1968 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles
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| Mixed doubles | ||||||||
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| 1968 Australian Championships | ||||||||
| Final | ||||||||
| Champions | United States Billie Jean King Australia Dick Crealy | |||||||
| Runners-up | Australia Margaret Court Australia Allan Stone | |||||||
| Score | Walkover | |||||||
| Details | ||||||||
| Seeds | 8 | |||||||
| Events | ||||||||
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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
[edit ]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.
- Australia Lesley Turner / Australia Bill Bowrey (semifinals)
- United States Billie Jean King / Australia Dick Crealy (champions)
- Australia Karen Krantzcke / Australia Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
- Australia Margaret Court / Australia Allan Stone (final)
- Australia Judy Tegart / Australia Terry Addison (quarterfinals)
- United States Kathleen Harter / Australia Ray Keldie (first round)
- United States Rosemary Casals / Australia Warren Jacques (quarterfinals)
- United States Mary-Ann Eisel / United Kingdom Peter Curtis (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- 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
[edit ] Final
Top half
[edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bottom half
[edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals