1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Maria Bueno ; Nancy Richey
Runners-up	Margaret Smith ; Judy Tegart
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	48 (5Q)
Seeds	4
Events
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Maria Bueno and Billie Jean King were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. King partnered with Rosie Casals but lost in the quarterfinals. Bueno played with Nancy Richey and they defeated Margaret Smith and Judy Tegart in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Champions

Maria Bueno

Nancy Richey

Runners-up

Margaret Smith

Judy Tegart

Score6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Draw48 (5)

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	6	6

	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	3	4
				1	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	10	6

				4	Ann Jones Virginia Wade	8	4
4	Ann Jones Virginia Wade	6	8

	Glenda Swan Pat Walkden	4	6
								1	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	3	6	4

								2	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	6	4	6
	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	6	7

	Jane Albert Mimi Arnold	4	5
					Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	2	3

				2	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	6	6
	Winnie Shaw Joyce Williams	4	2

2	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	1	Margaret Smith Judy Tegart	8	6
		Norma Baylon Annette Van Zyl	6	2
						1	M Smith J Tegart	6	6
							J Volavková V Vopičková	1	1
		Jitka Volavková Vlasta Vopičková	6	3	7
		Trish Faulkner Madonna Schacht	3	6	5
										1	M Smith J Tegart	6	6
											R Casals BJ King	3	4
		Lucia Bassi Maria Teresa Riedl	6	6
		Vivienne Dennis Margaret Harris	2	2
							L Bassi MT Riedl	1	3
							R Casals BJ King	6	6
		Lidy Jansen Venneboer Elsie Spruyt	4	4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6	6

1st round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

4	Ann Jones Virginia Wade	6	6
	Edda Buding Helga Schultze	0	2		4	A Jones V Wade	6	6
	Shirley Brasher Robin Lloyd	2	6	2		M Godwin H Gourlay	1	1
	Maryna Godwin Helen Gourlay	6	4	6					4	A Jones V Wade	6	6
	Ingrid Löfdahl Eva Lundqvist	5	6	4						M-A Eisel S DeFina	3	3
	Mary-Ann Eisel Stephanie DeFina	7	3	6		M-A Eisel S DeFina	6	7
	Greta Delport Heather Segal	7	4	4		A Mortimer P Roberts	2	5
	Angela Mortimer Pauline Roberts	5	6	6									4	A Jones V Wade	6	8
	Vicki Berner Mary Habicht	2	6	6										G Swan P Walkden	4	6
	Galina Baksheeva Olga Morozova	6	4	4		V Berner M Habicht	4	0
	Glenda Swan Pat Walkden	6	6			G Swan P Walkden	6	6
	Jill Mills Janet Ward	4	4							G Swan P Walkden	6	6
Q	Stephanie Percivall Jenny Wagstaff	3	1							E Starkie F Toyne	4	2
	Liz Starkie Fay Toyne	6	6			E Starkie F Toyne	6	6
	Dorothy Knode Isabelle de Lansalut	6	6			D Knode I de Lansalut	1	0
Q	EE Andersson Madelaine Pegel	2	2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Gail Sherriff Betty Stöve	6	6
	Alex Soady Janice Townsend	3	4			G Sherriff B Stöve	3	3
	Rita Bentley Jill Blackman	7	12			R Bentley J Blackman	6	6
	Heather Allen Rosemary Deloford	5	10								R Bentley J Blackman	4	2
	Carole Ann Loop Nancy Reed										K Krantzcke K Melville	6	6
	Kathy Blake Donna Fales	w/o				CA Loop N Reed	2	1
	Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville	6	3	6		K Krantzcke K Melville	6	6
	Helga Niessen Cora Schediwy	2	6	2											K Krantzcke K Melville	6	7
	Silvana Lazzarino Lea Pericoli	3	2												J Albert M Arnold	4	5
	Jane Albert Mimi Arnold	6	6			J Albert M Arnold	6	6
Q	G Chapman Wendy Hall	8	6			G Chapman Wendy Hall	3	4
	Frances MacLennan Mary McAnally	6	4								J Albert M Arnold	6	6
Q	Lynne Cullen-Smith Elizabeth Tew	6	6								L Cullen-Smith E Tew	3	2
	Valerie Clark Joyce Fulton	3	2			L Cullen-Smith E Tew	7	6	6
	Heide Orth Nell Truman	7	7			H Orth E Truman	9	2	4
3	Françoise Dürr Janine Lieffrig	5	5

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

		Winnie Shaw Joyce Williams	6	6
		Lorna Greville-Collins Carole Rosser	1	1
						W Shaw J Williams	4	6	9
						G Groenman E Krocké	6	4	7
		Trudy Groenman Elly Krocké	6	6
	Q	Lynn Bellamy Dorothy Whitely	1	1
											W Shaw J Williams	4	2
										2	M Bueno N Richey	6	6
		Roberta Beltrame Francesca Gordigiani	2	2
		Tory Fretz Julie Heldman	6	6
						T Fretz J Heldman	1	1
						M Bueno N Richey	6	6
		Esmé Emmanuel Laura Rossouw	3	2
	2	Maria Bueno Nancy Richey	6	6

1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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