1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1962 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Karen Susman
Runner-up	Věra Suková
Final score	6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed
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Karen Susman defeated Věra Suková in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Angela Mortimer was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Suková. Top seed Margaret Smith had a bye into the second round, where she lost her first match to Billie-Jean Moffit. It was the first time in Grand Slam history that the women's top seed had lost her opening match, albeit in the second round.^[2]

Seeds[]

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

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Billie Jean Moffitt	3	1
	5	Ann Haydon	6	6
								5	Ann Haydon	6	1
								8	Karen Susman	8	6
	4	Renée Schuurman	4	4
	8	Karen Susman	6	6
															8	Karen Susman	6	6
																Věra Suková	4	4
	7	Lesley Turner	6	4	2
	3	Maria Bueno	2	6	6
								3	Maria Bueno	4	3
									Věra Suková	6	6
		Věra Suková	6	6
	2	Darlene Hard	4	3

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	Margaret Smith	6	3	5
									Billie Jean Moffitt	1	6	7
																BJ Moffitt	7	6
																C Caldwell	5	3
									Carole Caldwell	4	6	8
									Florence de la Courtie	6	2	6
																							BJ Moffitt	6	6
																							S Pachta	1	2
									Almut Sturm	6	4	6
									Mimi Arnold	0	6	3
																A Sturm	4	6	1
																S Pachta	6	2	6
								Q	Patsy Belton	1	0
									Sonja Pachta	6	6

Section 2[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	Ann Haydon	6	6
									Silvana Lazzarino	1	2
															5	A Haydon	6	6
																S Price	4	4
									Margaret Hellyer	2	6	6
									Sandra Price	6	1	8
																						5	A Haydon	6	6
																							V Palmer	2	2
									Vicky Palmer	6	6
									Pilar Barril	1	1
																V Palmer	2	6	7
																R Ebbern	6	0	5
									Robyn Ebbern	6	6
								Q	Jean Knight	0	0

Section 3[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Renée Schuurman	6	6
		Frances MacLennan	0	4				4	R Schuurman	6	6
		Pat Roberts	2	3						2	2
			6	6											4	R Schuurman	2	6	6
		Anne Smith	7	8	3											J Bricka	6	1	4
		Judy Alvarez	9	6	6				J Alvarez	4	3
		Paule Courteix	3	1					J Bricka	6	6
		Justina Bricka	6	6																		4	R Schuurman	5	6	6
		Rita Bentley	6	6																			M Schacht	7	4	1
		Carole Rosser	3	2					R Bentley	6	6
		Rosemary Deloford	6	5	5				M Peterdy-Wolf	1	3
		Márta Peterdy-Wolf	4	7	7											R Bentley	4	1
		Christiane Mercelis	6	5	0											M Schacht	6	6
		Jill Blackman	2	7	6				J Blackman	3	8	5
		Madonna Schacht	7	6					M Schacht	6	6	7
		Caroline Yates-Bell	5	2

Section 4[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	Karen Susman	6	6
		Ana María Estalella	2	1				8	K Susman	8	6
		Maria Teresa Riedl	2	6					P Hird	6	4
		Pat Hird	6	8											8	K Susman	7	10
	Q	Hazel Cheadle	1	1												E Starkie	5	8
		Liz Starkie	6	6					E Starkie	5	6	6
		Gwen Thomas							G Thomas	7	4	2
		Frances Walton	w/o																			8	K Susman	6	6
	Q	Virginia Wade	4	6	6																		J Tegart	4	2
		Pat Edrich	6	4	2			Q	V Wade	6	3	1
		Alison Stroud	4	1					J Tegart	4	6	6
		Judy Tegart	6	6												J Tegart	6	6
		Valerie Forbes	6	6												V Forbes	3	3
	Q	Ann McAlpine	1	1					V Forbes	6	6
		Heide Schildknecht	6	12					H Schildknecht	2	2
		Robin Blakelock	1	10

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	Q	Jenny Wagstaff	5	1
		Jean Forbes	7	6					J Forbes	6	6
		Alice Wavre	1	3					C Coronado	3	1
		Carmen Coronado	6	6												J Forbes	6	6
	Q	Eleanor O'Neill	3	1												L Bassi	3	3
		Lucia Bassi	6	6					L Bassi	6	4	6
		Lorna Cawthorn	2	3					M Lee	1	6	4
		Margaret Lee	6	6																			J Forbes	1	2
		Margaret duPont	2	4																		7	Turner	6	6
		Christine Truman	6	6					C Truman	6	6
		Inge Overgaard	4	0					E Green	1	0
		Ethne Green	6	6												C Truman	5	4
	Q	Marlene Gerson	5	3											7	L Turner	7	6
		Kaye Dening	7	6					K Dening	4	1
		Jill Mills	4	1				7	L Turner	6	6
	7	Lesley Turner	6	6

Section 6[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Heather Ross	6	3	1
		Mary Hawton	3	6	6				M Hawton	5	5
		Nancy Richey	11	10					N Richey	7	7
		Donna Floyd	9	8												N Richey	5	6
		Zsuzsa Körmöczy	2	6	7											D Catt	7	8
		Susan Chatrier	6	4	5				Z Körmöczy	5	1
		Bernice Vukovich	2	6	4				D Catt	7	6
		Deidre Catt	6	4	6																		D Catt	2	4
		Anna Dmitrieva	6	6																		3	M Bueno	6	6
		Carol Webb	1	2					A Dmitrieva	8	5	7
	Q	Renate Ostermann	8	6				Q	R Ostermann	6	7	5
		Karin Herich	6	2												A Dmitrieva	6	1	1
		Francesca Gordigiani	2	3											3	M Bueno	3	6	6
		Edda Buding	6	6					E Buding	4	6	3
		Margaret Varner	3	4				3	M Bueno	6	4	6
	3	Maria Bueno	6	6

Section 7[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Doris Schuster	1	3
									Věra Suková	6	6
																V Suková	8	6
																J Lehane	6	3
									Carole Ann Loop	3	1
									Jan Lehane	6	6
																							V Suková	1	6	6
																						6	A Mortimer	6	4	3
									Judy Davidson	6	8
									Michelle Bourbonnais	2	6
																J Davidson	1	1
															6	A Mortimer	6	6
								Q	Margaret Grace	2	2
								6	Angela Mortimer	6	6

Section 8[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Helga Schultze	2	6	6
									Vivienne Cox	6	4	1
																H Schultze	6	1	6
																H Segal	4	6	3
									Rosie Darmon	3	1
									Heather Segal	6	6
																							H Schultze	1	0
																						2	D Hard	6	6
									Eva de Jong	6	6
									Lea Pericoli	3	4
																E de Jong	0	0
															2	D Hard	6	6
									Ruth Illingworth	0	2
								2	Darlene Hard	6	6

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com