1968 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles
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1968 Australian Championships | ||||||||
Final | ||||||||
Champions | Billie Jean King Dick Crealy | |||||||
Runners-up | Margaret Court Allan Stone | |||||||
Score | Walkover | |||||||
Details | ||||||||
Seeds | 8 | |||||||
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1968 tennis event results
Lesley Turner and Owen Davidson were the defending champions but only Turner competed that year with Bill Bowrey.
Turner and Bowrey lost in the semifinals to Margaret Court and Allan Stone.
Billie Jean King and Dick Crealy won the final on a walkover against Court and Stone.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top and bottom two seeded teams received byes into the second round.
- Lesley Turner / Bill Bowrey (semifinals)
- Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy (champions)
- Karen Krantzcke / Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
- Margaret Court / Allan Stone (final)
- Judy Tegart / Terry Addison (quarterfinals)
- Kathleen Harter / Ray Keldie (first round)
- Rosemary Casals / Warren Jacques (quarterfinals)
- Mary-Ann Eisel / Peter Curtis (quarterfinals)
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
Final
Final | ||||||
4 | Margaret Court Allan Stone | |||||
2 | Billie Jean King Dick Crealy | w/o |
Top half
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Turner W Bowrey | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S Stephen R Coulthard | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Turner W Bowrey | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | M A Eisel P Curtis | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
C Sherriff M Guse | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | M A Eisel P Curtis | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Turner W Bowrey | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | M Court A Stone | 6 | 6 | 4 | M Court A Stone | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
H Amos M Belkin | 3 | 2 | 4 | M Court A Stone | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Kaligis G Widjojo | G Sherriff R Wilson | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
G Sherriff R Wilson | w/o | 4 | M Court A Stone | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Whitely H Ladyman | 3 | 5 | 5 | J Tegart T Addison | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K Melville D Allen | 6 | 7 | K Melville D Allen | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Bakker R Layton | 2 | 3 | 5 | J Tegart T Addison | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | J Tegart T Addison | 6 | 6 |
Bottom half
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | K Harter R Keldie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H Fraser J Fraser | w/o | H Fraser J Fraser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
H Gourlay G Pollard | 5 | 3 | E Subirats B Phillips-Moore | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E Subirats B Phillips-Moore | 7 | 6 | E Subirats B Phillips-Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K Dening G Stilwell | 6 | 6 | 3 | K Krantzcke R Ruffels | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
L Liem S Sugiarto | 3 | 2 | K Dening G Stilwell | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Hole R Campbell | 3 | K Krantzcke R Ruffels | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | K Krantzcke R Ruffels | w/o | 3 | K Krantzcke R Ruffels | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | B J King D Crealy | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | R Casals W Jacques | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Y Boy P Mockler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | R Casals W Jacques | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | B J King D Crealy | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Suurbeek B Geraghty | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | B J King D Crealy | 6 | 6 |
External links
- 1968 Australian Championships – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation