1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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]

Women's doubles
1977 Wimbledon Championships
Final date1 July 1977
1976 ChampionsUnited States Chris Evert
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Final
ChampionsAustralia Helen Cawley
United States JoAnne Russell
Runners-upNetherlands Betty Stöve
United States Martina Navratilova
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (3 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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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

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Martina Navratilova
Betty Stöve
66
Jane Stratton
Mimmi Wikstedt
20
1 Martina Navratilova
Betty Stöve
666
4 Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade
822
4 Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade
77
5 Kerry Reid
Greer Stevens
55
1 Martina Navratilova
Betty Stöve
33
Helen Cawley
JoAnne Russell
66
7 Lesley Charles
Sue Mappin
687
3 Linky Boshoff
Ilana Kloss
395
7 Lesley Charles
Sue Mappin
34
Helen Cawley
JoAnne Russell
66
Brigitte Cuypers
Marise Kruger
942
Helen Cawley
JoAnne Russell
866

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 M Navratilova
B Stöve
67
C Doerner
W Turnbull
251 M Navratilova
B Stöve
66
LL R Khan
N Weigel
01
1 M Navratilova
B Stöve
676
F Bonicelli
R Giscafré
66 A Jones
W Wooldridge
394
L Beaven
Y Vermaak
32 F Bonicelli
R Giscafré
43
A Jones
W Wooldridge
66
1 M Navratilova
B Stöve
66
J Stratton
M Wikstedt
20
6 S Barker
A Kiyomura
66
M Jaušovec
V Ruzici
96 M Jaušovec
V Ruzici
32
J Durie
A Hobbs
726 S Barker
A Kiyomura
53
L duPont
J Newberry
164 J Stratton
M Wikstedt
76
J Stratton
M Wikstedt
636 J Stratton
M Wikstedt
96
I Bentzer
S Tolleson
72

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 F Dürr
V Wade
616
T Holladay
K May
2634 F Dürr
V Wade
66
S Simmonds
M Tyler
43
4 F Dürr
V Wade
648
Q C Matison
P Whytcross
466
Q G Sammel
L Whitfield
371
R Fox
K Harter
71Q C Matison
P Whytcross
656
Q C Matison
P Whytcross
964 F Dürr
V Wade
77
5 K Reid
G Stevens
6465 K Reid
G Stevens
55
L Antonoplis
A Smith
2625 K Reid
G Stevens
67
J Anthony
E Nagelsen
35
5 K Reid
G Stevens
66
M Hamm
C Reynolds
76 M Hamm
C Reynolds
20
C Molesworth
B Thompson
53 M Hamm
C Reynolds
w/o
B Simon
F Thibault

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
D Evers
M Pinterová
40
A-M Bruning
S Walsh
361 T Austin
L Hunt
66
T Austin
L Hunt
616 T Austin
L Hunt
24
7 L Charles
S Mappin
66
A McDade
E Vessies-Appel
45
J Connor
T Harford
517 L Charles
S Mappin
67
7 L Charles
S Mappin
767 L Charles
S Mappin
687
3 D Boshoff
I Kloss
395
C Meyer
R Tomanová
66
G Coles
L Mottram
63Q S Saliba
M Sawyer
44
Q S Saliba
M Sawyer
86 C Meyer
R Tomanová
363
3 D Boshoff
I Kloss
636
J Dalton
K Ruddell
88
F Mihai
P Peled
323 D Boshoff
I Kloss
99
3 D Boshoff
I Kloss
66

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
K Shaw
V Ziegenfuss
66
LL E Dignam
C Lane
22 K Shaw
V Ziegenfuss
474
B Cuypers
M Kruger
656
B Cuypers
M Kruger
66
LL P Moor
J Preyer
13 P Bostrom
M Carillo
44
P Bostrom
M Carillo
66 P Bostrom
M Carillo
766
8 BJ King
K Susman
943
B Cuypers
M Kruger
942
C Drury
C Harrison
622 H Cawley
J Russell
866
J Fayter
R Maršíková
466 J Fayter
R Maršíková
626
M Gurdal
N Sato
363
J Fayter
R Maršíková
62
H Cawley
J Russell
86
H Cawley
J Russell
67
H Eisterlehner
I Riedel
112 R Casals
C Evert
35
2 R Casals
C Evert
66

References