1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1969 Wimbledon Championships AUS Rod Laver AUS John Newcombe 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 16 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles grand slam 1969 Wimbledon Championships Defending champion Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1969 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his fourth Wimbledon singles title and tenth Grand Slam tournament singles title overall. It was the third leg of an eventual second Grand Slam for Laver, which remains the only Grand Slam achieved in men's singles tennis in the Open Era. Seeds 1 1 AUS Rod Laver (champion) 2 8 AUS Tony Roche (semifinals) 3 6 NED Tom Okker (quarterfinals) 4 3 AUS Ken Rosewall (third round) 5 4 USA Arthur Ashe (semifinals) 6 5 AUS John Newcombe (final) 7 7 USA Clark Graebner (quarterfinals) 8 2 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals) 9 2 AUS Roy Emerson (fourth round) 10 7 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno (fourth round) 11 5 AUS Fred Stolle (fourth round) 12 4 USA Pancho Gonzales (fourth round) 13 3 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore (first round) 14 6 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt (first round) 15 8 USA Dennis Ralston (fourth round) 16 1 USA Stan Smith (fourth round) Qualifying 1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 8 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 4 2 3 USA Robert Lutz 4 2 6 5 5 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 4 7 6 AUS John Newcombe 8 3 6 7 3 NED Tom Okker 6 6 1 5 7 USA Clark Graebner 6 6 3 4 9 2 AUS Tony Roche 4 4 6 6 11 1 AUS Rod Laver 2 6 9 6 5 USA Arthur Ashe 6 2 7 0 6 AUS John Newcombe 3 6 14 6 2 AUS Tony Roche 6 1 12 4 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 5 6 6 6 AUS John Newcombe 4 7 4 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Rod Laver 6 6 6 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 1 2 2 Q USA Chauncey Steele 4 12 8 6 IND Premjit Lall 6 10 10 8 DEN Jan Leschly 6 7 6 AUS Ken Fletcher 4 5 2 FRA Jean-Loup Rouyer 6 5 6 5 6 LL AUS Barry Geraghty 2 7 4 7 3 16 USA Stan Smith 20 6 9 4 6 AUS Allan Stone 22 4 7 6 3 GBR David Lloyd 8 6 7 HUN István Gulyás 6 4 5 USA Donald Dell 3 6 2 1 AUS Bill Bowrey 6 3 6 6 BRA 1968 Thomaz Koch 8 3 7 3 4 FRA Georges Goven 6 6 5 6 6 1 AUS R Laver 3 4 6 6 6 IND P Lall 6 6 3 0 0 DNK J Leschly 6 22 6 FRA J-L Rouyer 4 20 4 16 USA S Smith 6 7 6 GBR D Lloyd 3 5 1 AUS W Bowrey 8 6 6 FRA G Goven 6 4 3 1 AUS R Laver 6 6 6 DNK J Leschly 3 3 3 16 USA S Smith 3 9 6 6 AUS W Bowrey 6 7 3 4 1 AUS R Laver 6 6 7 3 6 16 USA S Smith 4 2 9 6 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale 7 7 9 BEL Patrick Hombergen 5 5 7 AUS Owen Davidson 6 6 6 Q GBR John Paish 1 2 3 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 5 4 6 1 ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac 7 6 4 6 GBR Mark Cox 7 6 6 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 5 4 3 9 AUS Roy Emerson 6 6 6 LL AUT Peter Pokorny 1 1 1 Q GBR John Clifton 4 6 4 6 