1966 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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]

Women's doubles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsBrazil Maria Bueno
United States Nancy Richey
Runners-upAustralia Margaret Smith
Australia Judy Tegart
Score6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1965 · Wimbledon Championships · 1967 →

Seeds

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01.     Margaret Smith /   Judy Tegart (final)
02.     Maria Bueno /   Nancy Richey (champions)
03.     Françoise Dürr /   Janine Lieffrig (first round)
04.     Ann Jones /   Virginia Wade (semifinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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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

Top half

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Section 1

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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

Section 2

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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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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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

Section 4

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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 Krocke
6 4 7
  Trudy Groenman
  Elly Krocke
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

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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