1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
	1977 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Helen Cawley ; JoAnne Russell
Runners-up	Betty Stöve ; Martina Navratilova
Final score	6–3, 6–3
Draw	48 (3Q)
Seeds	8

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.[1]

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 Pinterova	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

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
"Wimbledon 1977". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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