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  
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