Women's singles
1966 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Maria Bueno
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Billie Jean King defeatedMaria Bueno in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]Margaret Smith was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to King.

The second round match in whichGail Sherriff beat her sisterCarol was the second match between sisters in the ladies' singles draw at Wimbledon, the first being in the1884 Wimbledon Championships whenMaud Watson beatLillian.^[2][3] The next Wimbledon match between sisters in the singles draw was in2000 betweenSerena andVenus Williams.^[2]

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Key

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Margaret Smith	6	6
		Trudy Groenman	0	4
								1	Margaret Smith	3	3
								4	Billie Jean King	6	6
	4	Billie Jean King	1	6	6
	6	Annette Van Zyl	6	2	4
															4	Billie Jean King	6	3	6
															2	Maria Bueno	3	6	1
	5	Nancy Richey	6	1	1
	3	Ann Jones	4	6	6
								3	Ann Jones	3	11	5
								2	Maria Bueno	6	9	7
	7	Françoise Dürr	4	3
	2	Maria Bueno	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	Margaret Smith	8	6
									Liz Starkie	6	2
															1	M Smith	6	6
																J Albert	1	2
									Jitka Volavková	2	3
									Jane Albert	6	6
																						1	M Smith	6	6
																							E Buding	1	2
									Sonja Pachta	6	6
									Ulla Sandulf	1	4
																S Pachta	1	4
																E Buding	6	6
									Edda Buding	6	6
									Trish Faulkner	4	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	Norma Baylon	6	6
									Faye Urban	3	0
															8	N Baylon	6	4	4
																G Groenman	4	6	6
									Trudy Groenman	6	6
									Francesca Gordigiani	4	4
																							G Groenman	6	6
																							M Schacht	1	2
								Q	Lidy Jansen Venneboer	6	4	6
									Isabelle de Lansalut	3	6	3
															Q	L Jansen Venneboer	0	3
																M Schacht	6	6
									Esmé Emmanuel	3	5
									Madonna Schacht	6	7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Billie Jean King	6	8
		Winnie Shaw	2	6				4	BJ King	6	6
		Maria Teresa Riedl	1	2					E Truman	4	4
		Nell Truman	6	6											4	BJ King	6	6
	Q	Lynn Bellamy	1	1												B Stöve	4	3
		Christiane Mercelis	6	6					C Mercelis	6	2
		Betty Stöve	7	6					B Stöve	8	6
		Greta Delport	5	2																		4	BJ King	9	6
		Eva Lundqvist	1	3																			K Krantzcke	7	2
		Donna Fales	6	6					D Fales	6	4	4
		Karen Krantzcke	6	6	6				K Krantzcke	1	6	6
		Helga Niessen	4	8	4											K Krantzcke	11	6
		Alex Soady	1	4												G Sherriff	9	3
		Carol Sherriff	6	6					C Sherriff	10	3	3
		Gail Sherriff	6	3	6				G Sherriff	8	6	6
		Jill Blackman	4	6	4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	6	Annette Van Zyl	6	6
		Vivienne Dennis	1	0				6	A Van Zyl	6	3	6
		Galina Baksheeva							G Baksheeva	3	6	3
		Kathy Blake	w/o												6	A Van Zyl	6	6
		Mary Habicht	8	6												M Habicht	3	1
		Mary McAnally	6	1					M Habicht	6	6
		Dorothy Knode	10	6					D Knode	1	2
		Alice Tym	8	2																		6	A Van Zyl	6	6
		Mimi Arnold	6	8																			M Arnold	1	2
	Q	Teresa Van Haren	3	6					M Arnold	6	6
		Rosemary Deloford	4	4					H Gourlay	3	2
		Helen Gourlay	6	6												M Arnold	6	7
		Laura Rossouw	3	8	6											L Rossouw	1	5
	Q	Astrid Suurbeek	6	6	2				L Rossouw	6	6
		Carole Rosser	2	6	6				C Rosser	4	2
		Heather Allen	6	3	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Helga Schultze	4	11	12
		Janine Lieffrig	6	9	10				H Schultze	6	6
		Glenda Swan	6	6					G Swan	4	3
	Q	Jane Poynder	2	4												H Schultze	3	2
		Ingrid Löfdahl	4	2												K Harter	6	6
		Kathleen Harter	6	6					K Harter	1	6	6
	Q	Anne-Marie Rouchon	9	5	4				D Whitely	6	3	0
		Dorothy Whitely	7	7	6																		K Harter	2	4
		Rita Bentley	6	6																		5	N Richey	6	6
		Roberta Beltrame	3	2					R Bentley	6	6
		Heather Segal	6	6					H Segal	1	2
	Q	Susan Behlmar	2	4												R Bentley	6	4	2
		Olga Morozova	1	3											5	N Richey	3	6	6
		Pat Walkden	6	6					P Walkden	5	4
		Fay Toyne	6	3	0			5	N Richey	7	6
	5	Nancy Richey	1	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Rosie Darmon	6	7
		Elsie Spruyt	2	5					R Darmon	6	3	1
		Lucia Bassi	3	6					R Casals	2	6	6
		Rosie Casals	6	8												R Casals	1	7	6
	Q	Sally Holdsworth	2	3												K Melville	6	5	4
		Kerry Melville	6	6					K Melville	3	6	6
	Q	Christiane Spinoza	7	6				Q	C Spinoza	6	1	2
		Robin Lloyd	5	4																			R Casals	2	3
		Vicki Berner	1	3																		3	A Jones	6	6
		Frances MacLennan	6	6					F MacLennan	1	6	6
	Q	Nancy Reed	2	6	6			Q	N Reed	6	2	4
		Sue Tutt	6	3	4											F MacLennan	0	2
		Joyce Williams	6	6											3	A Jones	6	6
		Carole Ann Loop	4	4					J Williams	5	2
		Lea Pericoli	1	2				3	A Jones	7	6
	3	Ann Jones	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Lorna Greville-Collins	6	6	6
									Pauline Roberts	8	1	4
																L Greville-Collins	4	2
																S Brasher	6	6
									Shirley Brasher	6	6
									Vlasta Vopičková	4	1
																							S Brasher	2	2
																						7	F Dürr	6	6
									Elly Krocké	8	1	2
									Mary-Ann Eisel	6	6	6
																M-A Eisel	4	5
															7	F Dürr	6	7
									Maryna Godwin	4	5
								7	Françoise Dürr	6	7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Julie Heldman	6	6
									Silvana Lazzarino	2	1
																J Heldman	1	1
																J Tegart	6	6
									Judy Tegart	6	8
									Virginia Wade	1	6
																							J Tegart	3	6	2
																						2	M Bueno	6	4	6
									Heide Orth	3	2
									Tory Fretz	6	6
																T Fretz	2	0
															2	M Bueno	6	6
									Stephanie DeFina	1	2
								2	Maria Bueno	6	6

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