1968 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
1968 Australian Championships
Final
Champions	Billie Jean King Dick Crealy
Runners-up	Margaret Court Allan Stone
Score	Walkover
Details
Draw	24
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women mixed
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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

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 / Bill 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

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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

External links

• 1968 Australian Championships – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation