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{{TennisEvents|1968|Summer Olympics|s
| main_name=Summer Olympics
| before_year=1924
| after_year=1984
| champ = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Rosie Reyes|Rosa María Darmon]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Heldman]]
| runner = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Bartkowicz|Peaches Bartkowicz]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Valerie Ziegenfuss]]
| score  = 6–0, 10–8
| quadrennial = yes
| multi = yes
| type = olympics1968
}}
{{main article|Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}
Since the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] did not feature [[tennis]] as an official sport, two unofficial tournaments were held during the Games: a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament.<ref name="Olympic3">{{cite web|title=Mexico 68, Vol. 3: The Games|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3pt2.pdf|website=Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad|accessdate=15 April 2017|date=1969|pages=74 (491)|format=PDF|quote=After a lapse of more than four decades, tennis was reintroduced to Olympic Games spectators as one of two demonstration sports. Forty-six competitors from fifteen nations displayed their skill in singles and doubles matches on courts in the capital and in Guadalajara, and the tournament was received with enthusiasm by both players and fans.}}</ref>
The Exhibition tournament was played from 24 to 26 October 1968 on the [[clay court]]s of the Chapultepec Sports Center in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref name="Olympic2">{{cite web|title=Mexico 68, Vol. 2: The Organization|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2.pdf|website=Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad|accessdate=15 April 2017|pages=78 (79)|format=PDF|date=1969|quote=For the demonstration sports—fronton and tennis—the following installations were employed. In Mexico City: Frontón México, fronton and tennis courts of the Chapultepec Sports Center, fronton courts of the Asturian Sports Center, the Lebanese Sports Center and the Frontón Metropolitano. In other cities: fronton courts of the Acapulco Jai-Alai; and the tennis courts of the Guadalajara Country Club, the Atlas Sports Club and the Guadalajara Sports Club, all in the city of Guadalajara}}</ref> All matches were played at best-of-three sets; since the [[Tennis scoring system#History of the tiebreak|tiebreak rule]] wasn't implemented until the 1970s, a team had to win a set by a two-game margin in case of a 6–6 draw. Due to the short length of the tournament, no third-place match was played, and both semifinal losers received bronze medals.
French [[Rosie Reyes|Rosa María Darmon]] and American [[Julie Heldman]] won the tournament by defeating also Americans [[Jane Bartkowicz|Peaches Bartkowicz]] and [[Valerie Ziegenfuss]] 6–0, 10–8 in the final. Ecuatorian [[María Eugenia Guzmán]] and Brazilian [[Suzana Petersen]], alongside Mexican [[Cecilia Rosado]] and Soviet [[Zaiga Jansone]], have all won bronze medals.
Due to the short draw, 4 out of 5 pairs have won medals, giving the tournament an unusual 80% of chances of winning a medal.
==Seeds==
Both [[seed (tennis)|seeds]] received a [[bye (tennis)|bye]] into the semifinals.
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# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jane Bartkowicz|Peaches Bartkowicz]]|USA|1968 Summer}} / {{flagIOCathlete|[[Valerie Ziegenfuss]]|USA|1968 Summer}} ''(final, silver medalists)''
# '''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rosie Reyes|Rosa María Darmon]]|FRA|1968 Summer}} / {{flagIOCathlete|[[Julie Heldman]]|USA|1968 Summer}} (champions, gold medalists)'''
}}
==Draw==
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| sets=3
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Final (gold-medal match)
| team-width=210
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagIOCathlete|[[Lucia Gongora]]|MEX|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Patricia Montaño]]|MEX|1968 Summer}}
| RD1-score3-1=4
| RD1-score3-2='''6'''
| RD1-score3-3=1
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4='''{{flagIOCathlete|[[María Eugenia Guzmán]]|ECU|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Suzana Petersen]]|BRA|1968 Summer}}'''
| RD1-score4-1='''6'''
| RD1-score4-2=4
| RD1-score4-3='''6'''
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1='''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jane Bartkowicz|Peaches Bartkowicz]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Valerie Ziegenfuss]]|USA|1968 Summer}}'''
| RD2-score1-1='''6'''
| RD2-score1-2='''6'''
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagIOCathlete|[[María Eugenia Guzmán]]|ECU|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Suzana Petersen]]|BRA|1968 Summer}}
| RD2-score2-1=2
| RD2-score2-2=2
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagIOCathlete|[[Cecilia Rosado]]|MEX|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zaiga Jansone]]|URS|1968 Summer}}
| RD2-score3-1=2
| RD2-score3-2='''6'''
| RD2-score3-3=1
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-team4='''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rosie Reyes|Rosa María Darmon]]|FRA|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Julie Heldman]]|USA|1968 Summer}}'''
| RD2-score4-1='''6'''
| RD2-score4-2=4
| RD2-score4-3='''6'''
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1={{flagIOCathlete|[[Jane Bartkowicz|Peaches Bartkowicz]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Valerie Ziegenfuss]]|USA|1968 Summer}}
| RD3-score1-1=0
| RD3-score1-2=8
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2='''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rosie Reyes|Rosa María Darmon]]|FRA|1968 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Julie Heldman]]|USA|1968 Summer}}'''
| RD3-score2-1='''6'''
| RD3-score2-2='''10'''
| RD3-score2-3=
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000010 Official Results Archive (WTA)]
{{Women's Doubles Tennis at the Summer Olympics}}
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