1968 Wimbledon Championships

1968 Wimbledon Championships
Date:		24 June – 6 July
Edition:		82nd
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		SW19, Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Rod Laver
Women's Singles
Billie Jean King
Men's Doubles
John Newcombe / Tony Roche
Women's Doubles
Billie Jean King / Rosie Casals
Mixed Doubles
Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court
Boys' Singles
John Alexander
Girls' Singles
Kristy Pigeon
Wimbledon Championships  < 1967 1969 >

List of the 1968 Wimbledon Champions. This tournament marked the dawn of a new era for Wimbledon, as it became the second Grand Slam to allow professionals to compete. Champions Laver and King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era. Ann Haydon-Jones became the first British champion; Britain would have to wait 9 years, until the 1977 tournament to see a British winner in the singles competition – Virginia Wade.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Rod Laver def. Tony Roche, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Billie Jean King def. Judy Tegart Dalton, 7–5 ,9–7

Men's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles

John Newcombe / Tony Roche def. Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles

Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King def. Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon Jones, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles

Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher def. Alex Metreveli / Olga Morozova, 6–1, 14–12

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles

John Alexander defeated Jacques Thamin, 6–1, 6–2

Girls' Singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

Kristy Pigeon defeated Lesley Hunt, 6–4, 6–3

• Boys' and Girls' Doubles did not commence until the 1982 Championships.

Seeds

Men's singles

1. Rod Laver (Champion)
2. Ken Rosewall (Fourth Round, lost to Tony Roche)
3. Andres Gimeno (Third Round, lost to Raymond Moore)
4. John Newcombe (Fourth Round, lost to Arthur Ashe)
5. Roy Emerson (Fourth Round, lost to Tom Okker)
6. Manuel Santana (Third Round, lost to Clark Graebner)
7. Lew Hoad (Third Round, lost to Bob Hewitt)
8. Richard Pancho Gonzales (Third Round, lost to Alex Metreveli)
9. Dennis Ralston (Quarterfinals, lost to Rod Laver)
10. Earl Butch Buchholz (Quarterfinals, lost to Tony Roche)
11. Fred Stolle (Fourth Round, lost to Clark Graebner)
12. Tom Okker (Quarterfinals, lost to Arthur Ashe)
13. Arthur Ashe (Semifinals, lost to Rod Laver)
14. Cliff Drysdale (Third Round, lost to Tom Edlefsen)
15. Tony Roche (Final, lost to Rod Laver)
16. Nikola Pilić (First Round, lost to Herb Fitzgibbon)

Women's singles

1. Billie Jean King (Champion)
2. Margaret Court (Quarterfinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
3. Nancy Richey (Semifinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
4. Ann Jones (Semifinals, lost to Billie Jean King)
5. Virginia Wade (First Round, lost to Christina Sandberg)
6. Maria Bueno (Quarterfinals, lost to Nancy Richey)
7. Judy Tegart (Final, lost to Billie Jean King)
8. Lesley Bowrey (Quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King)

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Preceded by 1967 Wimbledon Championships	Wimbledon Championships	Succeeded by 1969 Wimbledon Championships
Preceded by 1968 French Open	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 1968 U.S. Open