1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1968 Wimbledon Championships AUS Rod Laver AUS Tony Roche 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 128(10 Q Qualifiers) 16 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1968 Wimbledon Championships 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.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his third Wimbledon singles title and seventh Grand Slam tournament singles title overall. It was the first edition of Wimbledon open to professional tennis players, marking 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 1 1 AUS Rod Laver (champion) 2 8 AUS Ken Rosewall (fourth round) 3 6 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno (third round) 4 3 AUS John Newcombe (fourth round) 5 4 AUS Roy Emerson (fourth round) 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana (third round) 7 7 AUS Lew Hoad (third round) 8 2 USA Pancho Gonzales (third round) 9 2 USA Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals) 10 7 USA Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals) 11 5 AUS Fred Stolle (fourth round) 12 4 NED Tom Okker (quarterfinals) 13 3 USA Arthur Ashe (semifinals) 14 6 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (third round) 15 8 AUS Tony Roche (final) 16 1 YUG Nikola Pilić (first round) Qualifying 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 AUS Rod Laver 4 6 6 4 6 9 USA Dennis Ralston 6 3 1 6 2 13 USA Arthur Ashe 7 9 9 6 12 NED Tom Okker 9 7 7 2 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 9 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 2 0 7 10 USA Butch Buchholz 6 5 4 4 15 AUS Tony Roche 3 7 6 6 1 AUS Rod Laver 7 6 6 13 USA Arthur Ashe 5 2 4 USA Clark Graebner 7 10 4 6 15 AUS Tony Roche 9 8 6 8 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 15 AUS Tony Roche 3 4 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 4 6 6 USA Gene Scott 3 6 3 2 ITA Giuseppe Merlo 4 3 0 USA Stan Smith 6 6 6 TCH Jan Kodeš 2 3 2 USA Marty Riessen 6 6 6 USA Donald Dell 6 3 4 4 NZL Brian Fairlie 3 6 6 6 16 YUG Nikola Pilić 6 5 3 2 USA Herb Fitzgibbon 3 7 6 6 GBR Mark Cox 7 8 6 6 RSA 1928 Gordon Forbes 9 6 3 4 GBR Roger Becker 2 4 5 USA Allen Fox 6 6 7 FRA Daniel Contet 3 7 7 7 6 Q PAK Haroon Rahim 6 5 5 9 2 1 AUS R Laver 6 6 6 USA S Smith 3 4 4 USA M Riessen NZL B Fairlie w/o USA H Fitzgibbon 6 3 9 7 10 GBR M Cox 4 6 7 9 12 USA A Fox w/o FRA D Contet 1 AUS R Laver 6 3 7 6 USA M Riessen 4 6 5 3 GBR M Cox 6 6 6 FRA D Contet 3 4 4 1 AUS R Laver 9 5 6 6 GBR M Cox 7 7 2 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 6 IND Ramanathan Krishnan 2 4 3 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 6 6 6 Q RSA 1928 Derek Schroder 3 2 2 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 6 4 10 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 2 2 6 8 FRA Patrice Beust 4 6 6 7 AUS Phil Dent 6 3 4 5 9 USA Dennis Ralston 6 7 8 Q AUS John Brown 1 5 6 USA Cliff Richey 6 8 7 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 2 6 5 DEN Jan Leschly 6 3 8 6 AUS Colin Stubs 2 6 6 1 BRA 1968 José Edison Mandarino 6 7 2 6 MEX 1934 Antonio Palafox 3 5 6 4 8 USA R