1975 Wimbledon Championships


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 was held from Monday 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1975. It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.

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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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
Women's doubles *£1,200£700£400£200£100£0£0
Mixed doubles *£1,000£500£300£200£100£0£0

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Arthur Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4

Women's singles

Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6–0, 6–1
  • It was King's 12th career Grand Slam title, and her 6th Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Vitas Gerulaitis / Sandy Mayer defeated Colin Dowdeswell / Allan Stone, 7–5, 8–6, 6–4

Women's doubles

Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu defeated Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Marty Riessen / Margaret Court defeated Allan Stone / Betty Stöve, 6–4, 7–5

Juniors

Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

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

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Jimmy Connors '
  2. Ken Rosewall '
  3. Björn Borg '
  4. Guillermo Vilas '
  5. Ilie Năstase '
  6. Arthur Ashe
  7. Stan Smith '
  8. Raúl Ramírez '
  9. Tom Okker '
  10. John Alexander '
  11. Roscoe Tanner '
  12. Jan Kodeš '
  13. Marty Riessen '
  14. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  15. Onny Parun '
  16. Tony Roche ''''

Women's singles

  1. Chris Evert '
  2. Martina Navrátilová '
  3. Billie Jean King
  4. Evonne Goolagong Cawley '
  5. Margaret Court '
  6. Virginia Wade '
  7. Olga Morozova '
  8. Kerry Reid ''''