1975 Wimbledon Championships

1975 Wimbledon Championships
Date	23 June – 5 July
Edition	89th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/64XD
Prize money	£114,875
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Arthur Ashe
Women's Singles
Billie Jean King
Men's Doubles
Vitas Gerulaitis / Sandy Mayer
Women's Doubles
Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu
Mixed Doubles
Margaret Court / Marty Riessen

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 ran from 23 June until 5 July. It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975.

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.^[1]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round 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	N/A
Women's Doubles *	£1,200	£700	£400	£200	£100	£0	£0	N/A
Mixed Doubles *	£1,000	£500	£300	£200	£100	£0	£0	N/A

_{* per team}

Champions

Men's singles

Arthur Ashe^[2] defeated Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4

It was Ashe's 3rd (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 1st Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6–0, 6–1

It was King's 12th (and last) career Grand Slam title (her 8th in the Open Era), and her 6th Wimbledon title.

Juniors Champions

Boys' singles

Chris Lewis defeated Ricardo Ycaza, 6–1, 6–4

Girls' singles

Natasha Chmyreva defeated Regina Maršíková, 6–4, 6–3

Notes

↑ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
↑ Ashe became the first man of black African ancestry to win a Grand Slam singles title.

External links

Official Website Wimbledon Championships

Preceded by 1975 French Open	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 1975 US Open

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