1967 Wimbledon Championships
# 1967 Wimbledon Championships

The 1967 Wimbledon Championships 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 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.

## Launch of colour television

The first colour television broadcast in the UK, as well as in Europe, took place on 1 July 1967, the first Saturday of the Championships, when, starting at 2 pm, four hours of live coverage of the Championships was shown on BBC2 presented by David Vine and with commentary from Keith Fordyce. The first match broadcast in colour was Cliff Drysdale against Roger Taylor and was played on the Centre Court. Additional colour broadcasts were made during the afternoons of the following week as well as 30-minute highlight programmes shown each evening.

## Champions

### Seniors

**Men's singles**

John Newcombe defeated Wilhelm Bungert, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1

**Women's singles**

Billie Jean King defeated Ann Jones, 6–3, 6–4

**Men's doubles**

Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated Roy Emerson / Ken Fletcher, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

**Women's doubles**

Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King defeated Maria Bueno / Nancy Richey, 9–11, 6–4, 6–2

**Mixed doubles**

Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King defeated Ken Fletcher / Maria Bueno, 7–5, 6–2

### Juniors

**Boys' singles**

Manuel Orantes defeated Mike Estep, 6–2, 6–0

**Girls' singles**

Judith Salomé defeated Margaretta Strandberg, 6–4, 6–2

