1968 Australian Championships – Mixed Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles
1968 Australian Championships
Champions Billie Jean King
Dick Crealy
Runners-up Margaret Court
Allan Stone
Final scoreWalkover

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

Draw

Key

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 Suurbeck
B Geraghty
1 1  
2 B J King
D Crealy
6 6  
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