1967 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
1967 Australian Championships
Final
Champions
Runners-up
Score9–7, 6–4
Details
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  1966  · Australian Championships ·  1968  

Tony Roche and Judy Tegart were the defending champions. They lost in the final to Owen Davidson and Lesley Turner

Contents

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. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Judy Tegart / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Roche (final)
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Turner / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Davidson (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Richey / Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Ashe (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Rosemary Casals / Flag of the United States.svg Jim McManus (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Bowrey (semifinals)
  6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan O'Neill / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Claude de Gronckel (second round)
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lorraine Robinson / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Coghlan (second round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 7 4
2 96

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 66
 2 2
1 67
 2 5
 w. o.
8
1 66
5 2 2
5 66
 68 0 3
 2 6 5 76
 w. o. 4 5 2
  1 97
 4 4 4 67 9
4 66

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 66
 3 4 3 66
 3 5  3 4
 673 4 2
 2 4 6 66
 66 67 2
6 2 96
6 5 4
2 76
7 4 61
 64 6
 2 4
2 66
 1 5
2 67

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