{{Infobox tennis event|1968|German Open Championships| | date=5–13 August | edition=60th | category= | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | draw=64S / 32D | prize_money= | location=[[Hamburg]], West Germany | venue=[[Am Rothenbaum]] | champms={{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1968 Hamburg – Men's singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1968/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champws={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] | champmd={{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Okker]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1968 Hamburg – Men's doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1968/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champwd={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Pat Walkden]] | champxd={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] | main_name=German Open Tennis Championships }}
The '''1968 German Open Championships''' was a combined men's and women's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Clay court|outdoor red clay courts]]. It was the 60th edition of the tournament, the first one in the Open Era, and took place at the [[Am Rothenbaum]] in [[Hamburg]], West Germany, from 5 August through 13 August 1968. [[John Newcombe]] and [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] won the singles titles.<ref name=wot1969>{{cite book|title=BP Yearbook of World Tennis|year=1969|publisher=Ward Lock|location=London|isbn=978-0706318241|oclc=502175694|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|pages=103–105}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Men's singles=== {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] defeated {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Cliff Drysdale]] 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
===Women's singles=== {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Judy Tegart]] 6–1, 7–6
===Men's doubles=== {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Okker]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
===Women's doubles=== {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Pat Walkden]] defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Winnie Shaw]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Judy Tegart]] 6–3, 7–5
===Mixed doubles=== {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Annette Van Zyl|Annette Du Plooy]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] defeated {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Pat Walkden]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} Anderson 6–1, 12–10
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://german-open-hamburg.de}} {{in lang|de}} * {{official website|http://german-open-hamburg.de/en/home}} * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Hamburg.aspx Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile] * [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010002442 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details]
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