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 ChampionsAustralia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
Final
ChampionsAustralia Dick Crealy
Australia Allan Stone
Runners-upAustralia Terry Addison
Australia Ray Keldie
Score10–8, 6–4, 6–3
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
← 1967 · Australian Championships · 1969 →

Dick Crealy and Allan Stone won in the final 10–8, 6–4, 6–3 against Terry Addison and Ray Keldie.

Seeds

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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

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Final

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

Top half

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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

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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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