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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Gimelstob won 17 tour titles including the 1998 Australian Open and French Open mixed doubles title with Venus Williams.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Matthew Futterman: Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori cutting up one team of singles stars after another to win the new mixed doubles — exactly what the USTA was hoping wouldn’t happen.
—The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The 45-year-old Williams earlier exited in the first round of both singles – bowing out against Karolína Muchová in three sets – and mixed doubles.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
For the 45-year-old Williams, who returned to tennis from a 16-month layoff in July, the defeat draws to a close her 25th appearance at the US Open having played in this year’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles competitions.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Matthew Futterman: Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori cutting up one team of singles stars after another to win the new mixed doubles — exactly what the USTA was hoping wouldn’t happen.
—The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The 45-year-old Williams earlier exited in the first round of both singles – bowing out against Karolína Muchová in three sets – and mixed doubles.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
For the 45-year-old Williams, who returned to tennis from a 16-month layoff in July, the defeat draws to a close her 25th appearance at the US Open having played in this year’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles competitions.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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