5 GBR Stanley Matthews 6 3 6 2 7 URS 1955 Vladimir Korotkov 6 6 8 GBR Mike Sangster 4 3 6 GRE old Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol 2 2 4 8 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 11 6 AUS O Davidson 4 4 13 2 ROM 1965 I Țiriac 6 8 7 10 GBR M Cox 2 10 9 12 9 AUS R Emerson 6 6 6 GBR S Matthews 3 1 2 URS 1955 V Korotkov 6 4 3 6 3 GRE old N Kalogeropoulos 2 6 6 3 6 8 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 11 6 GBR M Cox 2 9 4 9 AUS R Emerson 7 6 6 GRE old N Kalogeropoulos 5 3 2 8 RSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 0 6 9 9 AUS R Emerson 4 8 6 3 7 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 POL 1928 Wiesław Gąsiorek 1 1 2 GBR Roger Taylor 6 13 6 USA Vic Seixas 4 11 2 USA Bob Lutz 6 6 6 Q TCH Štěpán Koudelka 1 1 0 TCH Jan Kodeš 6 3 5 6 6 CHI Patricio Cornejo 3 6 7 3 1 13 RSA 1928 Ray Moore 3 2 11 4 AUS John Alexander 6 6 9 6 RSA 1928 Gordon Forbes 4 6 3 NZL Onny Parun 6 8 6 Q AUS Allan McDonald 5 5 6 FRA Jean-Pierre Courcol 7 7 8 AUS Terry Addison 9 6 6 LL ECU Eduardo Zuleta 7 3 3 4 AUS K Rosewall 6 6 8 GBR R Taylor 1 4 6 USA R Lutz 2 4 6 6 7 TCH J Kodeš 6 6 1 2 5 AUS J Alexander 7 6 6 NZL O Parun 5 4 3 FRA J-P Courcol 3 2 6 5 AUS T Addison 6 6 3 7 4 AUS K Rosewall 6 9 3 2 USA R Lutz 8 7 6 6 AUS J Alexander 6 8 13 3 6 AUS T Addison 3 10 11 6 3 USA R Lutz 9 4 3 6 6 AUS J Alexander 7 6 6 4 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA Arthur Ashe 1 11 6 7 USA Marty Riessen 6 9 3 5 DEN Torben Ulrich 6 4 4 7 RSA 1928 Terry Ryan 4 6 6 9 GBR Graham Stilwell 6 3 8 4 6 GBR Keith Wooldridge 2 6 6 6 1 GBR Alan Mills 6 2 6 5 12 FRG Ingo Buding 2 6 4 7 14 12 USA Pancho Gonzales 22 1 16 6 11 USA Charlie Pasarell 24 6 14 3 9 GBR John Barrett 4 4 2 SWE Ove Bengtson 6 6 6 USA Tom Edlefsen 6 3 9 6 USA Roy Barth 3 6 7 3 AUS Ray Keldie 12 4 6 6 URS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 10 6 4 4 5 USA A Ashe 3 4 6 6 6 RSA 1928 T Ryan 6 6 3 2 2 GBR G Stilwell 6 6 6 FRG I Buding 3 2 4 12 USA R Gonzales 6 6 6 SWE O Bengtson 4 3 3 USA T Edlefsen 8 6 4 5 6 AUS R Keldie 6 3 6 7 4 5 USA A Ashe 6 1 6 13 12 GBR G Stilwell 2 6 2 15 10 12 USA R Gonzales 6 6 6 USA T Edlefsen 4 3 2 5 USA A Ashe 7 4 6 6 12 USA R Gonzales 5 6 3 3 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Gerald Battrick 6 3 4 6 6 LL POL 1928 Tadeusz Nowicki 4 6 6 4 4 TCH Milan Holeček 6 5 11 6 Q USA Erik van Dillen 3 7 9 4 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 6 6 6 LL JPN 1947 Keishiro Yanagi 4 1 2 GBR Paul Hutchins 4 8 4 11 AUS Fred Stolle 6 10 6 FRA Daniel Contet 4 9 8 4 AUS Mal Anderson 6 11 6 6 DEN Jørgen Ulrich 1 4 6 4 AUS John Cooper 6 6 1 6 NZL Brian Fairlie 6 8 6 CHI Patricio Rodríguez 2 6 3 YUG Nikola Pilić 10 4 6 5 6 AUS John Newcombe 12 6 4 7 GBR G Battrick 3 7 1 6 3 TCH M Holeček 6 5 6 4 6 RSA 1928 R Maud 17 6 0 5 11 AUS F Stolle 19 2 6 7 AUS M Anderson 13 8 6 AUS J Cooper 11 6 4 NZL B Fairlie 5 4 4 6 AUS J Newcombe 7 6 6 TCH M Holeček 2 4 2 11 AUS F Stolle 6 6 6 AUS M Anderson 2 3 1 6 AUS J Newcombe 6 6 6 11 AUS F Stolle 4 5 6 3 6 AUS J Newcombe 6 7 3 