1968 Wimbledon Championships


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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.[1] It was the 82nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1968.

1968 Wimbledon Championships
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
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Rod Laver
Women's singles
United States Billie Jean King
Men's doubles
Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche
Women's doubles
United States Rosie Casals / United States Billie Jean King
Mixed doubles
Australia Ken Fletcher / Australia Margaret Court
Boys' singles
Australia John Alexander
Girls' singles
United States Kristy Pigeon
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1968 Wimbledon Championships

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.[2][3] Singles champions Rod Laver and Billie Jean King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era.

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.[1][4]

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

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £2,000 £1,300 £750 £400 £150 £100 £75 £50
Women's singles £750 £450 £300 £150 £90 £50 £35 £25
Men's doubles * £800 £500 £350 £180 £0 £0 £0 —
Women's doubles* £500 £300 £150 £100 £0 £0 £0 —
Mixed doubles* £450 £300 £150 £100 £0 £0 £0 £0

* per team

  Rod Laver defeated   Tony Roche, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 [5]

  Billie Jean King defeated   Judy Tegart, 9–7, 7–5 [6]

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

  Rosie Casals /   Billie Jean King defeated   Françoise Dürr /   Ann Jones, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 [8]

  Ken Fletcher /   Margaret Court defeated   Alex Metreveli /   Olga Morozova, 6–1, 14–12 [9]

  John Alexander defeated   Jacques Thamin, 6–1, 6–2 [10]

  Kristy Pigeon defeated   Lesley Hunt, 6–4, 6–3 [11]

  1.   Rod Laver (champion)
  2.   Ken Rosewall (fourth round, lost to Tony Roche)
  3.   Andrés Gimeno (third round, lost to Raymond Moore)
  4.   John Newcombe (fourth round, lost to Arthur Ashe)
  5.   Roy Emerson (fourth round, lost to Tom Okker)
  6.   Manuel Santana (third round, lost to Clark Graebner)
  7.   Lew Hoad (third round, lost to Bob Hewitt)
  8.   Pancho Gonzales (third round, lost to Alex Metreveli)
  9.   Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals, lost to Rod Laver)
  10.   Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals, lost to Tony Roche)
  11.   Fred Stolle (fourth round, lost to Clark Graebner)
  12.   Tom Okker (quarter-finals, lost to Arthur Ashe)
  13.   Arthur Ashe (semi-finals, lost to Rod Laver)
  14.   Cliff Drysdale (third round, lost to Tom Edlefsen)
  15.   Tony Roche (final, lost to Rod Laver)
  16.   Nikola Pilić (first round, lost to Herb Fitzgibbon)
  1.   Billie Jean King (champion)
  2.   Margaret Court (quarterfinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
  3.   Nancy Richey (semifinals, lost to Judy Tegart)
  4.   Ann Jones (semifinals, lost to Billie Jean King)
  5.   Virginia Wade (first round, lost to Christina Sandberg)
  6.   Maria Bueno (quarterfinals, lost to Nancy Richey)
  7.   Judy Tegart (final, lost to Billie Jean King)
  8.   Lesley Bowrey (quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King)
  1. ^ a b Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 128, 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
  2. ^ "Open tennis accepted for Wimbledon". ESPN. ESPN. 14 December 1967.
  3. ^ "Open Tennis Tourneys Approved by British". Spokane Daily Chronicle. AP. 14 December 1967. p. 31.
  4. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1969). BP Year Book of World Tennis. London, Sydney: Ward Lock & Co. Ltd. p. 52. OCLC 502175694.
  5. ^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.