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mixed doubles

American  

noun

  1. (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.


mixed doubles British  

plural noun

  1. tennis a doubles game with a man and a woman as partners on each side

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Open organizers overhauled the mixed doubles tournament and offered a $1 million prize last year in hopes of attracting the sport’s biggest stars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The tournament's revamped mixed doubles format has attracted criticism for favouring the allure of the sport's top singles stars at the expense of established doubles players.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Muirhead's gold medal-winning team-mate Vicky Drummond is also returning to the sport to rival her - and a third member of that rink, Jen Dodds - in the GB Curling mixed doubles programme.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

There’s still plenty to look forward to, including another go at the starry mixed doubles tournament, this one featuring the pairing of Djokovic and women’s No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Near Shepherd’s Bush two thousand Beta-Minus mixed doubles were playing Riemann-surface tennis.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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