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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Waters is the best player in the world for singles, doubles and mixed doubles with a gargantuan 174 PPA titles to her name.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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, 30 Apr. 2025
Arguably more impressive was that Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe had been runners-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon just a few weeks before, all while the 32-year-old had put further cancer treatment on hold to continue competing.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Traditionally staged alongside the US Open’s other singles and doubles events at Flushing Meadows, this year’s mixed doubles will take place on August 19 and 20 – several days before the scheduled start of the tournament.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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, 30 Apr. 2025
Arguably more impressive was that Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe had been runners-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon just a few weeks before, all while the 32-year-old had put further cancer treatment on hold to continue competing.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Traditionally staged alongside the US Open’s other singles and doubles events at Flushing Meadows, this year’s mixed doubles will take place on August 19 and 20 – several days before the scheduled start of the tournament.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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