1968 Wimbledon Championships

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1968 Wimbledon Championships
Date:   24 June – 6 July
Edition:   82nd
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface:   Grass
Location:   Church Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Australia Rod Laver[1]
Women's Singles
United States Billie Jean King
Men's Doubles
Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche[2]
Women's Doubles
United States Billie Jean King / United States Rosie Casals
Mixed Doubles
Australia Ken Fletcher / Australia Margaret Court
Boys' Singles
Australia John Alexander
Girls' Singles
United States Kristy Pigeon
Wimbledon Championships
 < 1967 1969 > 

The 1968 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 24 June until 6 July. It was the 82nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1968.

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.

Contents

[edit] Champions

[edit] Men's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Australia Rod Laver def. Australia Tony Roche, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2[1]

[edit] Women's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

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

[edit] Men's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles

Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche def. Australia Ken Rosewall / Australia Fred Stolle, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 6–3[2]

[edit] Women's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles

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

[edit] Mixed doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles

Australia Margaret Court / Australia Ken Fletcher def. Soviet Union Alex Metreveli / Soviet Union Olga Morozova, 6–1, 14–12[3]

[edit] Boys' Singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles

Australia John Alexander defeated France Jacques Thamin, 6–1, 6–2[4]

[edit] Girls' Singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

United States Kristy Pigeon defeated Australia Lesley Hunt, 6–4, 6–3[5]

[edit] Seeds

[edit] Men's singles

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

[edit] Women's singles

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Wimbledon 1968 – Men's singles". ATPWorldTour.com. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=540&y=1968. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  2. ^ a b "Wimbledon 1968 – Men's doubles". ATPWorldTour.com. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1968&EventId=540&Draw=md. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  3. ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2008". Wimbledon.org. http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/rolls/mixeddoublesroll.html. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  4. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2008". Wimbledon.org. http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/rolls/boysroll.html. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  5. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2008". Wimbledon.org. http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/rolls/girlsroll.html. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 


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
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