1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1977 Wimbledon Championships
Final date	1 July 1977
1976 Champions	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova
Champions	Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell
Runners-up	Betty Stöve Martina Navratilova
Score	6–3, 6–3
Draw	48 (3 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1977 Wimbledon Championships

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions,^[1] but decided not to play together. Evert partnered with Rosie Casals, but they lost in the second round to Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell.^[1]

Cawley and Russell defeated Navratilova and Betty Stöve in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve (final)

02.   Rosie Casals / Chris Evert (second round)

03.   Linky Boshoff / Ilana Kloss (quarterfinals)

04.   Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (semifinals)

05.   Kerry Reid / Greer Stevens (quarterfinals)

06.   Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (third round)

07.   Lesley Charles / Sue Mappin (semifinals)

08.   Billie Jean King / Karen Susman (second round)

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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6	6
		Jane Stratton Mimmi Wikstedt	2	0
								1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6	6	6
								4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	8	2	2
	4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7	7
	5	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	5	5
															1	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	3	3
																Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	6	6
	7	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	6	8	7
	3	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	3	9	5
								7	Lesley Charles Sue Mappin	3	4
									Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	6	6
		Brigitte Cuypers Marise Kruger	9	4	2
		Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	8	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	7
		C Doerner W Turnbull	2	5				1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	6
								LL	R Khan N Weigel	0	1
															1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	7	6
		F Bonicelli R Giscafré	6	6												A Jones W Wooldridge	3	9	4
		L Beaven Y Vermaak	3	2					F Bonicelli R Giscafré	4	3
									A Jones W Wooldridge	6	6
																						1	M Navratilova B Stöve	6	6
																							J Stratton M Wikstedt	2	0
								6	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6
		M Jaušovec V Ruzici	9	6					M Jaušovec V Ruzici	3	2
		J Durie A Hobbs	7	2											6	S Barker A Kiyomura	5	3
		L duPont J Newberry	1	6	4											J Stratton M Wikstedt	7	6
		J Stratton M Wikstedt	6	3	6				J Stratton M Wikstedt	9	6
									I Bentzer S Tolleson	7	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	F Dürr V Wade	6	1	6
		T Holladay K May	2	6	3			4	F Dürr V Wade	6	6
									S Simmonds M Tyler	4	3
															4	F Dürr V Wade	6	4	8
															Q	C Matison P Whytcross	4	6	6
								Q	G Sammel L Whitfield	3	7	1
		R Fox K Harter	7	1				Q	C Matison P Whytcross	6	5	6
	Q	C Matison P Whytcross	9	6																		4	F Dürr V Wade	7	7
	5	K Reid G Stevens	6	4	6																	5	K Reid G Stevens	5	5
		L Antonoplis A Smith	2	6	2			5	K Reid G Stevens	6	7
									J Anthony E Nagelsen	3	5
															5	K Reid G Stevens	6	6
		M Hamm C Reynolds	7	6												M Hamm C Reynolds	2	0
		C Molesworth B Thompson	5	3					M Hamm C Reynolds	w/o
									B Simon F Thibault

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									D Evers M Pinterová	4	0
		A-M Bruning S Walsh	3	6	1				T Austin L Hunt	6	6
		T Austin L Hunt	6	1	6											T Austin L Hunt	2	4
															7	L Charles S Mappin	6	6
									A McDade E Vessies-Appel	4	5
		J Connor T Harford	5	1				7	L Charles S Mappin	6	7
	7	L Charles S Mappin	7	6																		7	L Charles S Mappin	6	8	7
																						3	D Boshoff I Kloss	3	9	5
									C Meyer R Tomanová	6	6
		G Coles L Mottram	6	3				Q	S Saliba M Sawyer	4	4
	Q	S Saliba M Sawyer	8	6												C Meyer R Tomanová	3	6	3
															3	D Boshoff I Kloss	6	3	6
									J Dalton K Ruddell	8	8
		F Mihai P Peled	3	2				3	D Boshoff I Kloss	9	9
	3	D Boshoff I Kloss	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		K Shaw V Ziegenfuss	6	6
	LL	E Dignam C Lane	2	2					K Shaw V Ziegenfuss	4	7	4
									B Cuypers M Kruger	6	5	6
																B Cuypers M Kruger	6	6
	LL	P Moor J Preyer	1	3												P Bostrom M Carillo	4	4
		P Bostrom M Carillo	6	6					P Bostrom M Carillo	7	6	6
								8	BJ King K Susman	9	4	3
																							B Cuypers M Kruger	9	4	2
		C Drury C Harrison	6	2	2																		H Cawley J Russell	8	6	6
		J Fayter R Maršíková	4	6	6				J Fayter R Maršíková	6	2	6
									M Gurdal N Sato	3	6	3
																J Fayter R Maršíková	6	2
																H Cawley J Russell	8	6
									H Cawley J Russell	6	7
		H Eisterlehner I Riedel	1	1				2	R Casals C Evert	3	5
	2	R Casals C Evert	6	6

References

1. Barrett, John; Flink, Steve; Tingay, Lance (1978). "Wimbledon Championships". World of Tennis 1978: A BP Yearbook (10th Year ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 51, 57. ISBN 978-0-354-09039-1. ISSN 0305-6325. OCLC 237184605. OL 15012356M.
2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation