1968 Australian Championships – Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles
1968 Australian Championships
Champions United States Billie Jean King
Australia Dick Crealy
Runners-up Australia Margaret Court
Australia Allan Stone
Final score Walkover

Lesley Turner and Owen Davidson were the defending champions but only Turner competed that year with William 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.

  1. Australia Lesley Turner / Australia William Bowrey (Semifinals)
  2. United States Billie Jean King / Australia Dick Crealy (Champions)
  3. Australia Karen Krantzcke / Australia Ray Ruffels (Semifinals)
  4. Australia Margaret Court / Australia Allan Stone (Final)
  5. United States Judy Tegart / Australia Terry Addison (Quarterfinals)
  6. United States Kathleen Harter / Australia Ray Keldie (First Round)
  7. United States Rosemary Casals / Australia Warren Jacques (Quarterfinals)
  8. United States Mary-Ann Eisel / United Kingdom Peter Curtis (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
4  Australia Margaret Court
 Australia Allan Stone
     
2  United States Billie Jean King
 Australia Dick Crealy
w/o    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Australia L Turner
 Australia W Bowrey
6 4 6  
       Australia S Stephen
 Australia R Coulthard
2 6 3  
      1  Australia L Turner
 Australia W Bowrey
3 6 6  
      8  United States M A Eisel
 United Kingdom P Curtis
6 3 1  
       Australia C Sherriff
 Australia M Guse
2 4  
    8  United States M A Eisel
 United Kingdom P Curtis
6 6    
      1  Australia L Turner
 Australia W Bowrey
4 6 3
4  Australia M Court
 Australia A Stone
6 6         4  Australia M Court
 Australia A Stone
6 3 6
   Australia H Amos
 Canada M Belkin
3 2       4  Australia M Court
 Australia A Stone
6 6    
   Indonesia L Kaligis
 Indonesia G Widjojo
             Australia G Sherriff
 Australia R Wilson
4 0    
   Australia G Sherriff
 Australia R Wilson
w/o           4  Australia M Court
 Australia A Stone
1 7 6
   Australia D Whitely
 Australia H Ladyman
3 5         5  Australia J Tegart
 Australia T Addison
6 5 3  
   Australia K Melville
 Australia D Allen
6 7          Australia K Melville
 Australia D Allen
3 2  
   Netherlands A Bakker
 Australia R Layton
2 3       5  Australia J Tegart
 Australia T Addison
6 6    
5  Australia J Tegart
 Australia T Addison
6 6    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6  United States K Harter
 Australia R Keldie
       
   Australia H Fraser
 Australia J Fraser
w/o            Australia H Fraser
 Australia J Fraser
       
   Australia H Gourlay
 Australia G Pollard
5 3          Mexico E Subirats
 Australia B Phillips-Moore
w/o      
   Mexico E Subirats
 Australia B Phillips-Moore
7 6            Mexico E Subirats
 Australia B Phillips-Moore
       
   Australia K Dening
 United Kingdom G Stilwell
6 6         3  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia R Ruffels
w/o      
   Indonesia L Liem
 Indonesia S Sugiarto
3 2          Australia K Dening
 United Kingdom G Stilwell
4 3  
   Australia S Hole
 Australia R Campbell
          3  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia R Ruffels
6 6    
3  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia R Ruffels
w/o           3  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia R Ruffels
2 7  
      2  United States B J King
 Australia D Crealy
6 9  
    7  United States R Casals
 Australia W Jacques
w/o      
       France Y Boy
 Republic of Ireland P Mockler
       
      7  United States R Casals
 Australia W Jacques
1 7  
      2  United States B J King
 Australia D Crealy
6 9    
       Netherlands A Suurbeck
 Australia B Geraghty
1 1  
    2  United States B J King
 Australia D Crealy
6 6    
 

References

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