.     Jan Lehane /   Lesley Turner (second round)
04.     Ann Jones /   Renée Schuurman (semifinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
6 6
  Angela Mortimer
  Yola Ochoa
1 0
1   Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
7 3 6
4   Ann Jones
  Renée Schuurman
5 6 3
4   Ann Jones
  Renée Schuurman
6 6
  Margaret Hunt
  Annette Van Zyl
3 2
1   Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
6 7
2   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
8 9
  Constance Jaster
  Noelene Turner
1 3
  Anna Dmitrieva
  Judy Tegart
6 6
  Anna Dmitrieva
  Judy Tegart
4 7
2   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
6 9
  Robin Lesh
  Jenny Trewby
2 1
2   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
6 6
  Isabelle de Lansalut
  Carol-Ann Prosen
1 2
1   R Ebbern
  M Smith
6 6
  S Lazzarino
  L Pericoli
1 2
  Lorna Cawthorn
  Robin Lloyd
2 3
  Silvana Lazzarino
  Lea Pericoli
6 6
1   R Ebbern
  M Smith
6 6
  A Mortimer
  Y Ochoa
1 0
  Marta Pombo
  Mercedes Solsona
7 5
  Klára Bardóczy
  Zsófia Broszmann
9 7
  K Bardóczy
  Z Broszmann
4 0
  A Mortimer
  Y Ochoa
6 6
  Angela Mortimer
  Yola Ochoa
6 6
Q   Heather Allen
  Mary McAnally
0 0

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4   Ann Jones
  Renée Schuurman
6 6
  Liv Paldan
  Tone Schirmer
3 1 4   A Jones
  R Schuurman
9 6
  Christine Truman
  Nell Truman
4 6 4   T Fretz
  M Habicht
7 2
  Tory Fretz
  Mary Habicht
6 3 6 4   A Jones
  R Schuurman
6 6
  Gudrun Rosin
  Ulla Sandulf
w/o   D Catt
  E Starkie
3 1
  Carole Caldwell
  Billie Jean Moffitt
  C Caldwell
  BJ Moffitt
4 7 3
  Margot Dohrer
  Renate Ostermann
1 1   D Catt
  E Starkie
6 5 6
  Deidre Catt
  Liz Starkie
6 6 4   A Jones
  R Schuurman
6 6
  Margaret Hunt
  Annette Van Zyl
6 3 6   M Hunt
  A Van Zyl
3 2
  Joyce Barclay
  Carole Rosser
1 6 2   M Hunt
  A Van Zyl
6 7
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
  Christiane Mercelis
w/o   S Brasher
  R Deloford
0 5
  Shirley Brasher
  Rosemary Deloford
  M Hunt
  A Van Zyl
6 7
  Eva de Jong
  Jenny Ridderhof-Seven
6 6   E de Jong
  J Ridderhof-Seven
1 5
  Hanna Sladek
  Jenny Wagstaff
2 3   E de Jong
  J Ridderhof-Seven
5 6 6
  Judy Alvarez
  Carole Newman
6 6   J Alvarez
  C Newman
7 2 4
  Pauline Roberts
  Virginia Wade
4 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Norma Baylon
  Věra Suková
6 6
Q   JA Haskew
  Jane Poynder
2 1   N Baylon
  V Suková
w/o
  Lucia Bassi
  Francesca Gordigiani
6 2 3   C Jaster
  N Turner
  Constance Jaster
  Noelene Turner
0 6 6   C Jaster
  N Turner
1 6 6
  Helga Niessen
  Heide Schildknecht
6 6   H Niessen
  H Schildknecht
6 3 4
  Márta Peterdy-Wolf
  Almut Sturm
3 3   H Niessen
  H Schildknecht
6 8
  Pia Balling
  Ulla Rise
3 2   A Barclay
  L Brown
3 6
  Ann Barclay
  Louise Brown
6 6   C Jaster
  N Turner
1 3
  Edda Buding
  Helga Schultze
1 4   A Dmitrieva
  J Tegart
6 6
  Anna Dmitrieva
  Judy Tegart
6 6   A Dmitrieva
  J Tegart
6 6
  Janet Kemp
  Jill Mills
1 3 Q   J Albert
  S Behlmar
2 4
Q   Jane Albert
  Susan Behlmar
6 6   A Dmitrieva
  J Tegart
2 7 6
  Françoise Dürr
  Janine Lieffrig
6 6 4   R Bentley
  J Blackman
6 5 2
  Rita Bentley
  Jill Blackman
4 8 6   R Bentley
  J Blackman
7 6
  Pat Hird
  Caroline Yates-Bell
4 3 3   J Lehane
  L Turner
5 1
3   Jan Lehane
  Lesley Turner
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Q   Jean Barnes
  Alison Stroud
3 6
  Robin Lesh
  Jenny Trewby
6 8
  R Lesh
  J Trewby
9 5 6
  H Segal
  P Watermeyer
7 7 4
  Heather Segal
  Pam Watermeyer
6 6
Q   Sue Porter
  Sue Worsfield
3 4
  R Lesh
  J Trewby
2 1
2   M Bueno
  D Hard
6 6
  Donna Fales
  Carol Hanks
6 6
  Sonja Pachta
  Andrea Winkler
1 4
  D Fales
  C Hanks
1 3
2   M Bueno
  D Hard
6 6
  Carmen Coronado
  Ana María Estalella
0 1
2   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
6 6

References

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  1. ^ Little, Alan (2010). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: The All England Lawn Tennis Club. p. 299. ISBN 1899039333.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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