Australian Championships 1968

◄ Australian Championships 1968 ►
Date:	19.-29. January 1968
Edition:	56th Australian Championships
Place:	Melbourne
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Australia Roy Emerson
Ladies singles :	United States Nancy Richey
Men's double :	Australia John Newcombe Tony Roche Australia
Ladies doubles :	Australia Lesley Turner Judy Tegart Australia
Mixed :	Australia Lesley Turner Owen Davidson Australia
winner
Men's singles :	Australia Bill Bowrey
Ladies singles :	United States Billie Jean King
Men's double :	Australia Dick Crealy Allan Stone Australia
Ladies doubles :	Australia Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville Australia
Mixed :	United States Billie Jean King Dick Crealy Australia
Grand Slams 1968
Australian Championships French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

The 56th Australian Championships in 1968 were a Grand Slam tennis grass court tournament hosted by the ILTF . It took place January 19-29, 1968 in Melbourne , Australia .

Defending champions in the singles were Roy Emerson in the men and Nancy Richey in the women. In the men's doubles were John Newcombe and Tony Roche , in the women's doubles Lesley Turner / Judy Tegart were the defending champions. In mixed, Lesley Turner and Owen Davidson were the defending champions.

Men's singles

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain 1945 Juan Gisbert	final
02.	Australia Bill Bowrey	victory
03.	Australia Ray Ruffels	Semifinals
04th	Spain 1945 Manuel Orantes	Quarter finals
05.	United Kingdom Graham Stilwell	2nd round
06th	Australia Barry Phillips-Moore	Semifinals
07th	Australia Dick Crealy	Quarter finals
08th.	Canada Michael Belkin	Quarter finals

No.	Player	Round reached
1.	Australia Lesley Turner	Quarter finals
1.	United States Billie Jean King	victory
3.	United States Rosie Casals	Quarter finals
3.	Australia Judy Tegart	Semifinals
5.	Australia Kerry Melville	Round of 16
5.	United States Kathleen Harter	Quarter finals
7th	United States Mary-Ann Eisel	Round of 16

No.	Player	Round reached
7th	Australia Margaret Court	final
9.	Mexico Elena Subirats	2nd round
9.	Australia Karen Krantzcke	Quarter finals
11.	Netherlands Ada Bakker	1 round
11.	Australia Gail Sherriff	Round of 16
13.	Australia Helen Gourlay	1 round
13.	Australia Lorraine Robinson	1 round

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Australia Bill Bowrey Ray Ruffels Australia	Semifinals
02.	United Kingdom Peter Curtis Graham Stilwell United Kingdom	Quarter finals
03.	Spain 1945 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes Spain 1945	Semifinals
04th	Australia Dick Crealy Allan Stone Australia	victory

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Australia Terry Addison Ray Keldie Australia	final
06th	Australia John Fraser Neale Fraser Australia	Quarter finals
07th	Canada Michael Belkin Geoff Pollard Australia	Round of 16
08th.	Australia Will Coghlan Colin stubs Australia	1 round

No.	pairing	Round reached
1.	United States Rosie Casals Billie Jean King United States	Semifinals
1.	Australia Karen Krantzcke Kerry Melville Australia	victory
3.	Australia Judy Tegart Lesley Turner Australia	final
3.	United States Mary-Ann Eisel Lynne Nette Australia	Quarter finals
5.	Australia Kaye Dening Helen Gourlay Australia	Quarter finals
5.	Australia Margaret Court Gail Sherriff Australia	Semifinals

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Australia Bill Bowrey Lesley Turner Australia	Semifinals
02.	Australia Dick Crealy Billie Jean King United States	victory
03.	Australia Ray Ruffel's Karen Krantzcke Australia	Semifinals
04th	Australia Allan Stone Margaret Court Australia	final

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Australia Terry Addison Judy Tegart Australia	Quarter finals
06th	Australia Ray Keldie Kathleen Harter United States	1 round
07th	Australia Warren Jacques Rosie Casals United States	Quarter finals
08th.	United Kingdom Peter Curtis Mary-Ann Eisel United States	Quarter finals