1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1970 Wimbledon Championships AUS John Newcombe AUS Ken Rosewall 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 16 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1970 Wimbledon Championships John Newcombe defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his second Wimbledon singles title and his third major singles title overall. Rosewall was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam. Rod Laver was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Roger Taylor. Seeds 1 1 AUS Rod Laver (fourth round) 2 8 AUS John Newcombe (champion) 3 6 USA Arthur Ashe (fourth round) 4 3 AUS Tony Roche (quarterfinals) 5 4 AUS Ken Rosewall (final) 6 5 YUG Željko Franulović (third round) 7 7 USA Stan Smith (fourth round) 8 2 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (fourth round) 9 2 USA Clark Graebner (quarterfinals) 10 7 AUS Roy Emerson (quarterfinals) 11 5 NED Tom Okker (second round) 12 4 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (third round) 13 3 TCH Jan Kodeš (first round) 14 6 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno (semifinals) 15 8 USA Dennis Ralston (fourth round) 16 1 GBR Roger Taylor (semifinals) Qualifying 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 16 GBR Roger Taylor 6 11 12 9 USA Clark Graebner 3 9 10 4 AUS Tony Roche 8 1 6 2 5 AUS Ken Rosewall 10 6 4 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 1 2 4 14 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 6 6 6 10 AUS Roy Emerson 1 7 6 2 9 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 5 3 6 11 16 GBR Roger Taylor 3 6 3 3 5 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 4 6 6 14 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 3 6 0 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 8 6 5 AUS Ken Rosewall 7 3 2 6 1 2 AUS John Newcombe 5 6 6 3 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 USA Butch Seewagen 2 0 2 AUT Hans Kary 5 6 3 4 AUS John Alexander 7 3 6 6 USA Herb Fitzgibbon 6 6 7 4 AUS Bob Giltinan 8 8 5 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 7 6 11 FRA Jean-Loup Rouyer 5 4 9 16 GBR Roger Taylor 1 6 8 3 6 NZL Brian Fairlie 6 3 6 6 4 PAK Haroon Rahim w/o IND Jaidip Mukerjea Q GBR John Paish 2 2 6 5 TCH Milan Holeček 6 6 4 7 ESP 1945 Antonio Muñoz 4 5 3 USA Charlie Pasarell 6 7 6 1 AUS R Laver 6 6 6 AUS J Alexander 1 3 3 AUS R Giltinan 6 7 4 1 2 RSA 1928 F McMillan 3 5 6 6 6 16 GBR R Taylor 3 6 6 6 IND J Mukherjea 6 3 2 4 TCH M Holeček 1 2 4 USA C Pasarell 6 6 6 1 AUS R Laver 6 3 6 6 RSA 1928 F McMillan 2 6 0 2 16 GBR R Taylor 8 17 6 USA C Pasarell 6 15 4 1 AUS R Laver 6 4 2 1 16 GBR R Taylor 4 6 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 6 7 8 NZL Onny Parun 8 0 5 6 HUN István Gulyás 2 8 4 4 USA Cliff Richey 6 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Terry Ryan 9 6 3 6 Q AUS Peter Doerner 7 4 6 3 HUN Szabolcs Baranyi 5 3 2 TCH Štěpán Koudelka 7 6 6 9 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 3 6 FRG Harald Elschenbroich 3 2 6 1 URS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 6 2 4 ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac 8 6 6 RSA 1928 Derek Schroder 6 6 6 ECU Pancho Guzmán 2 2 0 ARG Guillermo Vilas 1 2 4 IND