Champions' hall
Tournament
Australian Championships
Grass · Grand Slam · 1 edition
Period1968ATP + WTA
Editions1with results
Matches61in the database
Champions1different players
Participants62different players
Record book
1968 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Billie Jean King5 matches · 100% win rate5
- 2 Margaret Court6 matches · 83.3% win rate5
- 3 Judy Tegart5 matches · 80% win rate4
- 4 Lesley Turner4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 5 Kathleen Harter4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 6 Rosie Casals4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 7 Karen Krantzcke4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 8 Astrid Suurbeek4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 9 Eva Duldig3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 10 Lita Liem3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
WTA · youngest Billie Jean King24 years, 1 month1968
WTA · oldest Billie Jean King24 years, 1 month1968
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 1Billie Jean King · 1968 WTA
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Billie Jean King defeated Judy Tegart
4-6 6-1 6-2Judy Tegart defeated Karen Krantzcke
4-6 10-8 6-3Lesley Turner defeated Kathleen Harter
3-6 6-2 6-2Mary Ann Eisel defeated Kaye Dening
3-6 6-4 6-3Patricia Edwards defeated Heather Mckechnie
3-6 7-5 6-1Cynthia Doerner defeated Geri Shepard
5-7 8-6 6-4Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1968 · ATP and WTA1968WTA
Champion
Billie Jean KingFinal: Billie Jean King × Margaret Court
6-1 6-2
January 19, 1968 · 61 matchesSee all results →