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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The first session of last month’s Olympic curling mixed doubles tournament was also subject to an odd bit of news — the lights briefly went out in the stadium.
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Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The South African was at his final Wimbledon in 1997 and had already lost in the men’s doubles in the first round while 17-year-old American prodigy Venus Williams was playing her first Wimbledon and looking for a mixed doubles partner after her first-round loss in singles.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
In mixed doubles last week, the U.S. took home silver after falling in the championship match to Sweden.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Curling is a team sport—made up of four players on each single-gendered team, or teams of two in mixed doubles—that takes place on ice.
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 18 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The South African was at his final Wimbledon in 1997 and had already lost in the men’s doubles in the first round while 17-year-old American prodigy Venus Williams was playing her first Wimbledon and looking for a mixed doubles partner after her first-round loss in singles.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
In mixed doubles last week, the U.S. took home silver after falling in the championship match to Sweden.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Curling is a team sport—made up of four players on each single-gendered team, or teams of two in mixed doubles—that takes place on ice.
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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