1968 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Men's Doubles
1968 Australian Championships
1967 Champions John Newcombe
Tony Roche
Champions Dick Crealy
Allan Stone
Runners-up Terry Addison
Ray Keldie
Final score10–8, 6–4, 6–3

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.

  1. William Bowrey / Ray Ruffels (Semifinals)
  2. Peter Curtis / Graham Stilwell (Quarterfinals)
  3. Juan Gisbert, Sr. / Manuel Orantes (Semifinals)
  4. Dick Crealy / Allan Stone (Champions)
  5. Terry Addison / Ray Keldie (Final)
  6. John Fraser / Neale Fraser (Quarterfinals)
  7. Mike Belkin / Geoff Pollard (Second Round)
  8. Will Coghlan / Colin Stubs (First Round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
4 Dick Crealy
Allan Stone
10 6 6    
5 Terry Addison
Ray Keldie
8 4 3    

Top Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 W Bowrey
R Ruffels
7 6 6    
  J Brown
B Kearney
5 3 2    
1 W Bowrey
R Ruffels
6 6 10    
  J Kamiwazumi
T Sakai
6 6 6       P Oatey
B Phillips-Moore
3 3 8    
  R Campbell
G Dunn
1 1 2       J Kamiwazumi
T Sakai
         
  P Oatey
B Phillips-Moore
1 8 5 9 6   P Oatey
B Phillips-Moore
w/o        
8 W Coghlan
C Stubs
6 6 7 7 2 1 W Bowrey
R Ruffels
4 7 5 10  
4 D Crealy
A Stone
6 9 6     4 D Crealy
A Stone
6 5 7 12  
  D Reid
W Reid
1 7 4     4 D Crealy
A Stone
w/o        
  S Sugiarto
G Widjojo
6 7 4 6 6   I Fletcher
D Smith
         
  I Fletcher
D Smith
4 9 6 3 8 4 D Crealy
A Stone
6 6 6    
  J Blizzard
R Sherriff
6 4 6 6   6 J Fraser
N Fraser
2 4 1    
  C Janssens
P Mockler
3 6 3 3     J Blizzard
R Sherriff
4 2 2    
  R Coulthard
H Ladyman
7 0 13     6 J Fraser
N Fraser
6 6 6    
6 J Fraser
N Fraser
9 6 15    

Bottom Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 M Belkin
G Pollard
3 6 6 6  
  G Hogben
M Pettman
6 3 4 2   7 M Belkin
G Pollard
5 5 7 5  
  R Case
A Gardiner
6 6 6       R Case
A Gardiner
7 7 5 7  
  R Layton
R Wilson
3 2 4       R Case
A Gardiner
6 7 6 4 3
  W Jacques
C Mason
6 16 9 15 0r 3 J Gisbert, Sr.
M Orantes
8 5 2 6 6
  P Avery
M Senior
4 18 7 17 2   P Avery
M Senior
5 4 7    
  B Geraghty
G Teagle
4 1 2     3 J Gisbert, Sr.
M Orantes
7 6 9    
3 J Gisbert, Sr.
M Orantes
6 6 6     3 J Gisbert, Sr.
M Orantes
6 3 6 8 6
5 T Addison
R Keldie
6 6 6     5 T Addison
R Keldie
3 6 3 10 8
  R Brent
M Guse
3 2 3     5 T Addison
R Keldie
6 6 10    
  H Ogata
T Tsujimoto
4 2 4       A Ryan
B Tobin
3 3 8    
  A Ryan
B Tobin
6 6 6     5 T Addison
R Keldie
3 6 9 13  
2 P Curtis
G Stilwell
6 2 7 11  
  B Connor
P Richardson
6 2 3 2  
2 P Curtis
G Stilwell
3 6 6 6  
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