1968 Australian Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1968 Australian Championships
Final
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Margaret Court
Score	6–1, 6–2
Details
Draw	62
Seeds	14
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women mixed
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Billie Jean King defeated Margaret Court in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1968 Australian Championships. It was her first Australian Championships singles title. Nancy Richey was the reigning champion, but did not compete that year.

Seeds[edit]

The joint first seeds received a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lesley Turner	3	6	6
	5	Kathleen Harter	6	2	2
								1	Lesley Turner	3	2
								7	Margaret Court	6	6
	7	Margaret Court	6	6
	3	Rosie Casals	0	2
															7	Margaret Court	1	2
															1	Billie Jean King	6	6
	3	Judy Tegart	4	10	6
	9	Karen Krantzcke	6	8	3
								3	Judy Tegart	6	1	2
								1	Billie Jean King	4	6	6
		Astrid Suurbeek	1	2
	1	Billie Jean King	6	6

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	Lesley Turner	6	6
		Dorothy Whitely	6	6					D Whitely	3	1
		Judith Dibar	2	4											1	L Turner	6	6
		Kay Williams	3	2												E de Jong	0	1
		Eva de Jong	6	6					E de Jong	6	6
		Kerry Hogarth							K Hogarth	2	2
	13	Lorraine Robinson	w/o																			1	L Turner	3	6	6
		Valerie Caulley	3	4																		5	K Harter	6	2	2
		L Griffiths	6	6					L Griffiths	5	6	4
		Sue Hole	0	1					L Liem	7	3	6
		Lita Liem	6	6												L Liem	2	3
		Beryl Jenkins	6	4	10										5	K Harter	6	6
		Wendy Gilchrist	2	6	8				B Jenkins	2	7	4
		Loris Butterfield	1	3				5	K Harter	6	5	6
	5	Kathleen Harter	6	6

Section 2[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	Margaret Court	6	6
		Kerry Harris	3	0				7	M Court	6	6
		Cynthia Doerner	5	8	6				C Sieler	3	2
		Geri Shepard	7	6	4										7	M Court	6	6
		Marilyn Tesch	6	6												E Goolagong	3	1
		Helen Sheedy	3	1					M Tesch	3	2
		Evonne Goolagong	6	6					E Goolagong	6	6
	11	Ada Bakker	4	0																		7	M Court	6	6
	11	Gail Sherriff	6	6																		3	R Casals	0	2
		S Washbourne	1	1				11	G Sherriff	9	6
		S Stephen	4	4					L Kenny	7	1
		Lexie Kenny	6	6											11	G Sherriff	1	0
		Lynette Mansfield	2	1											3	R Casals	6	6
		Lynne Nette	6	6					L Nette	2	4
		Carol Sherriff	2	1				3	R Casals	6	6
	3	Rosie Casals	6	6

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	Judy Tegart	6	6
		Janine Whyte	0	3				3	J Tegart	6	6
		Judith Salomé	6	8					J Salomé	1	1
		Helen O'Connor	2	6											3	J Tegart	6	6
		Joan Johnson	0	1												L Kaligis	3	4
		Lany Kaligis	6	6					L Kaligis	10	2	6
		Patricia Edwards	3	7	6				P Edwards	8	6	3
		Heather McKechnie	6	5	1																	3	J Tegart	4	10	6
	9	Karen Krantzcke	6	6																		9	K Krantzcke	6	8	3
		Ann Jenkins	4	0				9	K Krantzcke	6	6
		Beverley Rae	6	2	6				B Rae	4	4
		Janet Young	3	6	3										9	K Krantzcke	6	6
		Caroline Cooper	w/o												7	M-A Eisel	2	3
		Kaye Dening							K Dening	6	4	3
		Kerry Wilkinson	4	1				7	M-A Eisel	3	6	6
	7	Mary-Ann Eisel	6	6

Section 4[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	Kerry Melville	6	8
		Alison McKenzie	4	6				5	K Melville	6	7
		Sue Hastings	4	2					B Hawcroft	2	5
		Barbara Hawcroft	6	6											5	K Melville	6	3
		Astrid Suurbeek	8	3	6											A Suurbeek	8	6
		Margaret Starr	6	6	1				A Suurbeek	6	5	6
		E Staples	3	4				9	E Subirats	3	7	4
	9	Elena Subirats	6	6																			A Suurbeek	1	2
	13	Helen Gourlay	3	6	5																	1	BJ King	6	6
		Lesley Hunt	6	3	7				L Hunt	6	6
		Yveline Boy	6	6					Y Boy	1	3
		Janine Murdoch	2	0												L Hunt	3	4
		Helen Amos													1	BJ King	6	6
		D Brennan	w/o						H Amos	0	2
								1	Billie Jean King	6	6

External links[edit]

• "Australian Championships 1968". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2018.