Second-seeded
Lesley Turner defeated fifth-seeded
Ann Jones 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1963 French Championships
The 1963 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 13 May until 26 May. It was the 62nd staging of th ...
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Lesley Turner is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Margaret Smith ''(quarterfinals)''
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Lesley Turner ''(champion)''
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Darlene Hard
Darlene Ruth Hard (January 6, 1936 – December 2, 2021) was an American professional tennis player, known for her aggressive volleying ability and strong serves. She captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Cha ...
''(second round)''
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Jan Lehane ''(quarterfinals)''
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Ann Jones ''(finalist)''
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Heather Segal ''(fourth round)''
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Renée Schuurman ''(third round)''
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Vera Suková
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*Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarra ...
''(semifinals)''
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Françoise Dürr
Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
Durr played with an unorthodox backhand, which she pla ...
''(fourth round)''
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Jill Blackman
Jill Alison Emmerson (born 24 July 1942) is an Australian former tennis player from Sydney. She competed under her maiden name Jill Blackman until the late 1960s.
Emmerson was a singles quarterfinalist at the 1963 French Championships and 1964 ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist ...
''(semifinals)''
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Mary Habicht ''(fourth round)''
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Liz Starkie ''(third round)''
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Robyn Ebbern ''(quarterfinals)''
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Rita Bentley
Rita Bentley (16 July 1931 - 26 October 2016), Rita Lauder after marriage, was a British tennis player of the 1950s and 1960s. She also played field hockey and represented the England women's national team.
A native of Blackpool, Bentley was a ...
''(third round)''
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Silvana Lazzarino ''(second round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
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* r =
Retired
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
* on the French Open website
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Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
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