1974 Wimbledon Championships


The 1974 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 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1974. It was the 88th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1974. Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert won the singles titles.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1974 championships was £97,100. The winner of the men's title earned £10,000 while the women's singles champion earned £7,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£10,000£6,000£2,000£1,000£600£300£200£150
Women's Singles£7,000£4,000£1,500£750£500£250£175£150
Men's Doubles *£2,000£1,200£800£400£0£0£0
Women's Doubles *£1,200£700£350£200£0£0£0
Mixed Doubles *£1,000£500£300£150£0£0£0£0

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

defeated Ken Rosewall, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4
defeated Olga Morozova, 6–0, 6–4
/ Tony Roche defeated Bob Lutz / Stan Smith, 8–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

/ Peggy Michel defeated Helen Gourlay / Karen Krantzcke, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

/ Billie Jean King defeated Mark Farrell / Lesley Charles, 6–3, 9–7

Juniors

Boys' Singles

defeated Ashok Amritraj, 6–2, 6–1

Girls' Singles

defeated Mariana Simionescu, 7–5, 6–4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. John Newcombe '
  2. Ilie Năstase '
  3. Jimmy Connors
  4. Stan Smith '
  5. Björn Borg '
  6. Jan Kodeš '
  7. Tom Okker '
  8. Arthur Ashe '
  9. Ken Rosewall '
  10. Alex Metreveli '
  11. Tom Gorman '
  12. Manuel Orantes

    Women's singles

  13. Billie Jean King '
  14. Chris Evert
  15. Evonne Goolagong '
  16. Rosie Casals '
  17. Virginia Wade '
  18. Kerry Melville '
  19. Nancy Gunter '
  20. Olga Morozova