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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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.
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Jill Martin, CNN, 17 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
Vesnina, who won three women’s doubles majors and one mixed doubles major, announced the end of her career this week having played a final match at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Ekaterina Alexandrova, competing as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs).
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Errani and Vavassori are the first Italian mixed doubles champions at the US Open and also denied Young a chance to win the final match of his career in front of a home crowd.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Jill Martin, CNN, 17 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
Vesnina, who won three women’s doubles majors and one mixed doubles major, announced the end of her career this week having played a final match at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Ekaterina Alexandrova, competing as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs).
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Errani and Vavassori are the first Italian mixed doubles champions at the US Open and also denied Young a chance to win the final match of his career in front of a home crowd.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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