1966 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
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Billie-Jean Moffitt defeated Maria Bueno
Maria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. During her 11-year career , she won 19 Major titles ....

 6–3 3–6 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships
1966 Wimbledon Championships
-Men's Singles: Manolo Santana defeated Dennis Ralston 6-4 11-9 6-4-Women's Singles: Billie Jean King defeated Maria Bueno 6-3, 3-6, 6-1...

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The second round match in which Gail Sherriff
Gail Chanfreau
Gail Chanfreau , also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a former amateur and professional tennis player....

 beat her sister Carol was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships
1884 Wimbledon Championships
The 1884 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. The men's doubles and women's singles were added to the Wimbledon championships, but these were not started until after the men's singles had been completed...

 when Maud Watson
Maud Watson
Maud Watson was an English tennis player.Born in Harrow, London, the daughter of a local vicar, she began playing competitive tennis in 1881. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first ever Ladies’ Singles title at Wimbledon...

 beat Lillian
Lillian Watson
----Lillian Watson was an English female tennis player. Her sister was Maud Watson. In 1884, she was defeated by Maud at the first Ladies’ Singles tournament's final at the Championships, Wimbledon. It was the first match between sisters in the history of Wimbledon.-References:...

. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000
2000 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-3 7-6 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:...

 between Serena
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...

 and Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...

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See also:
1966 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie-Jean Moffitt is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1.   Margaret Smith (Semifinalist)
  2.   Maria Bueno
    Maria Bueno
    Maria Esther Andion Bueno is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. During her 11-year career , she won 19 Major titles ....

     (Finalist)
  3.   Adrianne Haydon (Semifinalist)
  4.   Billie-Jean Moffitt (Champion)
  5.   Nancy Richey
    Nancy Richey
    Nancy Richey is a former tennis player from the United States.Richey won two Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles . She was ranked World No...

     (Quarterfinalist)
  6.   Annette Van Zyl
    Annette Van Zyl
    Annette Van Zyl is a former South African tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid nineteen sixties and in 1966, with Frew McMillan, she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title, defeating Ann Haydon Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2...

     (Quarterfinalist)
  7.   Françoise Durr
    Françoise Durr
    Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....

     (Quarterfinalist)
  8.   Norma Baylon (Third round)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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