1975 Wimbledon Championships


The 1975 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 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1975. It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1975 championships was £114,875. 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£200£0£0
Women's Doubles *£1,200£700£400£200£100£0£0
Mixed Doubles *£1,000£500£300£200£100£0£0

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

defeated Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6–0, 6–1
/ Sandy Mayer defeated Colin Dowdeswell / Allan Stone, 7–5, 8–6, 6–4

Women's Doubles

/ Kazuko Sawamatsu defeated Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5

Mixed Doubles

/ Margaret Court defeated Allan Stone / Betty Stöve, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' Singles

defeated Ricardo Ycaza, 6–1, 6–4

Girls' Singles

defeated Regina Maršíková, 6–4, 6–3

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Jimmy Connors '
  2. Ken Rosewall '
  3. Björn Borg '
  4. Guillermo Vilas '
  5. Ilie Năstase '
  6. Arthur Ashe
  7. Stan Smith '
  8. Raúl Ramírez '
  9. Tom Okker '
  10. John Alexander '
  11. Roscoe Tanner '
  12. Jan Kodeš '
  13. Marty Riessen '
  14. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  15. Onny Parun '
  16. Tony Roche

    Women's singles

  17. Chris Evert '
  18. Martina Navrátilová '
  19. Billie Jean King
  20. Evonne Goolagong Cawley '
  21. Margaret Court '
  22. Virginia Wade '
  23. Olga Morozova '
  24. Kerry Reid