mixed doubles
plural noun
: a game of doubles in which each team has a man and a woman
playing mixed doubles in tennis
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Now imagine playing mixed doubles with your spouse.
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Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Men’s and women’s doubles winners pocket 600,000 euros and the mixed doubles champions get 122,000 euros.
—Samuel Petrequin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Dillard and Appling had played mixed doubles for a long time together, and Skypala was Dillard’s women’s doubles partner, Lister said.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2026
Last year, two-time Grand Slam singles and mixed doubles champion Victoria Azarenka had a serve called long in a doubles match against Demi Schuurs and Asia Muhammad, but Schuurs and Muhammad referred to the ball mark and gave Azarenka a first serve.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Men’s and women’s doubles winners pocket 600,000 euros and the mixed doubles champions get 122,000 euros.
—Samuel Petrequin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Dillard and Appling had played mixed doubles for a long time together, and Skypala was Dillard’s women’s doubles partner, Lister said.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2026
Last year, two-time Grand Slam singles and mixed doubles champion Victoria Azarenka had a serve called long in a doubles match against Demi Schuurs and Asia Muhammad, but Schuurs and Muhammad referred to the ball mark and gave Azarenka a first serve.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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