1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Tony Roche
Score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Draw	128(10 Q )
Seeds	16

Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was the first edition of Wimbledon open to professional tennis players, a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.

John Newcombe was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Arthur Ashe.

Seeds

01.

Rod Laver (champion)

02.

Ken Rosewall (fourth round)

03.

Andrés Gimeno (third round)

04.

John Newcombe (fourth round)

05.

Roy Emerson (fourth round)

06.

Manuel Santana (third round)

07.

Lew Hoad (third round)

08.

Pancho Gonzales (third round)

09.

Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)

10.

Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals)

11.

Fred Stolle (fourth round)

12.

Tom Okker (quarterfinals)

13.

Arthur Ashe (semifinals)

14.

Cliff Drysdale (third round)

15.

Tony Roche (final)

16.

Nikola Pilić (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Rod Laver	4	6	6	4	6

9	Dennis Ralston	6	3	1	6	2
							1	Rod Laver	7	6	6

							13	Arthur Ashe	5	2	4
13	Arthur Ashe	7	9	9	6

12	Tom Okker	9	7	7	2
													1	Rod Laver	6	6	6

													15	Tony Roche	3	4	2
	Clark Graebner	6	6	9

	Ray Moore	2	0	7
								Clark Graebner	7	10	4	6

							15	Tony Roche	9	8	6	8
10	Butch Buchholz	6	5	4	4

15	Tony Roche	3	7	6	6

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	Rod Laver	6	4	6	6
	Gene Scott	3	6	3	2		1	R Laver	6	6	6
	Giuseppe Merlo	4	3	0				S Smith	3	4	4
	Stan Smith	6	6	6										1	R Laver	6	3	7	6
	Jan Kodeš	2	3	2											M Riessen	4	6	5	3
	Marty Riessen	6	6	6				M Riessen
	Donald Dell	6	3	4	4			B Fairlie	w/o
	Brian Fairlie	3	6	6	6															1	R Laver	9	5	6	6
16	Nikola Pilić	6	5	3	2																M Cox	7	7	2	0
	Herb Fitzgibbon	3	7	6	6			H Fitzgibbon	6	3	9	7	10
	Mark Cox	7	8	6	6			M Cox	4	6	7	9	12
	Gordon Forbes	9	6	3	4										M Cox	6	6	6
	Roger Becker	2	4	5											D Contet	3	4	4
	Allen Fox	6	6	7				A Fox	w/o
	Daniel Contet	3	7	7	7	6		D Contet
Q	Haroon Rahim	6	5	5	9	2

Section 2

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

8	Pancho Gonzales	6	6	6
	Ramanathan Krishnan	2	4	3		8	R Gonzales	6	6	9
	Bob Maud	6	6	6			R Maud	2	4	7
Q	Derek Schroder	3	2	2									8	R Gonzales	6	4	3	5
	Alex Metreveli	6	6	4	10									A Metreveli	4	6	6	7
	Manuel Orantes	2	2	6	8		A Metreveli	6	6	6
	Patrice Beust	4	6	6	7		P Beust	1	1	1
	Phil Dent	6	3	4	5															A Metreveli	3	5	2
9	Dennis Ralston	6	7	8															9	D Ralston	6	7	6
Q	John Brown	1	5	6		9	D Ralston	6	3	7	6	13
	Cliff Richey	6	8	7			C Richey	3	6	9	3	11
	Barry Phillips-Moore	2	6	5									9	D Ralston	6	6	6
	Jan Leschly	6	3	8	6									JE Mandarino	2	4	2
	Colin Stubs	2	6	6	1		J Leschly	9	8	3
	José Edison Mandarino	6	7	2	6		JE Mandarino	11	10	6
	Antonio Palafox	3	5	6	4

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

4	John Newcombe	4	6	6	6
	Owen Davidson	6	3	4	3		4	J Newcombe	6	6	6
	Frew McMillan	7	7	3	7			J Alexander	1	4	3
	John Alexander	5	9	6	9									4	J Newcombe	7	6	6
Q	David Lloyd	6	6	10	6									Q	D Lloyd	5	0	1
	Pierre Darmon	4	4	12	1		Q	D Lloyd	6	3	0	6	7
	Keith Wooldridge	4	4	6	6	6	Q	T Ryan	4	6	6	3	5
Q	Terry Ryan	6	6	4	2	8													4	J Newcombe	4	4	6	6	3
13	Arthur Ashe	6	6	6															13	A Ashe	6	6	4	1	6
Q	Eduardo Zuleta	1	2	3			13	A Ashe	6	6	9
	Premjit Lall	4	4	6	2			I El Shafei	1	2	7
	Ismail El Shafei	6	6	3	6									13	A Ashe	11	6	6
	Warren Jacques	1	4	2											O Bengtson	9	4	1
	Ove Bengtson	6	6	6				O Bengtson	6	5	6	3	12
	Keith Carpenter	4	4	13	3			JL Arilla	0	7	4	6	10
	José Luis Arilla	6	6	11	6

Section 4

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

5	Roy Emerson	6	6	6
	Ronnie Holmberg	2	2	4		5	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
	Richard Russell	5	2	6			I Țiriac	7	1	2	0
	Ion Țiriac	7	6	8									5	R Emerson	7	6	6
	Jim McManus	4	6	1	3									A Olmedo	5	1	1
	Ken Fletcher	6	2	6	6		K Fletcher	4	7	4	3
	Patricio Rodríguez	10	5	3			A Olmedo	6	5	6	6
	Alex Olmedo	12	7	6															5	R Emerson	3	11	5	5
12	Tom Okker	7	3	6	6														12	T Okker	6	9	7	7
	Peter Curtis	5	6	2	2	12	T Okker	6	6	7
	Mike Sangster	6	6	6			M Sangster	3	0	5
	Carlos Fernandes	0	4	4									12	T Okker	8	6	6	6
Q	Stanley Matthews	4	9	4	4									V Korotkov	10	2	1	2
	Vladimir Korotkov	6	7	6	6		V Korotkov	2	7	4	7	7
	Luis Ayala	11	2	4	6		P Barthès	6	5	6	5	5
	Pierre Barthès	9	6	6	8

Section 5

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

	Robert Haillet	9	3	2
	Terry Addison	11	6	6				T Addison	4	6	3	6	6
LL	Raúl Peralta	1	4	3				N Kalogeropoulos	6	1	6	4	3
	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6	6	6											T Addison	3	6	2
	Gerald Battrick	4	6	5										11	F Stolle	6	8	6
	Bob Howe	6	8	7				R Howe	1	1	1
	Jean-Claude Barclay	1	2	2			11	F Stolle	6	6	6
11	Fred Stolle	6	6	6															11	F Stolle	1	5	5
	Clark Graebner	6	6	6	6	11														C Graebner	6	7	7
	Roy Barth	4	3	8	8	9		C Graebner	6	6	6
	Koji Watanabe	2	4	5				J Ulrich	2	0	4
	Jørgen Ulrich	6	6	7											C Graebner	9	6	6
	Sergei Likhachev	6	7	2	1	2								6	M Santana	7	2	1
	Graham Stilwell	3	5	6	6	6		G Stilwell	7	8	0	4
	Hans-Joachim Plötz	0	4	2			6	M Santana	5	10	6	6
6	Manuel Santana	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Tom Edlefsen	6	7	7
Q	Jürgen Fassbender	2	5	5				T Edlefsen	7	4	6	6
	Nicola Pietrangeli	4	2	6	6	4	Q	G Bluett	5	6	1	2
Q	Geoffrey Bluett	6	6	2	2	6								T Edlefsen	9	4	1	6	6
	Graydon Garner	2	6	6	7								14	C Drysdale	7	6	6	4	4
LL	Lance Lumsden	6	2	4	5			G Garner	2	5	6
	Bobby Wilson	7	3	2			14	C Drysdale	6	7	8
14	Cliff Drysdale	9	6	6																	T Edlefsen	4	6	1	6	4
	Jan Kukal	3	4	2																	R Moore	6	2	6	3	6
	Dick Crealy	6	6	6				R Crealy	6	5	3	4
	Ray Moore	6	6	9				R Moore	3	7	6	6
	Nikola Špear	1	2	7										R Moore	4	6	7	2	6
	Wiesław Gąsiorek	3	1	5									3	A Gimeno	6	3	5	6	2
	Bill Bowrey	6	6	7				W Bowrey	2	6	7	3
	István Gulyás	3	5	4			3	A Gimeno	6	4	9	6
3	Andrés Gimeno	6	7	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

LL	Pancho Castillo	7	4	2
	Georges Goven	9	6	6				G Goven	3	3	6
	Toomas Leius	6	1	8	2			T Ulrich	6	6	8
	Torben Ulrich	4	6	10	6										T Ulrich	7	2	3	1
	Milan Holeček	8	6	4	2	5								10	E Buchholz	5	6	6	6
	Bob Carmichael	6	4	6	6	7		R Carmichael	13	4	4	6	2
	Allan Stone	4	2	12	4		10	E Buchholz	11	6	6	1	6
10	Butch Buchholz	6	6	10	6																10	E Buchholz	6	3	6	6
	Bob Hewitt	6	8	6																		R Hewitt	4	6	2	2
	John Barrett	3	6	4				R Hewitt	3	6	3	6	12
	Thomaz Koch	6	6	11	6			T Koch	6	4	6	3	10
	Gaetano Di Maso	3	2	13	0										R Hewitt	6	9	1	6	6
	Pancho Guzmán	11	1	8	6	6								7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
	Bob Lutz	13	6	6	3	4		F Guzmán	6	1	4
	Jaidip Mukerjea	3	4	2			7	L Hoad	8	6	6
7	Lew Hoad	6	6	6

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

LL	Clay Iles	7	3	6	7
	Jean-Pierre Courcol	5	6	3	5		LL	C Iles	4	2	3
	Patricio Cornejo	2	1	2				R Ruffels	6	6	6
	Ray Ruffels	6	6	6											R Ruffels	4	1	3
	Jim Osborne	4	7	10	6	6								15	A Roche	6	6	6
	Mike Davies	6	9	8	1	3		J Osborne	4	0	2
	Ray Keldie	3	1	5			15	A Roche	6	6	6
15	Tony Roche	6	6	6																15	A Roche	9	6	6
	Paul Hutchins	3	7	10																2	K Rosewall	7	3	2
	Onny Parun	6	9	12				O Parun	2	3	14	6	6
	Alan Mills	4	2	3				R Taylor	6	6	12	4	4
	Roger Taylor	6	6	6											O Parun	4	6	3	2
	Charlie Pasarell	6	7	3	6									2	K Rosewall	6	3	6	6
Q	Patrick Hombergen	3	5	6	3			C Pasarell	9	1	8	2	3
	Abe Segal	3	4	4			2	K Rosewall	7	6	6	6	6
2	Ken Rosewall	6	6	6

References

Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
"Wimbledon 1968 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.