1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1968 Wimbledon Championships s AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Fred Stolle 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3 64 (4 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1968 Wimbledon Championships Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Ken Rosewall and Fred Stolle. John Newcombe and Tony Roche beat Rosewall and Stolle in the final, 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 AUS Roy Emerson / AUS Rod Laver (semifinals) 2 4 AUS Ken Rosewall / AUS Fred Stolle (final) 3 3 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno / USA Pancho Gonzales (third round) 4 2 AUS John Newcombe / AUS Tony Roche (champions) 5 2 USA Butch Buchholz / USA Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals) 6 3 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (semifinals) 7 4 NED Tom Okker / USA Marty Riessen (first round) 8 1 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale / GBR Roger Taylor (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Rod Laver 6 8 6 8 RSA 1928 Cliff DrysdaleGBR Roger Taylor 4 6 3 4 AUS John NewcombeAUS Tony Roche w/o 5 USA Butch BuchholzUSA Dennis Ralston 6 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 0 6 6 3 8 USA Arthur Ashe USA Charlie Pasarell 6 2 4 6 5 AUS Ken FletcherESP 1945 Manuel Santana 1 1 4 2 AUS Ken RosewallAUS Fred Stolle 6 6 6 1 AUS Roy EmersonAUS Rod Laver 3 6 6 5 4 AUS John NewcombeAUS Tony Roche 6 8 2 7 6 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 2 3 4 2 AUS Ken RosewallAUS Fred Stolle 6 6 6 4 AUS John NewcombeAUS Tony Roche 3 8 5 14 6 2 AUS Ken Rosewall AUS Fred Stolle 6 6 7 12 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 AUS R EmersonAUS R Laver 6 6 6 AUS P DentAUS R Giltinan 4 3 2 GBR M CoxGBR R Wilson 6 5 6 8 JAM L LumsdenJAM R Russell 2 7 3 6 GBR G BattrickGBR P Hutchins 6 4 7 7 CAN K CarpenterAUS B Geraghty 2 6 5 5 USA J McManusUSA C Richey 6 6 11 LL USA J DewittsSWE L Ölander 3 4 9 8 RSA 1928 C DrysdaleGBR R Taylor 6 4 12 6 AUS W BowreyAUS R Ruffels 2 6 10 1 AUS T AddisonAUS R Keldie 6 3 4 7 2 DEN J LeschlyDEN T Ulrich 3 6 6 5 6 RSA 1928 G ForbesRSA 1928 A Segal 8 9 8 CHI L AyalaHUN I Gulyás 6 7 6 SWE O BengtsonDEN J Ulrich USA A OlmedoUSA P Segura w/o 1 AUS R EmersonAUS R Laver 6 6 6 GBR M CoxGBR R Wilson 2 1 4 GBR G BattrickGBR P Hutchins 8 6 3 2 6 USA J McManusUSA C Richey 6 4 6 6 3 8 RSA 1928 C DrysdaleGBR R Taylor 6 6 4 6 DEN J LeschlyDEN T Ulrich 3 1 6 4 RSA 1928 G ForbesRSA 1928 A Segal 30 7 4 4 USA A OlmedoUSA P Segura 32 5 6 6 1 AUS R EmersonAUS R Laver 6 6 6 GBR G BattrickGBR P Hutchins 3 2 4 8 RSA 1928 C DrysdaleGBR R Taylor 6 7 7 USA A OlmedoUSA P Segura 4 5 5 1 AUS R EmersonAUS R Laver 6 8 6 8 RSA 1928 C DrysdaleGBR R Taylor 4 6 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 6 6 6 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 3 4 4 USA D DellUSA E Scott 2 7 4 6 8 GBR M DaviesGBR M Sangster 6 5 6 3 10 FRA J-P CourcolFRA R Haillet 2 5 4 COL W ÁlvarezBRA 1968 C Fernandes 6 7 6 URS 1955 V KorotkovURS 1955 A Volkov 21 5 2 USA C GraebnerUSA J Osborne 23 7 6 5 USA E BuchholzUSA D Ralston 6 6 6 RSA 1928 R MaudRSA 1928 R Moore 2 2 4 NZL B FairlieAUS C Stubs IND N KumarIND P Lall w/o FRA P BeustFRA D Contet 4 6 9 13 USA T EdlefsenUSA G Mulloy 6 3 7 11 Q AUS J BartlettCAN F Tutvin 2 4 2 AUS R HoweROM 1965 I Țiriac 6 6 6 4 