1968 US Open (tennis)

1968 US Open
Date 29 August - 8 September
Edition 88th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Prize money $100,000
Surface Grass
Location Forest Hills, Queens
New York, United States
Venue West Side Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Arthur Ashe
Women's Singles
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
Men's Doubles
United States Robert Lutz / United States Stan Smith
Women's Doubles
Brazil Maria Bueno / Australia Margaret Court
Mixed Doubles
United States Mary-Ann Eisel / United Kingdom Peter Curtis

The 1968 US Open (formerly known as U.S. National Championships) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 29 August until 8 September. It was the 88th staging of the tournament and the fourth Grand Slam event of 1968. It was the first edition of the tournament in the Open Era of tennis and as such for the first time offered prize money, totaling $100,000. Arthur Ashe and Virginia Wade won the singles titles. Ashe was still registered as an amateur and therefore not entitled to the $14,000 first-prize money, which instead went to runner-up Tom Okker, while Wade earned $6,000. [1] Frank Parker, at the age of 52, lost to eventual champion Arthur Ashe in the second round, and still holds the record for the oldest man to compete in a Grand Slam singles tournament.

Champions

Men's singles

United States Arthur Ashe defeated Netherlands Tom Okker,[2] 14–12, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

• It was Ashe's 1st career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st and only at the US Open.

Women's singles

United Kingdom Virginia Wade defeated United States Billie Jean King,[3] 6–4, 6–2

• It was Wade's 1st career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st and only at the US Open.

Men's doubles

United States Bob Lutz / United States Stan Smith defeated United States Arthur Ashe / Spain Andrés Gimeno,[4] 11–9, 6–1, 7–5

• It was Lutz's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Smith's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

Brazil Maria Bueno / Australia Margaret Court defeated United States Rosemary Casals / United States Billie Jean King,[5] 4–6, 9–7, 8–6

• It was Bueno's 11th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and her 4th at the US Open.
• It was Court's 10th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd at the US Open.

Mixed doubles

No mixed doubles at the 1968 US Open. Results often seen are those of the 1968 US National Championships held a month earlier in Boston.[6]

References

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Preceded by
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1969 Australian Open
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