1963 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

First-seeded Margaret Smith defeated unseeded Billie Jean Moffitt in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1963 Wimbledon Championships. With the win, she completed the career Grand Slam in singles.^[1] The final was a rematch of the pair's second-round meeting the previous year.

Women's singles
1963 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Margaret Smith
Runner-up	Billie Jean Moffitt
Score	6–3, 6–4
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

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Karen Susman was the reigning champion, but did not defend her title as she was expecting her first child.^[2]

Seeds

01.   Margaret Smith (champion)

02.   Lesley Turner (fourth round)

03.   Ann Jones (semifinals)

04.   Darlene Hard (semifinals)

05.   Jan Lehane (quarterfinals)

06.   Věra Suková (third round)

07.   Maria Bueno (quarterfinals)

08.   Renée Schuurman (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Margaret Smith	3	6	6
	8	Renée Schuurman	6	0	1
								1	Margaret Smith	6	6
								4	Darlene Hard	3	3
	4	Darlene Hard	6	1
	5	Jan Lehane	1	2r
															1	Margaret Smith	6	6
																Billie Jean Moffitt	3	4
		Donna Fales	4	1
	3	Ann Jones	6	6
								3	Ann Jones	4	4
									Billie Jean Moffitt	6	6
	7	Maria Bueno	2	5
		Billie Jean Moffitt	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	Margaret Smith	6	6
									Louise Brown	1	1
															1	M Smith	6	6
															Q	K Bartholdson	1	0
									Michelle Bourbonnais	4	1
								Q	Katarina Bartholdson	6	6
																						1	M Smith	6	6
																							N Baylon	3	3
									Christiane Mercelis	1	2
									Carole Caldwell	6	6
																C Caldwell	6	3	3
																N Baylon	0	6	6
									Norma Baylon	6	3	6
									Janine Lieffrig	4	6	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	Renée Schuurman	4	6	6
									Deidre Catt	6	4	4
															8	R Schuurman	6	6
																F Gordigiani	2	1
									Gudrun Rosin	6	3
									Francesca Gordigiani	8	6
																						8	R Schuurman	6	6
																							R Ostermann	4	2
									Renate Ostermann	6	6
									Jenny Wagstaff	3	4
																R Ostermann	6	6
																J Bourgnon	1	2
									Jenny Ridderhof-Seven	7	4	5
									Janine Bourgnon	5	6	7

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Darlene Hard	6	6
	Q	Joyce Fulton	0	0				4	D Hard	6	6
		Caroline Yates-Bell	6	6					C Yates-Bell	2	1
	Q	Margaret Lee	1	2											4	D Hard	6	6
		Pilar Barril	2	0												H Schultze	3	0
		Helga Schultze	6	6					H Schultze	6	6
		Heide Schildknecht	4	5					H Cheadle	1	3
		Hazel Cheadle	6	7																		4	D Hard	3	6	8
		Pat Edrich	1	1																			C Truman	6	3	6
		Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6					Z Körmöczy	1	3
		Christine Truman	6	6					C Truman	6	6
		Yola Ochoa	2	0												C Truman	8	0	6
		Lucia Bassi	1	5												J Tegart	6	6	1
		Judy Tegart	6	7					J Tegart	6	6
		Anna Dmitrieva	6	6					A Dmitrieva	1	4
		Roberta Beltrame	1	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	Jan Lehane	6	6
	Q	Sally Holdsworth	2	0				5	J Lehane	6	6
		Joyce Barclay	2	5					J Barclay	3	2
	Q	Ulla Sandulf	6	2r											5	J Lehane	8	6
		Tory Fretz	6	6												T Fretz	6	4
		Carol-Ann Prosen	1	1					T Fretz	8	1	9
	Q	Diane Tuckey	4	1					F Dürr	6	6	7
		Françoise Dürr	6	6																		5	J Lehane	6	6
		Almut Sturm	1	1																			M Hunt	1	3
		Rita Bentley	6	6					R Bentley	2	3
		Pauline Roberts	5	2					M Hunt	6	6
		Margaret Hunt	7	6												M Hunt	4	6	8
		Pam Watermeyer	2	2												C Hanks	6	2	6
		Carol Hanks	6	6					C Hanks	6	6
		Jill Mills	5	3					S Brasher	0	2
		Shirley Brasher	7	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Charlene Rigby	0	4
		Silvana Lazzarino	6	6					S Lazzarino	4	6	4
		Dorothy Knode	6	6					D Knode	6	3	6
		Ann McAlpine	2	1												D Knode	3	5
		Helga Niessen	6	4	6											L Cawthorn	6	7
		Carole Newman	3	6	4				H Niessen	2	5
		Mary Habicht	4	0					L Cawthorn	6	7
		Lorna Cawthorn	6	6																			L Cawthorn	0	4
		Carole Rosser	2	9	6																		D Fales	6	6
		Noelene Turner	6	7	8				N Turner	1	1
		Donna Fales	6	6					D Fales	6	6
		Ann Barclay	3	2												D Fales
		Carmen Coronado	6	4	6										6	V Suková	w/o
		Constance Jaster	2	6	0				C Coronado	6	1	4
		Jane Albert	4	4				6	V Suková	2	6	6
	6	Věra Suková	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	Q	Heather Allen	6	3	3
		Isabelle de Lansalut	3	6	6				I de Lansalut	2	2
		Judy Alvarez	6	4					R Lesh	6	6
		Robin Lesh	8	6												R Lesh	3	6
	Q	Mary McAnally	0	1												R Ebbern	6	8
		Robyn Ebbern	6	6					R Ebbern	6	6
	Q	Jean Barnes	6	6				Q	J Barnes	0	2
		Klára Bardóczy	1	4																			R Ebbern	2	4
		Hanna Sladek	6	6																		3	A Jones	6	6
		Márta Peterdy-Wolf	2	3					H Sladek	3	6	6
		Jenny Trewby	5	2					J Knight	6	3	3
		Jean Knight	7	6												H Sladek	1	0
		Heather Segal	6	4											3	A Jones	6	6
		Virginia Wade	8	6					V Wade	3	7
		Jill Blackman	3	2				3	A Jones	6	9
	3	Ann Jones	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Liz Starkie	6	6
									Ana María Estalella	4	0
																E Starkie	6	6
																E de Jong	0	1
									Zsófia Broszmann	6	5	4
									Eva de Jong	4	7	6
																							E Starkie	1	5
																						7	M Bueno	6	7
									Rosemary Deloford	3	4
									Annette Van Zyl	6	6
																A Van Zyl	2	0
															7	M Bueno	6	6
									Parveen Ahmed	0	0
								7	Maria Bueno	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Sonja Pachta	4	4
									Billie Jean Moffitt	6	6
																BJ Moffitt	7	6	6
																L Pericoli	9	4	0
									Lea Pericoli	6	6
									Pat Hird	2	1
																							BJ Moffitt	4	6	7
																						2	L Turner	6	4	5
								Q	Judy Tee	1	3
									Edda Buding	6	6
																E Buding	4	3
															2	L Turner	6	6
									Margot Dohrer	1	3
								2	Lesley Turner	6	6