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 6 6 9 GBR M DaviesGBR M Sangster 3 3 7 COL W ÁlvarezBRA 1968 C Fernandes 4 2 4 USA C GraebnerUSA J Osborne 6 6 6 5 USA E BuchholzUSA D Ralston 6 6 6 IND N KumarIND P Lall 4 4 4 FRA P BeustFRA D Contet 6 6 5 1 16 AUS R HoweROM 1965 I Țiriac 3 4 7 6 14 4 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 6 1 8 6 USA C GraebnerUSA J Osborne 2 6 6 3 5 USA E BuchholzUSA D Ralston 6 8 3 4 6 FRA P BeustFRA D Contet 4 6 6 6 4 4 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche w/o 5 USA E BuchholzUSA D Ralston Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q JPN 1947 I WatanabeJPN 1947 K Watanabe 4 6 5 6 4 GBR P CurtisGBR G Stilwell 6 3 7 0 6 USA R BarthUSA S Tidball 4 3 3 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 6 6 Q RSA 1928 T RyanRSA 1928 R Summers w/o IND R KrishnanIND J Mukerjea FRG H-J PlötzFRG H-J Pohmann 3 2 2 6 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 GBR J BarrettAUS J Moore 4 8 3 2 FRA P BarthèsYUG N Pilić 6 6 6 6 GBR R BeckerGBR A Mills 4 7 8 6 4 USA A AsheUSA C Pasarell 6 5 10 3 6 CHI P CornejoCHI J Pinto Bravo 18 7 6 3 4 BEL E DrossartBEL P Hombergen 16 9 4 6 6 USA H FitzgibbonUSA A Fox 3 ESP 1945 A GimenoUSA R Gonzales w/o GBR P CurtisGBR G Stilwell 4 12 2 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 14 6 Q RSA 1928 T RyanRSA 1928 R Summers 4 2 3 6 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 FRA P BarthèsYUG N Pilić 8 9 9 6 2 USA A AsheUSA C Pasarell 10 7 7 8 6 BEL E DrossartBEL P Hombergen 8 6 5 13 3 ESP 1945 A GimenoUSA R Gonzales 6 8 7 15 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 3 2 1 6 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 USA A AsheUSA C Pasarell 6 2 6 6 3 ESP 1945 A GimenoUSA R Gonzales 1 6 4 4 6 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 0 6 6 3 8 USA A AsheUSA C Pasarell 6 2 4 6 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals POL 1928 W GąsiorekPOL 1928 B Lewandowski 3 4 3 ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 M Orantes 6 6 6 AUS J AlexanderAUS R Crealy 8 6 6 AUS C DibleyAUS B Phillips-Moore 6 4 2 AUS R CarmichaelGRE old N Kalogeropoulos 3 7 6 2 AUS K FletcherESP 1945 M Santana 6 9 4 6 AUS O DavidsonAUS L Hoad 11 6 1 6 6 7 NED T OkkerUSA M Riessen 13 4 6 3 4 Q RSA 1928 G BirtRSA 1928 G Garner 2 3 4 GBR S MatthewsGBR K Wooldridge 6 6 6 FRA J-C BarclayFRA G Goven 4 2 3 MEX 1934 A PalafoxYUG N Špear 6 6 6 URS 1955 S LikhachevURS 1955 A Metreveli 6 4 11 8 8 TCH M HolečekTCH J Kodeš 3 6 13 6 10 FRA J-B ChanfreauNZL O Parun 4 6 1 2 AUS K RosewallAUS F Stolle 6 8 6 ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 M Orantes 8 11 3 6 AUS J AlexanderAUS R Crealy 6 9 6 1 AUS K FletcherESP 1945 M Santana 6 7 4 6 AUS O DavidsonAUS L Hoad 3 5 6 0 GBR S MatthewsGBR K Wooldridge 2 5 3 MEX 1934 A PalafoxYUG N Špear 6 7 6 TCH M HolečekTCH J Kodeš 3 3 5 2 AUS K RosewallAUS F Stolle 6 6 7 ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 M Orantes 2 6 3 2 AUS K FletcherESP 1945 M Santana 6 3 6 6 MEX 1934 A PalafoxYUG N Špear 8 4 2 5 2 AUS K RosewallAUS F Stolle 6 6 6 7 AUS K FletcherESP 1945 M Santana 1 1 4 2 AUS K RosewallAUS F Stolle 6 6 6 References External links 1968 MD Wimbledon 1968 – Doubles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1968/draws?matchType=doubles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 2 November 2017 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles