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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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.
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George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Shriver won 21 grand slam women’s doubles titles in her storied career – 20 of those coming with another tennis great, Martina Navratilova – and one mixed doubles grand slam title.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Shriver won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles in total, 21 in women’s doubles and one in mixed doubles.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Last year also brought that run to the Wimbledon fourth round, but it was overshadowed by her decision to withdraw from her mixed doubles with the retiring Andy Murray to protect her wrist ahead of her fourth-round match.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Shriver won 21 grand slam women’s doubles titles in her storied career – 20 of those coming with another tennis great, Martina Navratilova – and one mixed doubles grand slam title.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Shriver won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles in total, 21 in women’s doubles and one in mixed doubles.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Last year also brought that run to the Wimbledon fourth round, but it was overshadowed by her decision to withdraw from her mixed doubles with the retiring Andy Murray to protect her wrist ahead of her fourth-round match.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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