1963 Australian Championships – Women's singles

{{GrandSlamEvents|1963|Australian Championships|

| champ = {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith

| runner = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane

| score = 6–2, 6–2

| draw = 39

| seeds = 8

| before_name = Australian Championships – Women's singles

| after_name = Australian Championships – Women's singles

}}

First-seeded Margaret Smith defeated Jan Lehane 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1963 Australian Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Smith is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith (champion)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner (semifinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane (finalist)
{{flagicon|GBR}} Christine Truman (second round)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Robyn Ebbern (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Starkie (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|GBR}} Rita Bentley (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Madonna Schacht (quarterfinals)

Draw

=Key=

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

=Finals=

{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3

| team-width=180

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane

| RD3-seed2=3

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score2-1=2

| RD3-score1-2=6

| RD3-score2-2=2

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Kaye Dening

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score2-1=1

| RD2-score1-2=6

| RD2-score2-2=3

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner

| RD2-seed4=2

| RD2-score3-1=5

| RD2-score4-1=7

| RD2-score3-2=6

| RD2-score4-2=3

| RD2-score3-3=6

| RD2-score4-3=2

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Rita Bentley

| RD1-seed2=7

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score2-1=1

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score2-2=3

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Kaye Dening

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Robyn Ebbern

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-score3-1=6

| RD1-score4-2=4

| RD1-score3-2=6

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|AUS}} Madonna Schacht

| RD1-seed5=8

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane

| RD1-seed6=3

| RD1-score5-1=1

| RD1-score6-1=6

| RD1-score5-2=4

| RD1-score6-2=6

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Starkie

| RD1-seed7=6

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner

| RD1-seed8=2

| RD1-score7-1=2

| RD1-score8-1=6

| RD1-score7-2=6

| RD1-score8-2=1

| RD1-score7-3=2

| RD1-score8-3=6

}}

=Earlier rounds=

==Section 1==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Smith

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=1

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=3

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Smith

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Gibson

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=2

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley

| RD3-seed03=7

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} A Jenkins

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-score03-1=9

| RD3-score04-1=7

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Smith

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Ebbern

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=0

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=0

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Muller

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Gibson

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=8

| RD2-score03-2=2

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley

| RD2-seed05=7

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Schacht

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=2

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} A Jenkins

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Marsh

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=4

| RD2-score07-2=2

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=8

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Ebbern

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Easy

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=7

| RD1-score04-1=5

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score04-2=3

}}

==Section 2==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Dening

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Ebbern

| RD4-seed02=5

| RD4-score02-1=2

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-2=4

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Begbie

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Dening

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=1

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Ebbern

| RD3-seed03=5

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Blackman

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score04-1=2

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=4

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|GBR}} Truman

| RD2-seed01=4

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Begbie

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=w/o

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Dening

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Starr

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score04-1=w/o

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Ebbern

| RD2-seed05=5

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Toohey

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score05-2=3

| RD2-score06-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-score06-3=0

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Blackman

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Nette

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=1

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score08-2=1

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Begbie

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Wicks

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score04-1=1

| RD1-score03-2=5

| RD1-score04-2=7

| RD1-score03-3=6

| RD1-score04-3=3

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|AUS}} Toohey

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|AUS}} Boucaut

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=6

| RD1-score12-1=0

| RD1-score11-2=6

| RD1-score12-2=2

}}

==Section 3==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Schacht

| RD4-seed01=8

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Lehane

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-score01-1=1

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=4

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Ross

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Schacht

| RD3-seed02=8

| RD3-score01-1=3

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=1

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Sherriff

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Lehane

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-score03-1=2

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=1

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Plaisted

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Ross

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=7

| RD2-score02-1=9

| RD2-score01-2=1

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} McClenaughan

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Schacht

| RD2-seed04=8

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=3

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Sherriff

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Tegart

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=4

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=0

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Bevis Hawton

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Lehane

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=0

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} McClenaughan

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Hart

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score06-1=2

| RD1-score05-2=2

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-score05-3=6

| RD1-score06-3=1

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} Bevis Hawton

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} Paterson

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score14-1=2

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=3

}}

==Section 4==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|GBR}} Starkie

| RD4-seed01=6

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Turner

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-score01-1=2

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD4-score01-3=2

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Newman

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|GBR}} Starkie

| RD3-seed02=6

| RD3-score01-1=2

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=3

| RD3-score01-3=1

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Turner

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=0

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Newman

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Toyne

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=2

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score02-3=r

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Don

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|GBR}} Starkie

| RD2-seed04=6

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=2

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Thiele

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=w/o

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Harris

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Turner

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Don

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Serrurier

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score06-1=4

| RD1-score05-2=6

| RD1-score06-2=0

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} Harris

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} Pinch

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score14-1=1

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=2

}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324232429/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1963_LS_Q.html archived results of the Australian Open homepage]

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