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1967 Wimbledon Championships
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships 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 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.
Launch of colour television
The first colour television broadcast in the UK, as well as in Europe, took place on 1 July 1967, the first Saturday of the Championships, when, starting at 2 pm, four hours of live coverage of the Championships was shown on BBC2 presented by David Vine and with commentary from Keith Fordyce. The first match broadcast in colour was Cliff Drysdale against Roger Taylor and was played on the Centre Court. Additional colour broadcasts were made during the afternoons of the following week as well as 30-minute highlight programmes shown each evening.
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
๐ฆ๐บ John Newcombe defeated Wilhelm Bungert, 6โ3, 6โ1, 6โ1
Women's singles
๐บ๐ธ Billie Jean King defeated ๐ฌ๐ง Ann Jones, 6โ3, 6โ4
Men's doubles
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated ๐ฆ๐บ Roy Emerson / ๐ฆ๐บ Ken Fletcher, 6โ2, 6โ3, 6โ4
Women's doubles
๐บ๐ธ Rosie Casals / ๐บ๐ธ Billie Jean King defeated ๐ง๐ท Maria Bueno / ๐บ๐ธ Nancy Richey, 9โ11, 6โ4, 6โ2
Mixed doubles
๐ฆ๐บ Owen Davidson / ๐บ๐ธ Billie Jean King defeated ๐ฆ๐บ Ken Fletcher / ๐ง๐ท Maria Bueno, 7โ5, 6โ2
Juniors
Boys' singles
๐ช๐ธ Manuel Orantes defeated ๐บ๐ธ Mike Estep, 6โ2, 6โ0
Girls' singles
Judith Salomรฉ defeated ๐ธ๐ช Margaretta Strandberg, 6โ4, 6โ2
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