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q USA Billy Higgins 4 2 4 GBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 YUG Željko Franulović 7 6 6 7 10 URS 1955 Toomas Leius 5 8 3 9 8 AUS Bob Carmichael 5 6 7 6 BRA 1968 José Edison Mandarino 7 1 5 4 USA Cliff Richey 0 6 6 6 9 14 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 6 4 8 2 7 Q RSA 1928 Rayno Seegers 5 3 1 AUS Dick Crealy 7 6 6 JAM Richard Russell 4 14 5 6 6 SUI Dimitri Sturdza 6 12 7 3 4 USA Ronnie Holmberg 8 4 6 2 7 USA Alex Olmedo 6 6 4 6 5 UAR Ismail El Shafei 3 8 4 3 NED Tom Okker 6 10 6 GBR R Wilson 6 3 7 5 6 YUG Z Franulović 4 6 5 7 0 AUS B Carmichael 2 6 7 6 USA C Richey 6 4 5 4 AUS D Crealy 9 6 6 JAM R Russell 7 4 4 USA R Holmberg 6 6 1 4 2 3 NED T Okker 3 2 6 6 6 GBR R Wilson 6 6 15 AUS B Carmichael 1 4 13 AUS D Crealy 6 3 2 4 3 NED T Okker 4 6 6 6 GBR R Wilson 9 4 2 3 NED T Okker 11 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Phil Dent 6 6 6 ECU Pancho Guzmán 4 2 3 AUS Bob Giltinan 9 6 11 6 2 FRA François Jauffret 11 2 13 2 6 YUG Nikola Špear 4 1 1 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 3 4 6 1 10 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno 6 6 3 6 USA Gene Scott 16 4 4 FRA Pierre Barthès 18 6 6 USA Tom Gorman 3 6 3 8 4 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 4 6 6 6 AUS John Brown 9 6 7 Q AUS John Bartlett 7 2 5 AUS Ray Ruffels 4 6 3 7 USA Clark Graebner 6 8 6 AUS P Dent 6 6 6 2 6 FRA F Jauffret 4 8 4 6 4 URS 1955 A Metreveli 3 6 1 6 3 10 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 6 3 6 3 6 FRA P Barthès 2 4 6 3 ROM 1965 I Năstase 6 6 3 6 AUS J Brown 2 0r 7 USA C Graebner 6 3 AUS P Dent 6 8 3 4 4 10 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 2 6 6 6 6 ROM 1965 I Năstase 5 6 4 7 USA C Graebner 7 8 6 10 ESP 1945 A Gimeno 9 5r 7 USA C Graebner 7 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Jim McManus 2 6 6 4 6 USA Butch Buchholz 6 4 1 6 8 CHI Luis Ayala 6 6 12 AUS Bob Howe 4 2 10 TCH Jan Kukal 16 6 8 Q RSA 1928 Julian Krinsky 14 3 6 IND Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 5 15 USA Dennis Ralston 6 8 7 FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz 6 3 6 6 GBR Peter Curtis 2 6 4 1 JPN 1947 Koji Watanabe 6 7 6 FRA Patrice Beust 3 5 3 RSA 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 ITA Eugenio Castigliano 2 1 3 FRA Jean-Claude Barclay 5 6 3 2 2 AUS Tony Roche 7 4 6 6 USA E Buchholz 8 6 6 CHI L Ayala 6 2 4 TCH J Kukal 5 2 4 15 USA D Ralston 7 6 6 FRG H-J Plötz 9 3 9 9 JPN 1947 K Watanabe 7 6 7 7 RSA 1928 A Segal 1 2 0 2 AUS A Roche 6 6 6 USA E Buchholz 4 2 5 15 USA D Ralston 6 6 7 FRG H-J Plötz 1 7 4 2 AUS A Roche 6 9 6 15 USA D Ralston 3 6 5 10 2 2 AUS A Roche 6 4 7 8 6 References External links 1969 MS Wimbledon 1969 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1969/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 2 November 2017 1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1969 French Open Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1969 U.S. Open Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles