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{{TennisEventInfo|1968|Philadelphia International Indoor Championships|<br />
| date=February 5–11<br />
| edition=1st<br />
| category=[[World Championship Tennis]]<br />
| draw=12S<br />
| surface= [[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor<br />
| location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], United States<br />
| venue=[[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]] <br />
| attendance=23,074<ref name="inquirer"/><br />
| champs={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Santana]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1968 Philadelphia WCT – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1968/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> <br />
| champd=No competition held<br />
| before_name=Philadelphia International Indoor Championships<br />
| after_name=Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1968 Philadelphia International Indoor Championships''' was a [[World Championship Tennis|WCT]] men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s. It was played at the [[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States. It was the inaugural edition of the [[U.S. Pro Indoor|tournament]] and was held from February 5 through February 11, 1968. [[Manuel Santana]] won the singles title and commented that the slow rubber-like surface suited his game.<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |author1=Roger Keim |title=Santana outplays Leschly, gains indoor title, 8-6, 6-3. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/179845985/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=February 12, 1968 |pages=23, 27 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="wot1969">{{cite book|title=BP Yearbook of World Tennis|year=1969|publisher=Ward Lock|location=London|isbn=978-0706318241|oclc=502175694|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]|page=182}}</ref><br />
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==Finals==<br />
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===Singles===<br />
{{main article|1968 Philadelphia International Indoor Championships – Singles}}<br />
{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Santana]] defeated {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan Leschly]] 8–6, 6–3<br />
* It was Santana's only title of the year and the 1st of his professional career.<br />
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===Doubles===<br />
No doubles competition was held but on the final day a doubles exhibition match was played.<ref name="inquirer"/><br><br />
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Pasarell]] defeated {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thomaz Koch]] / {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Torben Ulrich]] 6–3, 12–10<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{U.S. Pro Indoor tournaments}}<br />
{{1968 World Championship Tennis circuit}}<br />
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[[Category:U.S. Pro Indoor]]<br />
[[Category:1968 in tennis|U.S. Professional Indoor]]<br />
[[Category:1968 in American tennis|U.S. Professional Indoor]]<br />
[[Category:1968 in sports in Pennsylvania|U.S. Professional Indoor]]<br />
[[Category:February 1968 sports events in the United States|U.S. Professional Indoor]]</div>imported>Navops47