Gonzales 6 6 9 RSA 1928 R Maud 2 4 7 URS 1955 A Metreveli 6 6 6 FRA P Beust 1 1 1 9 USA D Ralston 6 3 7 6 13 USA C Richey 3 6 9 3 11 DEN J Leschly 9 8 3 BRA 1968 JE Mandarino 11 10 6 8 USA R Gonzales 6 4 3 5 URS 1955 A Metreveli 4 6 6 7 9 USA D Ralston 6 6 6 BRA 1968 JE Mandarino 2 4 2 URS 1955 A Metreveli 3 5 2 9 USA D Ralston 6 7 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 AUS John Newcombe 4 6 6 6 AUS Owen Davidson 6 3 4 3 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 7 7 3 7 AUS John Alexander 5 9 6 9 Q GBR David Lloyd 6 6 10 6 FRA Pierre Darmon 4 4 12 1 GBR Keith Wooldridge 4 4 6 6 6 Q RSA 1928 Terry Ryan 6 6 4 2 8 13 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 6 Q ECU Eduardo Zuleta 1 2 3 IND Premjit Lall 4 4 6 2 UAR Ismail El Shafei 6 6 3 6 AUS Warren Jacques 1 4 2 SWE Ove Bengtson 6 6 6 CAN Keith Carpenter 4 4 13 3 ESP 1945 José Luis Arilla 6 6 11 6 4 AUS J Newcombe 6 6 6 AUS J Alexander 1 4 3 Q GBR D Lloyd 6 3 0 6 7 Q RSA 1928 T Ryan 4 6 6 3 5 13 USA A Ashe 6 6 9 UAR I El Shafei 1 2 7 SWE O Bengtson 6 5 6 3 12 ESP 1945 JL Arilla 0 7 4 6 10 4 AUS J Newcombe 7 6 6 Q GBR D Lloyd 5 0 1 13 USA A Ashe 11 6 6 SWE O Bengtson 9 4 1 4 AUS J Newcombe 4 4 6 6 3 13 USA A Ashe 6 6 4 1 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 USA Ronnie Holmberg 2 2 4 JAM Richard Russell 5 2 6 ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac 7 6 8 USA Jim McManus 4 6 1 3 AUS Ken Fletcher 6 2 6 6 CHI Patricio Rodríguez 10 5 3 USA Alex Olmedo 12 7 6 12 NED Tom Okker 7 3 6 6 GBR Peter Curtis 5 6 2 2 GBR Mike Sangster 6 6 6 BRA 1968 Carlos Fernandes 0 4 4 Q GBR Stanley Matthews 4 9 4 4 URS 1955 Vladimir Korotkov 6 7 6 6 CHI Luis Ayala 11 2 4 6 FRA Pierre Barthès 9 6 6 8 5 AUS R Emerson 5 6 6 6 ROM 1965 I Țiriac 7 1 2 0 AUS K Fletcher 4 7 4 3 USA A Olmedo 6 5 6 6 12 NED T Okker 6 6 7 GBR M Sangster 3 0 5 URS 1955 V Korotkov 2 7 4 7 7 FRA P Barthès 6 5 6 5 5 5 AUS R Emerson 7 6 6 USA A Olmedo 5 1 1 12 NED T Okker 8 6 6 6 URS 1955 V Korotkov 10 2 1 2 5 AUS R Emerson 3 11 5 5 12 NED T Okker 6 9 7 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA Robert Haillet 9 3 2 AUS Terry Addison 11 6 6 LL ARG Raúl Peralta 1 4 3 GRE old Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 GBR Gerald Battrick 4 6 5 AUS Bob Howe 6 8 7 FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 1 2 2 11 AUS Fred Stolle 6 6 6 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 6 6 11 USA Roy Barth 4 3 8 8 9 JPN 1947 Koji Watanabe 2 4 5 DEN Jørgen Ulrich 6 6 7 URS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 6 7 2 1 2 GBR Graham Stilwell 3 5 6 6 6 FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz 0 4 2 6 ESP 1945 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 AUS T Addison 4 6 3 6 6 GRE old N Kalogeropoulos 6 1 6 4 3 AUS R Howe 1 1 1 11 AUS F Stolle 6 6 6 USA C Graebner 6 6 6 DEN J Ulrich 2 0 4 GBR G Stilwell 7 8 0 4 6 ESP 1945 M Santana 5 10 6 6 AUS T Addison 3 6 2 11 AUS F Stolle 6 8 6 USA C Graebner 9 6 6 6 ESP 1945 M Santana 7 2 1 11 AUS F Stolle 1 5 5 USA C Graebner 6 7 7 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Tom Edlefsen 6 7 7 Q FRG Jürgen Fassbender 2 5 5 