1968 British Hard Court Championships

1968 British Hard Court Championships
Date22–27 April
Edition39th
CategoryILTF
Draw32S / 16D
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationBournemouth, England
VenueThe West Hants Club
Attendance~30,000
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Ken Rosewall [1]
Women's singles
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
Men's doubles
Australia Roy Emerson / Australia Rod Laver [2]
Women's doubles
United Kingdom Christine Truman Janes/Nell Truman
Mixed doubles
United Kingdom Virginia Wade / Australia Bob Howe
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The 1968 British Hard Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at The West Hants Club in Bournemouth in England. It was the first tournament in the Open Era of tennis. The tournament was held from 22 April to 27 April 1968. Ken Rosewall and Virginia Wade won the first open singles titles while the men's team of Roy Emerson and Rod Laver and the women's team of Christine Truman Janes and Nell Truman won the first open doubles titles.[3]

  1. ^ "1968 Bournemouth Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "1968 Bournemouth Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1969). BP Yearbook of World Tennis. London: Ward Lock. pp. 8–11, 196. ISBN 978-0706318241. OCLC 502175694.