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1968 Wimbledon Championships

1968 Wimbledon Championships
FieldValue
date24 June – 6 July
edition82nd
categoryGrand Slam
prize_money£26,150
surfaceGrass
locationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
venueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
champmsAUS Rod Laver
champwsUSA Billie Jean King
champmdAUS John Newcombe / AUS Tony Roche
champwdUSA Rosie Casals / USA Billie Jean King
champxdAUS Ken Fletcher / AUS Margaret Court
champbsAUS John Alexander
champgsUSA Kristy Pigeon

SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

1968 Wimbledon Championships

The 1968 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1968. It was the 82nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1968.

This tournament started the Open Era for Wimbledon, as it became the second Grand Slam tournament to offer prize money and allow professionals to compete after the 1968 French Open. Singles champions Rod Laver and Billie Jean King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era.

Prize money

The 1968 championships was the first edition of the tournament to offer prize money. The total prize money for the event was £26,150. The winner of the men's title earned £2,000 while the women's singles champion earned £750.

It was the last tournament at which the Men's Singles final was played on a Friday.

**Mixed doubles***£450£300£150£100£0£0£0£0
  • per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

AUS Rod Laver defeated AUS Tony Roche, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

USA Billie Jean King defeated AUS Judy Tegart, 9–7, 7–5

Men's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

AUS John Newcombe / AUS Tony Roche defeated AUS Ken Rosewall / AUS Fred Stolle, 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

USA Rosie Casals / USA Billie Jean King defeated FRA Françoise Dürr / GBR Ann Jones, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

AUS Ken Fletcher / AUS Margaret Court defeated URS Alex Metreveli / URS Olga Morozova, 6–1, 14–12

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

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

Seeds

Men's singles

  1. AUS Rod Laver (champion)
  2. AUS Ken Rosewall (fourth round, lost to Tony Roche)
  3. ESP Andrés Gimeno (third round, lost to Raymond Moore)
  4. AUS John Newcombe (fourth round, lost to Arthur Ashe)
  5. AUS Roy Emerson (fourth round, lost to Tom Okker)
  6. ESP Manuel Santana (third round, lost to Clark Graebner)
  7. AUS Lew Hoad (third round, lost to Bob Hewitt)
  8. USA Pancho Gonzales (third round, lost to Alex Metreveli)
  9. USA Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals, lost to Rod Laver)
  10. USA Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals, lost to Tony Roche)
  11. AUS Fred Stolle (fourth round, lost to Clark Graebner)
  12. NED Tom Okker (quarter-finals, lost to Arthur Ashe)
  13. USA Arthur Ashe (semi-finals, lost to Rod Laver)
  14. RSA Cliff Drysdale (third round, lost to Tom Edlefsen)
  15. AUS Tony Roche (final, lost to Rod Laver)
  16. YUG Nikola Pilić (first round, lost to Herb Fitzgibbon)

Women's singles

  1. USA Billie Jean King (champion)
  2. AUS Margaret Court (quarterfinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
  3. USA Nancy Richey (semifinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
  4. GBR Ann Jones (semifinals, lost to Billie Jean King)
  5. GBR Virginia Wade (first round, lost to Christina Sandberg)
  6. BRA Maria Bueno (quarterfinals, lost to Nancy Richey)
  7. AUS Judy Tegart (final, lost to Billie Jean King)
  8. AUS Lesley Bowrey (quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King)

References

References

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  2. (14 December 1967). "Open tennis accepted for Wimbledon". ESPN.
  3. (14 December 1967). "Open Tennis Tourneys Approved by British". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
  4. (1969). "BP Year Book of World Tennis". Ward Lock & Co. Ltd..
  5. "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  6. "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  7. "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  8. "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  9. "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  10. "Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  11. "Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2017". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
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