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1968 Australian Championships – Men's doubles
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1968 Australian Championships s AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche AUS Dick Crealy AUS Allan Stone AUS Terry Addison AUS Ray Keldie 10–8, 6–4, 6–3 28 8 mixed Australian Championships – Men's doubles Australian Open – Men's doubles
John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Dick Crealy and Allan Stone won in the final 10–8, 6–4, 6–3 against Terry Addison and Ray Keldie.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the second round.
30em AUS William Bowrey / AUS Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
GBR Peter Curtis / GBR Graham Stilwell (quarterfinals)
ESP 1939 Juan Gisbert Sr. / ESP 1939 Manuel Orantes (semifinals)
AUS Dick Crealy / AUS Allan Stone (champions)
AUS Terry Addison / AUS Ray Keldie (final)
AUS John Fraser / AUS Neale Fraser (quarterfinals)
CAN Mike Belkin / AUS Geoff Pollard (second round)
AUS Will Coghlan / AUS Colin Stubs (first round)
Draw
Final
y 5 Final 4 AUS Dick CrealyAUS Allan Stone 10 6 6 5 AUS Terry AddisonAUS Ray Keldie 8 4 3
Top half
y 5 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai 6 6 6 AUS R CampbellAUS G Dunn 1 1 2 AUS P OateyAUS B Phillips-Moore 1 8 5 9 6 8 AUS W CoghlanAUS C Stubs 6 6 7 7 2 4 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 6 9 6 AUS D ReidAUS W Reid 1 7 4 INA S SugiartoINA G Widjojo 6 7 4 6 6 HKG 1959 I FletcherAUS D Smith 4 9 6 3 8 AUS J BlizzardAUS R Sherriff 6 4 6 6 BEL C JanssensIRL P Mockler 3 6 3 3 AUS R CoulthardAUS H Ladyman 7 0 13 6 AUS J FraserAUS N Fraser 9 6 15 1 AUS W BowreyAUS R Ruffels 7 6 6 AUS J BrownAUS B Kearney 5 3 2 JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai AUS P OateyAUS B Phillips-Moore w/o 4 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone w/o HKG 1959 I FletcherAUS D Smith AUS J BlizzardAUS R Sherriff 4 2 2 6 AUS J FraserAUS N Fraser 6 6 6 1 AUS W BowreyAUS R Ruffels 6 6 10 AUS P OateyAUS B Phillips-Moore 3 3 8 4 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 6 6 6 6 AUS J FraserAUS N Fraser 2 4 1 1 AUS W BowreyAUS R Ruffels 4 7 5 10 4 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 6 5 7 12
Bottom half
y 5 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 CAN M BelkinAUS G Pollard 3 6 6 6 AUS G HogbenAUS M Pettman 6 3 4 2 AUS R CaseAUS A Gardiner 6 6 6 AUS R LaytonAUS R Wilson 3 2 4 AUS W JacquesAUS C Mason 6 16 9 15 0r AUS P AveryAUS M Senior 4 18 7 17 2 AUS B GeraghtyAUS G Teagle 4 1 2 3 ESP 1945 J Gisbert Sr.ESP 1945 M Orantes 6 6 6 5 AUS T AddisonAUS R Keldie 6 6 6 AUS R BrentAUS M Guse 3 2 3 JPN H OgataJPN T Tsujimoto 4 2 4 AUS A RyanAUS B Tobin 6 6 6 7 CAN M BelkinAUS G Pollard 5 5 7 5 AUS R CaseAUS A Gardiner 7 7 5 7 AUS P AveryAUS M Senior 5 4 7 3 ESP 1945 J Gisbert Sr.ESP 1945 M Orantes 7 6 9 5 AUS T AddisonAUS R Keldie 6 6 10 AUS A RyanAUS B Tobin 3 3 8 AUS B ConnorAUS P Richardson 6 2 3 2 2 GBR P CurtisGBR G Stilwell 3 6 6 6 AUS R CaseAUS A Gardiner 6 7 6 4 3 3 ESP 1945 J Gisbert Sr.ESP 1945 M Orantes 8 5 2 6 6 5 AUS T AddisonAUS R Keldie 3 6 9 13 2 GBR P CurtisGBR G Stilwell 6 2 7 11 3 ESP 1945 J Gisbert Sr.ESP 1945 M Orantes 6 3 6 8 6 5 AUS T AddisonAUS R Keldie 3 6 3 10 8
External links
1968 Australian Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation
Category:1968 in Australian tennis
Men's Doubles
Men's Doubles