Billie Jean Moffitt (later King) played Wimbledon for the first time. Her first singles match was on Centre Court and took 2 days to complete. The much more experienced Yola Ramirez Ochoa, seeded fifth, was fortunate to win the match.
The biggest surprise at Wimbledon this year, however, was in women's doubles. King and Karen Hantze Susman won the title on their first attempt. Although they were unseeded, they dominated their opponents. They defeated three of the top four seeded teams in succession and did not lose a set. They upset the top-seeded South African team of Sandra Reynolds Price and Renee Schuurman Haygarth in the quarterfinals. That team had won 3 Grand Slam titles since 1959 and had just won their second title at the French International Championships in Paris. The Americans then vanquished the fourth-seeded Australian team of Lesley Turner Bowrey and Sally Moore in the semifinals. In the final, only nervous tension prevented them from routing the third-seeded team of Margaret Smith Court and Jan Lehane O'Neill. Smith Court had won the doubles at the Australian National Championships in Melbourne earlier in the year.
King had another disappointment at the U. S. National Championships when she lost in the second round of singles to fourth-seeded Christine Truman Janes. She did not play the French International Championships or the Australian National Championships.
At the end of 1961, the United States Lawn Tennis Association ranked King third in singles among American women. The top 10 was as follows:
..#1...0–0 Darlene Hard
..#2...0–1...Karen Hantze Susman
..#3...0–0...Billie Jean King
..#4...1–1...Kathy Chabot Willette
..#5...2–0...Justina Bricka Horwitz
..#6...2–0...Gwyneth Thomas
..#7...1–0...Marilyn Montgomery Rindfuss
..#8...0–0...Judy Alvarez
..#9...1–0...Carole Caldwell Graebner
#10...0–0...Donna Floyd Fales
.........7–2, 77.78%...Total
HEAD-TO-HEAD IN SINGLES
2–0 Gwyneth Thomas
2–0 Justina Bricka Horwitz
1–0 Andria Miller
1–0 Anja LePoutre
1–0 Ann Haydon Jones
1–0 Belmar Gunderson
1–0 Carole Caldwell Graebner
1–0 Carole Loop Herrick
1–0 Elizabeth Crady
1–0 Farel Footman
1–0 Jean Gelner
1–0 Joan Chabot
1–0 Linda George
1–0 Linda Lou Crosby
1–0 Lois Horton
1–0 Carole Loop Herrick
1–0 Elizabeth Crady
1–0 Farel Footman
1–0 Jean Gelner
1–0 Joan Chabot
1–0 Linda George
1–0 Linda Lou Crosby
1–0 Lois Horton
1–0 Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein
1–0 Margaret Taylor
1–0 Marilyn Montgomery Rindfuss
1–0 Mary Morris Shlaudeman
1–0 Mercedes "Baba" Madden Lewis
1–0 Miri Morey
1–0 Nancy Armor Neeld1–0 Miri Morey
1–0 Nancy Dillon
1–0 Patricia Cody
1–0 Pat Hird
1–0 Rosemary Walsh Deloford
1–0 Virginia Brown
1–1 Katherine Chabot Willet
1–2 Edda Buding Düchting
0–1 Karen Hantze Susman
0–1 Lesley Turner Bowrey
0–1 Linda Vail Van Der Meer
0–1 Rita Bentley
0–1 Yola Ramirez Ochoa
0–1 Yola Ramirez Ochoa
0–2 Christine Truman Janes
0–2 Dorothy Bundy Cheney
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
Most games played in a singles match, 1961: 36
Kent Championships (QF):
King lost to Lesley Turner Bowrey 4-6, 11-9, 6-0
Most games played in a singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 38
1959 Middle States Grass Court Sectional Championships (QF):
King lost to Nancy Richey 7-9, 6-2, 8-6
Most games played in a women's doubles match, 1961: 44
London Grass Court Championships (FN):
King / Karen Hantze Susman d. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 6-2, 13-15, 6-2
Most games played in a women's doubles match, career (1958 through 1961): 50
1960 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships (2R):
King / Barbara Browning Rohland lost to Pamela Davis / Linda George 4-6, 12-10, 10-8
Most games played in a mixed doubles match, 1961: 52
Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships (SF):
King / Donald Dell lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner / William Bond 7-5, 11-13, 9-7
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
Most games played in a singles match, 1961: 36
Kent Championships (QF):
King lost to Lesley Turner Bowrey 4-6, 11-9, 6-0
Most games played in a singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 38
1959 Middle States Grass Court Sectional Championships (QF):
King lost to Nancy Richey 7-9, 6-2, 8-6
Most games played in a women's doubles match, 1961: 44
London Grass Court Championships (FN):
King / Karen Hantze Susman d. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 6-2, 13-15, 6-2
Most games played in a women's doubles match, career (1958 through 1961): 50
1960 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships (2R):
King / Barbara Browning Rohland lost to Pamela Davis / Linda George 4-6, 12-10, 10-8
Most games played in a mixed doubles match, 1961: 52
Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships (SF):
King / Donald Dell lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner / William Bond 7-5, 11-13, 9-7
Most games played in a mixed doubles match, career (1958 through 1961): 55
1959 Pacific Southwest Championships (QF):
King / Donald Dell lost to Ann Haydon Jones / Roy Emerson 6-3, 17-19, 6-4
Most games played in a set of a singles match, 1961: 20
(1) U. S. National Hard Court Championships (2R):
King vs. Margaret Taylor 11-9 (won second set)
(2) Southern California Sectional Championships (QF):
King vs. Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein 11-9 (won first set)
(3) Kent Championships (QF):
King vs. Lesley Turner Bowrey 11-9 (lost second set)
(4) Wimbledon (2R):
King vs. Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9 (lost first set)
Most games played in a set of a singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 20
(1) 1961 U. S. National Hard Court Championships (2R):
King vs. Margaret Taylor 11-9 (won second set)
(2) 1961 Southern California Sectional Championships (QF):
King vs. Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein 11-9 (won first set)
(3) 1961 Kent Championships (QF):
King vs. Lesley Turner Bowrey 11-9 (lost second set)
(4) 1961 Wimbledon (2R):
King vs. Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9 (lost first set)
Most games played in a set of a women's doubles match, 1961: 28(1) U. S. National Hard Court Championships (2R):
King vs. Margaret Taylor 11-9 (won second set)
(2) Southern California Sectional Championships (QF):
King vs. Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein 11-9 (won first set)
(3) Kent Championships (QF):
King vs. Lesley Turner Bowrey 11-9 (lost second set)
(4) Wimbledon (2R):
King vs. Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9 (lost first set)
Most games played in a set of a singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 20
(1) 1961 U. S. National Hard Court Championships (2R):
King vs. Margaret Taylor 11-9 (won second set)
(2) 1961 Southern California Sectional Championships (QF):
King vs. Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein 11-9 (won first set)
(3) 1961 Kent Championships (QF):
King vs. Lesley Turner Bowrey 11-9 (lost second set)
(4) 1961 Wimbledon (2R):
King vs. Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9 (lost first set)
London Grass Court Championships (FN):
King / Karen Hantze Susman vs. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 13-15 (lost second set)
Most games played in a set of a women's doubles match, career (1958 through 1961): 28
1961 London Grass Court Championships (FN):
King / Karen Hantze Susman vs. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 13-15 (lost second set)
Most games played in a set of a mixed doubles match, 1961: 24
Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships (SF):
King / Donald Dell vs. Carole Caldwell Graebner / William Bond 11-13 (lost second set)
Most games played in a set of a mixed doubles match, career (1958 through 1961): 36
1959 Pacific Southwest Championships (QF):
King / Donald Dell vs. Ann Haydon Jones / Roy Emerson 17-19 (lost second set)
Fewest games won by King in a completed singles match, 1961: 3
(1) U. S. National Clay Court Championships (SF):
King lost to Edda Buding Düchting 6-2, 6-1
(2) Pacific Coast Championships (2R):
King lost to Linda Vail Van Der Meer 6-2, 6-1
Fewest games won by King in a completed singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 3
(1) 1961 U. S. National Clay Court Championships (SF):
King lost to Edda Buding Düchting 6-2, 6-1
(2) 1961 Pacific Coast Championships (2R):
King lost to Linda Vail Van Der Meer 6-2, 6-1
Fewest games won by opponent in a completed singles match, 1961: 1
(1) Southern California Sectional Championships (2R):
King d. Miri Morey 6-0, 6-1
(2) Pacific Southwest Championships (1R):
King d. Lois Horton 6-0, 6-1
Fewest games won by opponent in a completed singles match, career (1958 through 1961): 1
(1) 1961 Southern California Sectional Championships (2R):
King d. Miri Morey 6-0, 6-1
(2) 1961 Pacific Southwest Championships (1R):
King d. Lois Horton 6-0, 6-1
(3) 1960 U. S. National Clay Court Championships (1R):
King d. Sue Sterrett 6-0, 6-1
(4) 1960 Philadelphia and District Grass Court Championships (FN):
King d. Carole Caldwell Graebner 6-1, 6-0
(5) 1960 Pacific Coast Championships (1R):
King d. Diana Gai 6-1, 6-0
Total number of 6-0 sets won-lost by King in singles matches, 1961: 4-2
Total number of 6-0 sets won-lost by King in singles matches, career (1958 through 1961): 12-3
Total number of deuce sets (having at least 12 games) won-lost by King in singles matches, 1961: 10-5
Total number of deuce sets (having at least 12 games) won-lost by King in singles matches, career (1958 through 1961): 15-13
Total number of completed singles matches lost by King after winning the first set, 1961: 3
Total number of completed singles matches lost by King after winning the first set, career (1958 through 1961): 6
Total number of completed singles matches won by King after losing the first set, 1961: 1
Total number of completed singles matches won by King after losing the first set, career (1958 through 1961): 5
Longest winning streak in singles matches, 1961: 13
Longest winning streak in singles matches, career (1958 through 1961): 13 in 1961
Won-lost record in singles finals, 1961: 2-2
Won-lost record in singles finals, career (1958 through 1961): 3-2
Won-lost record in singles semifinals, 1961: 3-3
Won-lost record in singles semifinals, career (1958 through 1961): 4-7
Won-lost record in women's doubles finals, 1961: 3-5
Won-lost record in women's doubles finals, career (1958 through 1961): 4-7
Won-lost record in women's doubles semifinals, 1961: 7-3
Won-lost record in women's doubles semifinals, career (1958 through 1961): 9-8
Listed below are 13 singles tournaments, 2 of which she won, plus Wightman Cup. Her win-loss singles record as listed below is 31-12, 72.09% (17-5 grass, 10-5 hard, 4-2 clay).
King also won 3 women's doubles titles. She did not win a mixed doubles title.
Week of November 28, 1960
U. S. National Hard Court Championships
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
La Jolla, California, U. S.
King in singles, [1] seed:
1R d. Joan Chabot 6-0, 6-4
2R d. Margaret Taylor 6-0, 11-9
QF lost to Dorothy Bundy Cheney 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
King in women's doubles with Sally Moore:
1R d. Tory Fretz / Frances Umphred 6-3, 6-4
QF d. Sue Behlmar / Linda Lou Crosby 6-0, 6-2
SF lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner / Joan Chabot 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Week of April 24, 1961
Ojai Valley Invitational
Ojai Valley Tennis Club
Ojai, California, U. S.
Hard
Hard
King in singles:
QF d. Andria Miller 6-1, 6-3
SF lost to Katherine Chabot Willette 7-5, 6-4
King in women's doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
QF d. Joan Kettenburg / ____ Wilson 6-2, 6-1
SF d. Joan Johnson / Geralyn "Jeri" Shepard 6-1, 6-3
FN lost to Katherine Chabot Willette / Sally Moore 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Week of May 8, 1961
Southern California Sectional Championships
Los Angeles Tennis Club
Los Angeles, California, U. S.
Hard
1R d. Mary Morris Shlaudeman 6-3, 6-3
2R d. Miri Morey 6-0, 6-1
3R d. Linda George 6-2, 7-5
QF d. Madeline "Mandy" Mandell Einstein 11-9, 6-4
SF d. Katherine Chabot Willette 6-2, 6-3
FN lost to Karen Hantze Susman 6-4, 6-1
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
QF d. Corky Olrich / Barbara Kimbrell 8-6, 6-1
SF d. Louise Brough Clapp / Barbara Green Weigandt 9-7, 8-6
FN lost to Katherine Chabot Willette / Sally Moore 6-1, 6-4
Women's Doubles Note:
Louise Brough Clapp was 38 years old.
King in mixed doubles with James Buck:
SF...lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner / Hugh Stewart 6-0, 6-3
Kent Championships
Beckenham Cricket Club
Beckenham, United Kingdom
Grass
King in singles:
1R d. Rosemary Walsh Deloford 6-4, 6-2
2R d. Pat Hird 6-4, 6-4
3R d. Justina Bricka Horwitz 8-6, 5-7, 6-3 (35 games)
QF lost to Lesley Turner Bowrey 4-6, 11-9, 6-0 (36 games)
Singles Note:
In the quarterfinals, King and Lesley Turner Bowrey played each other in singles for the first time.
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
QF lost to Margaret Smith Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey 7-5, 6-3
King in mixed doubles with William Bond:
FN lost to Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle 6-3, 6-2
Week of June 19, 1961
London Grass Court Championships
Queen's Club
London, United Kingdom
King in singles:
1R bye
Week of June 19, 1961
London Grass Court Championships
Queen's Club
London, United Kingdom
King in singles:
1R bye
2R lost to Rita Bentley 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
QF d. Eva de Jong-Duldig / Marlene Gerson 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
SF d. Lesley Turner Bowrey / Sally Moore 6-0, 6-0
FN d. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 6-2, 13-15, 6-2 (44 games)
King in mixed doubles with William Bond:
QF d. Kuzimenko Titova / Toomas Leius 7-5, 6-2
SF lost to Věra Pužejová Suková / Jiri Javorsky 6-4, 7-5
King in singles, [NS]:
1R bye
2R lost to [5] Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9, 1-6, 6-2 (35 games) (Centre Court)
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
QF d. Eva de Jong-Duldig / Marlene Gerson 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
SF d. Lesley Turner Bowrey / Sally Moore 6-0, 6-0
FN d. Margaret Hunt / Lynn Hutchings 6-2, 13-15, 6-2 (44 games)
King in mixed doubles with William Bond:
QF d. Kuzimenko Titova / Toomas Leius 7-5, 6-2
SF lost to Věra Pužejová Suková / Jiri Javorsky 6-4, 7-5
Weeks of June 26 & July 3, 1961
Wimbledon
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
London, United Kingdom
Grass
Wimbledon
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
London, United Kingdom
Grass
King in singles, [NS]:
1R bye
2R lost to [5] Yola Ramirez Ochoa 11-9, 1-6, 6-2 (35 games) (Centre Court)
Singles Note:
Because of persistent rain, this match was delayed until the early evening of day 3 (Wednesday). The match was suspended after the second set because of failing light. When the match resumed the next day, Yola Ramirez Ochoa constantly played to King's weaker forehand and won the third set easily.
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman, [NS]:
1R bye
2R d. Cathy Lyon / Julie Wilson 6-2, 6-1
3R d. Margot Dittmeyer / Renata Ostermann 6-2, 6-1
QF d. [1] Sandra Reynolds Price / Renee Schuurman Haygarth 9-7, 6-3
SF d. [4] Lesley Turner Bowrey / Sally Moore 6-3, 6-0
FN d. [3] Margaret Smith Court / Jan Lehane O'Neill 6-3, 6-4 (Centre Court)
Women's Doubles Note:
In the final, King and Karen Hantze Susman broke Margaret Smith Court the first time she served to build a 3-0 lead. With their surprising victories over the first and fourth seeds in the quarterfinals and semifinals, the Americans had become a "welded team ... firm on volley and lethal on overhead ... [w]ith Billie Jean scoring repeatedly on her smashes and Karen cutting up the short volleys." They were ahead by a set with 2 break points (virtual match points) at 2-4 (15-40). But the Australians saved both and won the game. With Hantze Susman serving, they had a 4-3 (40-0) lead, but nerves allowed the Australians to break serve and tie the set at 4-4. King saved their most unlikely Wimbledon championship in the next game by hitting two great backhands for the deciding break of serve. She then served out the match. They remain the youngest doubles team to win a Wimbledon title.
King in mixed doubles with William Bond, [NS]:
1R lost to Christine Truman Janes / Humphrey Truman 9-7, 4-6, 6-3 (35 games)
Week of July 17, 1961
U. S. National Clay Court Championships
U. S. National Clay Court Championships
River Forest Tennis Club
River Forest, Illinois
Clay
Clay
1R d. Jean Gelner 7-5, 6-1
2R d. Farel Footman 8-6, 6-2
QF d. [NS] Nancy Dillon 6-3, 6-1
SF lost to [1F] Edda Buding Düchting 6-2, 6-1
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
1R d. Lucille Davidson / Doris Popple 6-2, 6-1
QF d. Virginia Brown / Sara Mae Turber 6-1, 6-0
SF lost to Justina Bricka Horwitz / Carol Hanks Aucamp 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Week of July 24, 1961
Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships
Merion Cricket Club
Haverford, Pennsylvania, U. S.
Grass
General Notes:
(1) Darlene Hard, Karen Hantze Susman, and Nancy Richey, the top three American women, skipped this tournament. Hard was reported to have hepatitis, just a few weeks after she withdrew from Wimbledon to nurse Maria Bueno with her own bout of this disease. Hantze Susman was in California for an engagement party, and Richey was recovering from a back injury.
(2) Margaret Osborne DuPont won her second and third round singles matches with, respectively, Andria Miller 6-2, 6-0 and Carol Hanks Aucamp 6-2, 6-2. But she lost her quarterfinal match with Gwyneth Thomas 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Singles Draw:
This draw included 32 women (5 rounds).
King in singles, [1] seed:
1R bye
2R d. Elizabeth Crady 6-3, 6-1
3R d. Carole Ann Loop Herrick 7-5, 6-4
QF d. Belmar Gunderson 6-3, 6-2
SF d. Gwyneth Thomas 6-4, 6-3
FN d. Justina Bricka Horwitz 6-3, 6-4
Singles Note:
In the final with Justina Bricka Horwitz, King's "superiority of service and backhand and her more consistent dispatch with the volley" helped her to take a 2-break, 4-0 lead in the first set. The left-handed Bricka Horwitz "plays with the same vigor" as King and "pummels the ball with her forehand," which King "avoided as much as possible." Bricka Horwitz "lays into her overhead and drives her volley and has good pace on her service." She moves almost as fast as King. In the final, however, "she could not control her service weapons under the provocation of her opponent's forcing strokes, and her backhand, under constant attack, was vulnerable. Her chipped returns of service from the backhand found the net repeatedly." Source: "Miss Moffitt Beats Miss Bricka in Merion Tennis Final, 6-3, 6-4," by Allison Danzig, The New York Times,. July 31, 1961, page 25.
King in women's doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
1R bye
2R d. Carol Southmayd / Peachy Kellmeyer 6-2, 6-3
QF d. Belmar Gunderson / Nina Vosters 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
SF d. Edda Buding Düchting / Gwyneth Thomas 6-4, 6-3
FN lost to Margaret Osborne DuPont / Margaret Varner Bloss 6-3, 6-2
King in mixed doubles with Donald Dell:
1R d. Andria Miller / Bobby Siska 7-5, 7-5
2R d. Cathy Lee Crosby / Ed Rubinoff 6-3, 6-0
QF d. Donna Floyd Fales / King Lambert 7-5, 6-4
SF lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner / William Bond 7-5, 11-13, 9-7 (52 games)
Week of July 31, 1961
Philadelphia and District Grass Court Championships
Germantown Cricket Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S.
Grass
King in singles, [1] seed:
1R bye
2R d. Nancy Armor Neeld 8-6, 7-5
3R d. Virginia Brown 6-3, 6-1
QF d. Carole Caldwell Graebner 1-6, 6-1, 8-6
SF d. Marilyn Montgomery Rindfuss 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
FN d. Edda Buding Düchting 6-3, 6-4
King in women's doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
FN d. Edda Buding Düchting / Belmar Gunderson 6-2, 6-3
Week of August 7, 1961
Eastern Grass Court Championships
Orange Lawn Tennis Club
South Orange, New Jersey
Grass
King in singles, [2] seed:
1R bye
2R d. Anja LePoutre 6-3, 6-1
3R d. Linda Lou Crosby 5-0 retired
QF d. Gwyneth Thomas 6-4, 6-1
SF lost to [4] Edda Buding Düchting 2-6, 6-4, 3-4 retired (leg cramps)
Singles Note:
King led Edda Buding Düchting 4-1 in the third set of their semifinal match efore developing leg cramps. She fell down at 4-3 and then spent 8 minutes in pain on the ground. After getting up, she made two weak errors and retired.
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
1R bye
2R d. Anja LePoutre / Elsie Spruyt 6-0, 6-0
QF d. Virginia Brown / Merrill Mark 6-2, 6-4
SF d. Donna Floyd Fales / Belmar Gunderson 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
FN lost to Margaret Osborne DuPont / Margaret Varner Bloss 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Women's Doubles Note:
For the second time in three weeks, King lost to the team of Margaret Osborne DuPont (43 years old) and Margaret Varner Bloss (33 years old).
Week of August 14, 1961
Wightman Cup
Saddle and Cycle Club
Chicago, Illinois, U. S.
Clay ("finely ground rock")
General Note:
Margaret Osborne DuPont was the captain.
Final Result:
United States 6, United Kingdom 1
King in singles;
d. Ann Haydon Jones 6-4, 6-4
lost to Christine Truman Janes 6-3, 6-2
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
d. Truman Janes / Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 7-5, 6-2
Week of August 21, 1961
The week before the U.S. Championships, King was the runner-up to Victoria Palmer Heinecke in the U. S. National Girls Lawn Tennis Championships held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. The score was 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. King and partner Carole Caldwell Graebner lost the doubles final to Palmer Heinecke and Judy Alvarez 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Week of August 28, 1961
U. S. National Championships
West Side Tennis Club
Forest Hills, Borough of Queens, New York City
Grass
King in singles, [NS]:
1R d. Mercedes "Baba" Madden Lewis 6-3, 6-4
2R lost to [4] Christine Truman Janes 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Women's doubles (at the Longwood Cricket Club):
Did not enter.
Mixed doubles:
Did not enter.
Week of September 18, 1961
Pacific Southwest Championships
Los Angeles Tennis Club
Los Angeles, California, U. S.
Hard
King in singles, [7] seed:
1R d. Lois Horton 6-0, 6-1
2R d. Patricia Cody 6-4, 6-4
3R lost to Dorothy Bundy Cheney 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Singles Note:
In their third round match, Dorothy Bundy Cheney was 45 years old, and King was 17. This was Bundy Cheney's third consecutive 3-set victory over King during the previous 16 months. Bundy Cheney won again in April 1962. King won their last match in May 1966 when Bundy Cheney was 49 and King was 22. Final singles tally: Bundy Cheney 4, King 1.
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
King in women's doubles with Karen Hantze Susman:
1R d. _____ Cornell / _____ Mathieson 6-2, 6-2
QF d. Dorothy Bundy Cheney / Diane Wootton 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
SF d. Edda Buding Düchting / Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
FN lost to Ann Haydon Jones / Darlene Hard 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
SF d. Edda Buding Düchting / Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
FN lost to Ann Haydon Jones / Darlene Hard 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Women's Doubles Note:
In a quarterfinal match played under floodlights, Dorothy Bundy Cheney and partner Diane Wootton blew 3-0 and 4-1 leads in the third set.
King in mixed doubles with Mike Franks:
1R d. Cathy Lee Crosby / Alan Lane 6-4, 6-1
QF lost to Deidre Catt Keller McMahon / Rod Laver 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 (38 games)
King in junior girls singles:
1R bye
2R d. P____ Winner 6-0, 6-0
3R d. Carole Lepper 6-0, 6-1
QF d. Marilyn Allum 6-1, 6-3
SF d. Linda Lou Crosby 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
FN lost to Carole Caldwell Graebner 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
King in junior girls doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
SF d. _____ Chabot / Mary Weiss 6-3, 6-4
FN d. Cathy Lee Crosby / Linda Lou Crosby 6-0, 6-1
Week of September 25, 1961
Pacific Coast Championships
Berkeley Tennis Club
Berkeley, California, U. S.
Hard
King in singles, [3] seed:
1R bye
2R lost to Linda Vail Van Der Meer 6-2, 6-1
King in women's doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
QF d. Rosemary Casals / Gloria Segerquist 6-1, 6-3
SF lost to Edda Buding Düchting / Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 9-11, 6-2, 6-4 (38 games)
King in mixed doubles with Barry Baskin:
2R d. Valerie Williamson / Gene Ward 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
QF lost to Darlene Hard / Jim McManus 6-2, 6-0
Week of September 25, 1961
Pacific Coast Championships
Berkeley Tennis Club
Berkeley, California, U. S.
Hard
King in singles, [3] seed:
1R bye
2R lost to Linda Vail Van Der Meer 6-2, 6-1
King in women's doubles with Carole Caldwell Graebner:
QF d. Rosemary Casals / Gloria Segerquist 6-1, 6-3
SF lost to Edda Buding Düchting / Deidre Catt Keller McMahon 9-11, 6-2, 6-4 (38 games)
King in mixed doubles with Barry Baskin:
2R d. Valerie Williamson / Gene Ward 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
QF lost to Darlene Hard / Jim McManus 6-2, 6-0
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