Premjit Lall 6 6 6 8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 7 1 2 6 6 USA C Richey 5 6 6 4 3 RSA 1928 T Ryan 4 6 6 3 6 TCH Š Koudelka 6 2 4 6 3 9 USA C Graebner 4 14 6 0 ROM 1965 I Țiriac 6 12 2 0r RSA 1928 D Schroder 4 4 9 2 IND P Lall 6 6 7 6 8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 6 6 6 4 6 RSA 1928 T Ryan 3 1 8 6 1 9 USA C Graebner 6 6 6 IND P Lall 0 2 1 8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 3 0 6 3 9 USA C Graebner 6 6 4 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 AUS Tony Roche 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 1 4 2 Q RHO Roger Dowdeswell 7 1 6 1 5 AUS Ray Ruffels 5 6 3 6 7 RHO Andrew Pattison 8 6 4 3 6 USA Erik van Dillen 6 1 6 6 3 RHO Hank Irvine 2 6 3 4 GBR Mark Cox 6 4 6 6 13 TCH Jan Kodeš 2 5 6 6 5 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 7 3 2 7 TCH František Pála 4 4 2 BRA 1968 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 USA Gene Scott 8 6 14 Q RSA 1928 Rauty Krog 6 2 12 USA Jim McManus 0 2 2 USA Marty Riessen 6 6 6 4 AUS A Roche 6 6 6 AUS R Ruffels 4 3 2 RHO A Pattison 3 4 7 GBR M Cox 6 6 9 URS 1955 A Metreveli 7 4 4 4 BRA 1968 JE Mandarino 5 6 6 6 USA E Scott 4 2 3 USA M Riessen 6 6 6 4 AUS A Roche 6 9 6 GBR M Cox 2 7 3 BRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 5 5 1 USA M Riessen 4 7 7 6 4 AUS A Roche 6 8 6 6 USA M Riessen 4 10 4 2 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 7 6 Q AUS Colin Dibley 3 5 4 FRA Patrick Proisy 8 10 3 4 FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 6 12 6 6 CHI Patricio Cornejo 8 4 18 5 6 AUS Bill Bowrey 6 6 16 7 8 AUS Terry Addison 3 10 12 6 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 6 8 10 3 12 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 7 9 8 3 6 AUS Fred Stolle 5 11 6 6 3 YUG Nikola Špear 6 6 6 IRN 1964 Taghi Akbari 2 3 3 USA Tom Gorman 6 8 7 FRA Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 2 6 5 Q GBR Peter Curtis 6 6 1 6 USA Jim Osborne 3 3 6 4 5 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 FRA J-C Barclay 2 1 3 AUS W Bowrey 8 1 3 6 3 AUS T Addison 6 6 6 4 6 12 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 6 YUG N Špear 4 4 4 USA T Gorman 6 4 6 6 Q GBR P Curtis 2 6 4 1 5 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 6 AUS T Addison 2 4 0 12 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 3 3 2 USA T Gorman 6 6 6 5 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 3 7 USA T Gorman 2 2 6 5 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Bob Lutz 4 6 6 6 FRA Georges Goven 6 3 3 4 BEL Patrick Hombergen 2 3 2 AUS Phil Dent 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 FRA Daniel Contet 2 3 4 DEN Jørgen Ulrich 9 6 1 3 11 NED Tom Okker 11 4 6 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 3 10 6 6 USA Chauncey Steele 6 8 3 1 AUS Dick Crealy 6 6 6 LL ECU Eduardo Zuleta 3 2 2 RSA 1928 Keith Diepraam 7 13 6 JAM Richard Russell 5 11 2 GBR David Lloyd 2 4 4 6 YUG Željko Franulović 6 6 6 USA R Lutz 6 6 6 AUS P Dent 2 1 2 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 6 6 6 11 NED T Okker 3 4 3 AUS R Carmichael 4 6 6 3 6 AUS R Crealy 6 3 4 6 3 RSA 1928 K Diepraam 3 4 6 1 6 YUG Z Franulović 6 6 2 6 USA R Lutz 6 7 5 7 3 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 1 5 7 9 6 AUS R Carmichael 6 6 6 6 YUG Z Franulović 3 2 0 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 4 7 2 AUS R Carmichael 6 9 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ROM 1965 Petre Mărmureanu 2 5 4 DEN Torben Ulrich 6 7 6 JPN 1947 Koji Watanabe 5 3 6 3 FRG Ingo Buding 7 6 4 6 GBR Bobby Wilson 3 4 2 AUS Allan Stone 6 6 6 FRA Pierre Barthès 6 1 4 2 14 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 4 6 6 6 GBR Stanley Matthews 4 10 6 UAR Ismail El Shafei 6 12 8 SUI Dimitri Sturdza 4 4 9 4 AUS Lew Hoad 6 6 7 6 YUG Nikola Pilić 4 6 6 4 6 GBR Gerald Battrick 6 1 1 6 3 GBR Graham Stilwell 3 2 1 3 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 6 DEN T Ulrich 6 6 6 FRG I Buding 2 3 3 AUS A Stone 5 6 3 4 14 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 7 4 6 6 UAR I El Shafei 6 6 4 4 6 AUS L Hoad 3 3 6 6 1 YUG N Pilić 7 13 4 3 3 USA A Ashe 9 11 6 6 DEN T Ulrich 6 1 2 2 14 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 4 6 6 6 UAR I El Shafei 3 1 6 0 3 USA A Ashe 6 6 2 6 14 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 7 7 6 3 USA A Ashe 5 5 2 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q AUS John Bartlett 7 2 4 4 RSA 1928 Jack Saul 5 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Byron Bertram 6 1 6 6 FRA François Jauffret 4 6 3 3 URS 1955 Toomas Leius 3 4 9 DEN Jan Leschly 6 6 11 URS 1955 Anatoli Volkov 4 2 0 10 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 Q AUS Syd Ball 2 2 9 4 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 6 7 6 FRA Bernard Montrenaud 2 5 9 6 5 TCH Jan Kukal 6 7 7 3 7 FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz 6 6 6 Q GBR Stephen Warboys 4 4 4 CHI Jaime Fillol 5 6 3 4 7 USA Stan Smith 7 2 6 6 RSA 1928 J Saul 3 1 4 RSA 1928 B Bertram 6 6 6 DEN J Leschly 3 3 4 10 AUS R Emerson 6 6 6 ESP 1945 M Orantes 3 11 6 6 TCH J Kukal 6 9 3 4 FRG H-J Plötz 2 2 4 7 USA S Smith 6 6 6 RSA 1928 B Bertram 10 0 3 1 10 AUS R Emerson 8 6 6 6 ESP 1945 M Orantes 6 3 6 3 7 USA S Smith 4 6 8 6 10 AUS R Emerson 2 6 6 6 7 USA S Smith 6 3 4 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Martin Mulligan 5 1 6 MEX Joaquín Loyo Mayo 7 6 8 Q AUS Allan McDonald 7 10 3 4 4 URS 1955 Vladimir Korotkov 5 8 6 6 6 GBR John Clifton 4 2 3 AUS Ian Fletcher 6 6 6 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli w/o 15 USA Dennis Ralston ITA Adriano Panatta 1 3 7 6 AUS Owen Davidson 6 6 5 8 RSA 1928 Ray Moore 9 4 6 1 USA Ronnie Holmberg 11 6 2 6 AUS Ray Keldie 6 2 3 1 GRE 1970 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 6 6 6 USA Roy Barth 2 3 4 2 AUS John Newcombe 6 6 6 MEX J Loyo Mayo 3 6 6 2 6 URS 1955 V Korotkov 6 1 2 6 4 AUS I Fletcher 6 3 5 2 15 USA D Ralston 4 6 7 6 AUS O Davidson 6 6 6 USA R Holmberg 4 4 2 GRE 1970 N Kalogeropoulos 1 2 1 2 AUS J Newcombe 6 6 6 MEX J Loyo Mayo 0 0 1 15 USA D Ralston 6 6 6 AUS O Davidson 7 3 5 2 AUS J Newcombe 9 6 7 15 USA D Ralston 12 7 2 2 AUS J Newcombe 14 9 6 References External links 1970 MS Wimbledon 1970 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1970/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 2 November 2017 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1970 French Open 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