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1967 Wimbledon Championships

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The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967.[1] It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.

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Launch of colour television

The first colour television broadcast in the UK, as well as in Europe, took place on 1 July 1967, the first Saturday of the Championships, when, starting at 2 pm, four hours of live coverage of the Championships was shown on BBC2 presented by David Vine and with commentary from Keith Fordyce.[2][3] The first match broadcast in colour was Cliff Drysdale against Roger Taylor and was played on the Centre Court. Additional colour broadcasts were made during the afternoons of the following week as well as 30-minute highlight programmes shown each evening.[4]

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Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Australia John Newcombe defeated West Germany Wilhelm Bungert, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 [5]

Women's singles

United States Billie Jean King defeated United Kingdom Ann Jones, 6–3, 6–4 [6]

Men's doubles

South Africa Bob Hewitt / South Africa Frew McMillan defeated Australia Roy Emerson / Australia Ken Fletcher, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 [7]

Women's doubles

United States Rosie Casals / United States Billie Jean King defeated Brazil Maria Bueno / United States Nancy Richey, 9–11, 6–4, 6–2 [8]

Mixed doubles

Australia Owen Davidson / United States Billie Jean King defeated Australia Ken Fletcher / Brazil Maria Bueno, 7–5, 6–2 [9]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Spain Manuel Orantes defeated United States Mike Estep, 6–2, 6–0 [10]

Girls' singles

Netherlands Judith Salomé defeated Sweden Margaretta Strandberg, 6–4, 6–2 [11]

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