1970 Wimbledon Championships


The 1970 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1970. It was the 84th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1970.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1970 championships was £41,650. The winner of the men's title earned £3,000 while the women's singles champion earned £1.500.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£3,000£1,500£800£450£220£165£125£100
Women's Singles£1,500£750£400£225£150£125£100£75
Men's Doubles *£1,000
Women's Doubles*£600£400£200£100£0£0£0
Mixed Doubles*£500

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

defeated Ken Rosewall, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
defeated Billie Jean King, 14–12, 11–9
/ Tony Roche defeated Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle, 10–8, 6–3, 6–1

Women's Doubles

/ Billie Jean King defeated Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade, 6–2, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

/ Rosie Casals defeated Alex Metreveli / Olga Morozova, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7

Juniors

Boys' Singles

defeated Frank Gebert, 6–0, 6–3

Girls' Singles

defeated Marina Kroschina, 8–6, 6–4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Rod Laver '
  2. John Newcombe
  3. Arthur Ashe '
  4. Tony Roche '
  5. Ken Rosewall '
  6. Željko Franulović '
  7. Stan Smith '
  8. Ilie Năstase '
  9. Clark Graebner '
  10. Roy Emerson '
  11. Tom Okker '
  12. Cliff Drysdale '
  13. Jan Kodeš '
  14. Andrés Gimeno '
  15. Dennis Ralston '
  16. Roger Taylor

    Women's singles

  17. Margaret Court
  18. Billie Jean King '
  19. Virginia Wade '
  20. Kerry Melville '
  21. Rosie Casals '
  22. Julie Heldman '
  23. Karen Krantzcke '
  24. Helga Niessen