{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis tournament year|1971|Wimbledon Championships| | date = 21 June – 3 July | edition = 85th | category = Grand Slam | prize_money = £37,790 | surface = Grass | location = Church Road<br />SW19, Wimbledon,<br />London, United Kingdom | venue = All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | champms = {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe | champws = {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong | champmd = {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson / {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver | champwd = {{flagicon|USA}} Rosie Casals / {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King | champxd = {{flagicon|AUS}} Owen Davidson / {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King | champbs = {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kreiss | champgs = {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Marina Kroschina }}
The '''1971 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.<ref name=collins>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|pages=421, 432}}</ref><ref name=barrett>{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=John|title=Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships|year=2001|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=0007117078|pages=374, 375}}</ref> The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1971. It was the 85th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1971. John Newcombe and Evonne Goolagong won the singles titles.
==Prize money== The total prize money for the 1971 championships was £37,790. The winner of the men's title earned £3,750 while the women's singles champion earned £1,800.<ref name=little2013>{{cite book|last=Little|first=Alan|title=Wimbledon Compendium 2013|year=2013|publisher=All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club|location=London|isbn=978-1899039401|pages=327–334|edition=23}}</ref><ref name="Prizemoney">{{cite web|title=About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/aboutwimbledon/prize_money_and_finance.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 128 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;" |'''Men's singles''' |£3,750 |£2,250 |£750 |£415 |£225 |£150 |£95 |£75 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;" |'''Women's singles''' |£1,800 |£1,000 |£450 |£265 |£150 |£115 |£75 |£55 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;" |'''Men's doubles *''' |£750 |£450 |£300 |£150 |£0 |£0 |£0 |{{n/a}} |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;" |'''Women's doubles *''' |£450 |£300 |£150 |£75 |£0 |£0 |£0 |{{n/a}} |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;" |'''Mixed doubles *''' |£375 |£265 |£130 |£75 |£0 |£0 |£0 |£0 |} <sub>* per team</sub>
==Champions==
===Seniors===
====Men's singles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 <ref name="menss">{{cite web|title=Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> *It was Newcombe's 4th career Grand Slam title (his 2nd in the Open Era), and his 3rd (and last) Wimbledon title.
====Women's singles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court, 6–4, 6–1 <ref name="womenss">{{cite web|title=Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> *It was Goolagong's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st Wimbledon title.
====Men's doubles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|AUS}}'Roy Emerson / {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Ashe / {{flagicon|USA}} Dennis Ralston, 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 <ref name="mensd">{{cite web|title=Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemensdoubles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref>
====Women's doubles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} Rosie Casals / {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court / {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong, 6–3, 6–2 <ref name="womensd">{{cite web|title=Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiesdoubles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref>
====Mixed doubles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Owen Davidson / {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen / {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court, 3–6, 6–2, 15–13 <ref name="mixedd">{{cite web|title=Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/mixeddoubles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref>
===Juniors===
====Boys' singles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Kreiss defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} Stephen Warboys, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 <ref name="boyss">{{cite web|title=Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boyssingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref>
====Girls' singles==== {{Main|1971 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles}} {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Marina Kroschina defeated {{flagicon|IRL}} Sue Minford, 6–4, 6–4 <ref name="girlss">{{cite web|title=Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/girlssingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=Wimbledon Championships|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref>
==Singles seeds== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
===Men's singles=== # {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver ''(quarterfinals, lost to Tom Gorman)'' # {{flagicon|AUS}} '''John Newcombe (champion)''' # {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall ''(semifinals, lost to John Newcombe)'' # {{flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith ''(final, lost to John Newcombe)'' # {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Ashe ''(third round, lost to Marty Riessen)'' # {{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Richey ''(quarterfinals, lost to Ken Rosewall)'' # {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ilie Năstase ''(second round, lost to Georges Goven)'' # {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cliff Drysdale ''(first round, lost to Tom Gorman)'' {{Col-2}}
===Women's singles=== # {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court ''(final, lost to Evonne Goolagong)'' # {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King ''(semifinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong)'' # {{flagicon|AUS}} '''Evonne Goolagong (champion)''' # {{flagicon|USA}} Rosie Casals ''(second round, lost to Kerry Melville)'' # {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade ''(fourth round, lost to Judy Dalton)'' # {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Richey ''(quarterfinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong)'' # {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr ''(quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King)'' # {{flagicon|FRG}} Helga Masthoff ''(third round, lost to Lesley Bowrey)'' {{Col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html Official Wimbledon Championships website]
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