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Women's singles
1970 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Margaret Court
Runner-up	Billie Jean King
Score	14–12, 11–9
Details
Draw	96 (8 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1969 · Wimbledon Championships · 1971 →

Margaret Court defeated Billie Jean King in the final, 14–12, 11–9 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships. It was her third Wimbledon singles title and her 19th major singles title overall. Court was the first woman to complete the career Grand Slam in the Open Era, and would later win the US Open to become the first woman to complete the Grand Slam in the Open Era.^[1]

Ann Jones was the reigning champion, but she had retired from major singles competition.^[2]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Margaret Court	6	6	6
	8	Helga Niessen	8	0	0
								1	Margaret Court	6	6
								5	Rosie Casals	4	1
		Winnie Shaw	2	0
	5	Rosie Casals	6	6
															1	Margaret Court	14	11
															2	Billie Jean King	12	9
		Françoise Dürr	6	6
		Ceci Martinez	0	4
									Françoise Dürr	3	5
								2	Billie Jean King	6	7
	7	Karen Krantzcke	6	3	2
	2	Billie Jean King	3	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	M Court	6	6
								Q	S Alexander	0	1
															1	M Court	6	6
																ME Guzmán	0	1
									ME Guzmán	4	6	6
									I Bentzer	6	3	3
																						1	M Court	6	6
																							V Vopičková	3	3
									R Lloyd	0	3
									V Vopičková	6	6
																V Vopičková	5	10	6
																J Cooper	7	8	2
									J Cooper	6	6
									C Molesworth	1	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	H Niessen	6	6
									AM Arias	3	0
															8	H Niessen	8	6
																G Hansen	6	1
									É Terras	4	6	6
									G Hansen	6	0	8
																						8	H Niessen	6	6
																							BA Grubb	1	3
									H Orth	7	4	9
									A Bakker	5	6	11
																A Bakker	5	2
																BA Grubb	7	6
									P Teeguarden	6	6	1
									BA Grubb	4	8	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	K Melville	6	6
		J Townsend	4	1				4	K Melville	11	7
		J Szörényi	2	3					O Morozova	9	5
		O Morozova	6	6											4	K Melville	6	3	6
		M Brummer	6	6												M Brummer	4	6	2
	Q	J O'Hara	4	3					M Brummer	6	7
	LL	M Greenwood	6	6				LL	M Greenwood	4	5
		P Edwards	0	3																		4	K Melville	2	4
		A Palmeová	6	6																			W Shaw	6	6
		S Petersen	2	3					A Palmeová	0	0
		A Cowie	3	2					M Michel	6	6
		M Michel	6	6												M Michel	3	0
		W Shaw	6	4	6											W Shaw	6	6
		K Harris	3	6	3				W Shaw	6	6
		S Johnson	5	4					L Hunt	4	2
		L Hunt	7	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	R Casals	8	6
		K Harter	6	1				5	R Casals	6	6
		W Overton	6	7					W Overton	3	1
		A Crooke	3	5											5	R Casals	6	8
		A-M Nasuelli	0	2												D Carter	3	6
		L Rossouw	6	6					L Rossouw	3	3
		P Walkden	3	6	3				D Carter	6	6
		D Carter	6	3	6																	5	R Casals	6	6
		S Brasher	9	6																			C Sandberg	1	0
	Q	M Pryde	7	0					S Brasher	6	6
		J Wilshere	4	6	3				L Beaven	4	4
		L Beaven	6	2	6											S Brasher	4	9	4
	Q	C Murakami	8	6	8											C Sandberg	6	7	6
		C Spinoza	10	2	6			Q	C Murakami	2	2
		C Sandberg	10	6					C Sandberg	6	6
	Q	J Fayter	8	0

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		S Walsh	8	6
		P Hogan	6	3					S Walsh	6	6
		H Gourlay	6	2	6				H Gourlay	2	4
		L Liem	0	6	4											S Walsh	5	1
		M Neumannová	5	6	3											F Dürr	7	6
		M-A Curtis	7	4	6				M-A Curtis	1	4
		L Kaligis	2	3					F Dürr	6	6
		F Dürr	6	6																			F Dürr	6	6
		V Ziegenfuss	7	6																		6	J Heldman	2	4
	Q	S Walsham	5	2					V Ziegenfuss	6	7
		D Botha	3	4					G Walhof	4	5
		G Walhof	6	6												V Ziegenfuss	3	2
		H Amos	6	6											6	J Heldman	6	6
		M Giorgi	0	2					H Amos	4	2
		F Moore	2	1				6	J Heldman	6	6
	6	J Heldman	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		C Martinez	6	6
		K Hatanaka	2	0					C Martinez	6	6
		P Cody	1	8	6				P Cody	3	1
		W Tomlinson	6	6	2											C Martinez	9	9
		W Hall	1	1												R Bentley	7	7
		R Bentley	6	6					R Bentley	8	1	10
		V Burton	2	9	6				V Burton	6	6	8
		E Isopaitis	6	7	4																		C Martinez	6	6
		O de Roubin	1	2																		3	V Wade	1	4
		E Goolagong	6	6					E Goolagong	4	0
		J Bartkowicz	3	9	6				J Bartkowicz	6	6
		K Pigeon	6	7	1											J Bartkowicz	4	4
		B Kirk	6	3	4										3	V Wade	6	6
		A du Plooy	2	6	6				A du Plooy	4	5
	Q	S Holdsworth	1	4				3	V Wade	6	7
	3	V Wade	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									J Williams	3	2
									G Chanfreau	6	6
																G Chanfreau	2	0
																J Dalton	6	6
									J Dalton	6	6
									S Northen	0	0
																							J Dalton	4	3
																						7	K Krantzcke	6	6
								Q	F Luff	1	2
									K Sawamatsu	6	6
																K Sawamatsu	2	3
															7	K Krantzcke	6	6
									E Truman	1	8	5
								7	K Krantzcke	6	6	7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									L Pericoli	6	7
									E Ernest	4	5
																L Pericoli	6	6
																E Emmanuel	2	2
									C Graebner	5	7	3
									E Emmanuel	7	5	6
																							L Pericoli	1	2
																						2	BJ King	6	6
									M Schaar	6	3	9
									B Stöve	2	6	7
																M Schaar	4	0
															2	BJ King	6	6
									F Bonicelli	2	1
								2	BJ King	6	6

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 1970 French Open – Women's singles

Grand Slam women's singles

Succeeded by 1970 US Open – Women's singles