1968 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1968 Australian Championships
1967 Champions Australia Judy Tegart
Australia Lesley Turner
Champions Australia Karen Krantzcke
Australia Kerry Melville
Runners-up Australia Judy Tegart
Australia Lesley Turner
Final score 64, 36, 62

Judy Tegart and Lesley Turner were the defending champions but lost in the final 64, 36, 62 against Karen Krantzcke and Kerry Melville.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The joint top and one team of joint fifth seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. United States Rosemary Casals / United States Billie Jean King (Semifinals)
    Australia Karen Krantzcke / Australia Kerry Melville (Champions)
  2. n/a
  3. Australia Judy Tegart / Australia Lesley Turner (Final)
    United States Mary-Ann Eisel / Australia Lynne Nette (Quarterfinals)
  4. n/a
  5. Australia Kaye Dening / Australia Helen Gourlay (Quarterfinals)
    Australia Margaret Court / Australia Gail Sherriff (Semifinals)
  6. n/a

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
1  Australia Karen Krantzcke
 Australia Kerry Melville
6 3 6
3  Australia Judy Tegart
 Australia Lesley Turner
4 6 2

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia K Melville
6 6    
       Australia H Fraser
 United Kingdom D Keller
1 1    
      1  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia K Melville
6 6    
         Australia W Gilchrist
 Australia K Harris
0 1    
       Australia W Gilchrist
 Australia K Harris
8 3 6
       Indonesia L Kaligis
 Indonesia L Liem
6 6 1  
      1  Australia K Krantzcke
 Australia K Melville
6 6  
3  United States M A Eisel
 Australia L Nette
6 6         5  Australia M Court
 Australia G Sherriff
2 3  
   Netherlands E de Jong
 Australia R Lesh
3 4       3  United States M A Eisel
 Australia L Nette
6 6    
   Australia P Edwards
 Australia E Goolagong
6 6          Australia P Edwards
 Australia E Goolagong
4 1    
   France Y Boy
 Netherlands J Salome
2 4         3  United States M A Eisel
 Australia L Nette
6 1 3
      5  Australia M Court
 Australia G Sherriff
3 6 6  
       Australia H McKechnie
 Australia C Sherriff
1 1  
   Australia A Avis
 Australia J Murdoch
2 2       5  Australia M Court
 Australia G Sherriff
6 6    
5  Australia M Court
 Australia G Sherriff
6 6    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    5  Australia K Dening
 Australia H Gourlay
6 9    
   Australia S Goot
 Australia J Nelson
2 2          Australia H Amos
 Mexico E Subirats
1 7    
   Australia H Amos
 Mexico E Subirats
6 6         5  Australia K Dening
 Australia H Gourlay
3 2    
   Australia S Stephen
 Australia D Whitely
4 6 4       3  Australia J Tegart
 Australia L Turner
6 6    
   Australia A Jenkins
 Australia B Jenkins
6 4 6        Australia A Jenkins
 Australia B Jenkins
1 3  
   Australia A McKenzie
 Australia S Washbourne
3 1       3  Australia J Tegart
 Australia L Turner
6 6    
3  Australia J Tegart
 Australia L Turner
6 6         3  Australia J Tegart
 Australia L Turner
6 6  
      1  United States R Casals
 United States B J King
3 2  
       United States J Johnson
 United States G Shepard
1 3    
       Netherlands A Bakker
 Netherlands A Suurbeek
6 6    
         Netherlands A Bakker
 Netherlands A Suurbeek
4 2  
      1  United States R Casals
 United States B J King
6 6    
       Australia L Butterfield
 Australia J Whyte
1 0  
    1  United States R Casals
 United States B J King
6 6    
 

References

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