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 4 2 6 6 4 Q GBR Geoffrey Bluett 6 6 2 2 6 RSA 1928 Graydon Garner 2 6 6 7 LL JAM Lance Lumsden 6 2 4 5 GBR Bobby Wilson 7 3 2 14 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 9 6 6 TCH Jan Kukal 3 4 2 AUS Dick Crealy 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Ray Moore 6 6 9 YUG Nikola Špear 1 2 7 POL 1928 Wiesław Gąsiorek 3 1 5 AUS Bill Bowrey 6 6 7 HUN István Gulyás 3 5 4 3 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 6 7 6 USA T Edlefsen 7 4 6 6 Q GBR G Bluett 5 6 1 2 RSA 1928 G Garner 2 5 6 14 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 7 8 AUS R Crealy 6 5 3 4 RSA 1928 R Moore 3 7 6 6 AUS W Bowrey 2 6 7 3 3 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 4 9 6 USA T Edlefsen 9 4 1 6 6 14 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 7 6 6 4 4 RSA 1928 R Moore 4 6 7 2 6 3 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 3 5 6 2 USA T Edlefsen 4 6 1 6 4 RSA 1928 R Moore 6 2 6 3 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round LL COL Pancho Castillo 7 4 2 FRA Georges Goven 9 6 6 URS 1955 Toomas Leius 6 1 8 2 DEN Torben Ulrich 4 6 10 6 TCH Milan Holeček 8 6 4 2 5 AUS Bob Carmichael 6 4 6 6 7 AUS Allan Stone 4 2 12 4 10 USA Butch Buchholz 6 6 10 6 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 6 8 6 GBR John Barrett 3 6 4 BRA 1968 Thomaz Koch 6 6 11 6 ITA Gaetano Di Maso 3 2 13 0 ECU Pancho Guzmán 11 1 8 6 6 USA Bob Lutz 13 6 6 3 4 IND Jaidip Mukerjea 3 4 2 7 AUS Lew Hoad 6 6 6 FRA G Goven 3 3 6 DEN T Ulrich 6 6 8 AUS R Carmichael 13 4 4 6 2 10 USA E Buchholz 11 6 6 1 6 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 3 6 3 6 12 BRA 1968 T Koch 6 4 6 3 10 ECU F Guzmán 6 1 4 7 AUS L Hoad 8 6 6 DEN T Ulrich 7 2 3 1 10 USA E Buchholz 5 6 6 6 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 6 9 1 6 6 7 AUS L Hoad 3 11 6 3 3 10 USA E Buchholz 6 3 6 6 RSA 1928 R Hewitt 4 6 2 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round LL GBR Clay Iles 7 3 6 7 FRA Jean-Pierre Courcol 5 6 3 5 CHI Patricio Cornejo 2 1 2 AUS Ray Ruffels 6 6 6 USA Jim Osborne 4 7 10 6 6 GBR Mike Davies 6 9 8 1 3 AUS Ray Keldie 3 1 5 15 AUS Tony Roche 6 6 7 GBR Paul Hutchins 3 7 10 NZL Onny Parun 6 9 12 GBR Alan Mills 4 2 3 GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 6 USA Charlie Pasarell 6 7 3 6 Q BEL Patrick Hombergen 3 5 6 3 RSA 1928 Abe Segal 3 4 4 2 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 LL GBR C Iles 4 2 3 AUS R Ruffels 6 6 6 USA J Osborne 4 0 2 15 AUS A Roche 6 6 6 NZL O Parun 2 3 14 6 6 GBR R Taylor 6 6 12 4 4 USA C Pasarell 9 1 8 2 3 2 AUS K Rosewall 7 6 6 6 6 AUS R Ruffels 4 1 3 15 AUS A Roche 6 6 6 NZL O Parun 4 6 3 2 2 AUS K Rosewall 6 3 6 6 15 AUS A Roche 9 6 6 2 AUS K Rosewall 7 3 2 References External links 1968 MS Wimbledon 1968 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1968/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 2 November 2017 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1968 French Open Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1968 U.S. Open Men's Singles Men's 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