# 1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Evonne Goolagong defeated defending champion Margaret Court in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships. It was her second major singles title, completing the Channel Slam.

## Seeds

    01. Margaret Court (final)
    02. Billie Jean King (semifinals)
    03. Evonne Goolagong (champion)
    04. Rosie Casals (second round)
    05. Virginia Wade (fourth round)
    06. Nancy Richey (quarterfinals)
    07. Françoise Dürr (quarterfinals)
    08. Helga Masthoff (third round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Margaret Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Winnie Shaw | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Winnie Shaw | 2 | 1 | | 1 | Margaret Court | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Judy Dalton | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | Kerry Melville | 2 | 6 | 3 | | Judy Dalton | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | Judy Dalton | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Judy Dalton | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Margaret Court | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Nancy Richey | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Billie Jean King | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Françoise Dürr | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Billie Jean King | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2 | Billie Jean King | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Robinson | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | C Martinez | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Minford | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Martinez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Schaar | 2 | 1 |
| | M Schaar | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Brasher | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Schaar | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | R Bentley | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | R Bentley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Holdsworth | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 8 | H Masthoff | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Chanfreau | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | H Masthoff | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | L Bowrey | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Vest | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bowrey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | L Bowrey | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | W Shaw | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| | I Fernández de Soto | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Shaw | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W Shaw | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E Pande | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | E Pande | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Walhof | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 4 | R Casals | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Darmon | 0 | 0 | | 4 | R Casals | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | K Melville | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gourlay | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | K Melville | 9 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Kirk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Kirk | 8 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | A Coleman | 2 | 2 | | | B Kirk | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | B Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | B Stöve | 4 | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | A Martin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | K Melville | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | H Amos | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | M-A Curtis | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | K Ebbinghaus | 6 | 6 | | | K Ebbinghaus | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | R Giscafré | 4 | 2 | | | C Sandberg | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | C Sandberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Sandberg | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Orth | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | M-A Curtis | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Cooper | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Cooper | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | AM Arias | 2 | 3 | | | M-A Curtis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M-A Curtis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 5 | V Wade | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hogan | 5 | 2 | | 5 | V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Greenwood | 6 | 5 | 6 | | M Greenwood | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | O de Roubin | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | 5 | V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Rossouw | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | D Carter-Triolo | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | T Fretz | 7 | 4 | | | L Rossouw | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Carter-Triolo | 6 | 6 | 6 | | D Carter-Triolo | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Pryde | 8 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 5 | V Wade | 8 | 3 |
| | A-M Nasuelli | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | J Dalton | 9 | 6 |
| | V Ziegenfuss | | | | | V Ziegenfuss | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Williams | 7 | 4 | | | J Dalton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Dalton | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | J Dalton | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Emmanuel | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | O Morozova | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | O Morozova | 6 | 6 | | | O Morozova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Bentzer | 7 | 8 | 4 | | L Pericoli | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pericoli | 5 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | V Burton | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Truman | 6 | 6 | | | E Truman | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Bonicelli | 3 | 3 | | | Z Jansone | 1 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Jansone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Z Jansone | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Rodríguez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | B Hawcroft | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Alexander | 6 | 6 | | | S Alexander | 7 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Hudson-Beck | 2 | 2 | | | B Hawcroft | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Hawcroft | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Z Jansone | 3 | 2 |
| Q | G Coles | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Richey | 6 | 6 |
| | J Newberry | 6 | 8 | | | J Newberry | 2 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Lancaster | 0 | 3 | | | K Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Sawamatsu | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L Kaligis | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | N Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | PA Reese | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | PA Reese | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Liem | 2 | 1 | | 6 | N Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | J Fayter | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Molesworth | 7 | 2 | 3 | | J Fayter | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J O'Hara | 2 | 2 | | | L Tuero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Tuero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Tuero | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Wainwright | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Hunt | 4 | 6 | 7 | | L Hunt | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Harris | 6 | 6 | | | K Harris | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Lindström | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | L Hunt | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| | M Neumannová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Goolagong | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | D Botha | 6 | 6 | | Q | D Botha | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Heldman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Heldman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Pigeon | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | J Heldman | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Bartkowicz | 5 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Kemmer | 7 | 6 | | | K Kemmer | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Hansen | 0 | 2 | | 3 | E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | E James | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Palmeová-West | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Palmeová-West | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | L Beaven | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Faulkner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Beaven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | L Beaven | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | F Dürr | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | A Bakker | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kroschina | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Bakker | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | F Dürr | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Holubová | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Dürr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | C Janes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Moore | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C Janes | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | P Teeguarden | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Cowie | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Teeguarden | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | C Janes | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | BJ King | 6 | 7 |
| | D Bouteleux | 2 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | ME Guzmán | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Bouteleux | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | BJ King | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | W Gilchrist | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | BJ King | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |