Champions' hall
Tournament
East London
Hard · W · 1 edition
Period1968ATP + WTA
Editions1with results
Matches15in the database
Champions1different players
Participants18different players
Record book
1968 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Virginia Wade4 matches · 100% win rate4
- 2 Winnie Shaw4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 3 Corinne Molesworth3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 4 Anita Van Deventer3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 5 Gillian Dove1 matches · 100% win rate1
- 6 Celeste Behrmann1 matches · 100% win rate1
- 7 Kathleen Harter2 matches · 50% win rate1
- 8 Wendy Tomlinson2 matches · 50% win rate1
- 9 Maryna Godwin1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 10 Patricia Walkden1 matches · 0% win rate0
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
WTA · youngest Virginia Wade23 years, 5 months1968
WTA · oldest Virginia Wade23 years, 5 months1968
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Winnie Shaw defeated Corinne Molesworth
4-6 6-2 6-1Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1968 · ATP and WTA1968WTA
Champion
Virginia WadeFinal: Virginia Wade × Winnie Shaw
6-1 3-6 6-1
December 21, 1968 · 15 matchesSee all results →