mixed doubles
Noun
Meaning
mixed doubles pl (plural only)
(sports) A game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male.
Examples
Injuries can end a sportsperson's career and I am glad I have been able to make a comeback and make it to the world's top 10 in doubles and have done reasonably well in mixed doubles. I always believed I had tennis left in me and I am grateful to god for this opportunity.
I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.
And then, of course, there are the champions of long ago, such as Billie Jean King, who claimed a record 20 triumphs in all at the All England Club: six in singles, 10 in women’s doubles, four in mixed doubles.
Her partner, Siegemund, who won the mixed doubles title at the 2016 U.S. Open, will be in her first women’s doubles Grand Slam final.
As a result, mixed doubles require greater tactical awareness and subtler positional play.
Betty Stöve reached the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977 and won 10 Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles between 1972 and 1981.