1969 French Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1969 French Open
Final
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Ken Rosewall
Score	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	16
Events

Rod Laver defeated the defending champion Ken Rosewall in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1969 French Open.^[1] It was his second French title and ninth Grand Slam tournament singles title overall. It was the second leg of his eventual second Grand Slam, which remains the only Grand Slam achieved in men's singles tennis in the Open Era.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Rod Laver (champion)
Tony Roche (semifinals)
Ken Rosewall (final)
John Newcombe (quarterfinals)
Tom Okker (semifinals)
Arthur Ashe (fourth round)
Roy Emerson (fourth round)
Andrés Gimeno (quarterfinals)
Manuel Santana (fourth round)
Željko Franulović (quarterfinals)
Marty Riessen (second round)
Ismail El Shafei (third round)
Jan Kodeš (fourth round)
Bob Hewitt (third round)
Earl Butch Buchholz (second round)
Stan Smith (fourth round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

2	Tony Roche	4	7	6	4	6

10	Željko Franulović	6	5	0	6	1
							2	Tony Roche	5	2	2

							3	Ken Rosewall	7	6	6
3	Ken Rosewall	12	4	7	6

	Fred Stolle	10	6	5	2
													3	Ken Rosewall	4	3	4

													1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
5	Tom Okker	5	6	4	6	6

4	John Newcombe	7	2	6	2	2
							5	Tom Okker	6	0	2	4

							1	Rod Laver	4	6	6	6
8	Andrés Gimeno	6	3	4	3

1	Rod Laver	3	6	6	6

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

2	T Roche
	C Mukerjea	w/o					2	T Roche	7	6	6
	HJ Pohmann	6	6	6				HJ Pohmann	5	2	1
Q	A Panatta	2	2	3										2	T Roche	6	6	6
	K Wooldridge	3	4	2											A Stone	3	4	4
	N Pilić	6	6	6				N Pilić	6	7	3	3	4
	MH Akbari	4	4	0				A Stone	4	5	6	6	6
	A Stone	6	6	6															2	T Roche	6	8	6
15	EB Buchholz	6	6	6																W Gąsiorek	4	6	2
	G Di Maso	1	0	2			15	EB Buchholz	1	0	4
	W Gąsiorek	4	6	1	6	6		W Gąsiorek	6	6	6
	D Contet	6	4	6	2	2									W Gąsiorek	6	6	6
	P Dent	0	7	3	6	7									Š Koudelka	2	1	3
	T Akbari	6	5	6	3	5		P Dent	6	0	6	0
	Š Koudelka	6	7	7				Š Koudelka	1	6	8	6
Q	J Fassbender	4	5	5

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

7	R Emerson	3	6	5	6	6
	R Moore	6	2	7	0	3	7	R Emerson	6	6	6
	T Nowicki							T Nowicki	3	2	2
	P Guzmán	w/o												7	R Emerson	6	4	6	6
	E Castigliano	1	4	3										Q	M Di Domenico	2	6	1	4
Q	M Di Domenico	6	6	6			Q	M Di Domenico	5	6	6	6
Q	J Bartlett	6	1	6	5	6	Q	J Bartlett	7	4	4	4
	I Molina	4	6	3	7	4														7	R Emerson	6	3	0	2
10	Z Franulović	6	6	6																10	Z Franulović	1	6	6	6
Q	B Detroye	1	3	2			10	Z Franulović	6	6	6
	H Nerell	6	6	3	6			H Nerell	0	2	0
	R Ruffels	0	1	6	4									10	Z Franulović	6	6	6
Q	P Proisy	6	1	7	5	2									D Ralston	2	0	1
	D Ralston	1	6	5	7	6		D Ralston	6	6	0	0	6
	T Leius	5	2	7	5			P Rodríguez	2	4	6	6	4
	P Rodríguez	7	6	5	7

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

3	K Rosewall	7	6	6
	M Leclercq	5	4	2			3	K Rosewall	6	6	6
	M Holeček							M Holeček	0	3	1
	R Taylor	w/o											3	K Rosewall	4	6	6	6
	T Edlefsen	6	6	4	2									M Mulligan	6	2	2	1
	F Jauffret	2	8	6	6			F Jauffret	0	7	6	2
	V Palman	3	4	4				M Mulligan	6	9	4	6
	M Mulligan	6	6	6															3	K Rosewall	6	6	6
14	B Hewitt	8	6	6																I Gulyás	1	2	1
	R Holmberg	6	2	4			14	B Hewitt	6	6	6
Q	G Masters	4	3	2				JC Barclay	4	4	2
	JC Barclay	6	6	6									14	B Hewitt	9	0	6	5
Q	P Toci	3	6	6	6	6								I Gulyás	11	6	0	7
	G Merlo	6	4	4	8	4	Q	P Toci	4	6	3
	I Gulyás	6	5	6	8			I Gulyás	6	8	6
Q	T Gorman	3	7	1	6

Section 4

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

6	A Ashe	6	6	6
	H Fauquier	2	0	3		6	A Ashe	6	2	4	6	6
	J-P Courcol	5	7	6	6		J-P Courcol	2	6	6	3	2
	E Di Matteo	7	5	1	0								6	A Ashe	6	6	6
	JL Rouyer	6	6	6										B Phillips-Moore	4	3	1
	A Segal	2	2	2			JL Rouyer	6	4	4	4
Q	F Pierson	1	2	2			B Phillips-Moore	3	6	6	6
	B Phillips-Moore	6	6	6															6	A Ashe	2	0	4
11	M Riessen	6	6	6																F Stolle	6	6	6
	B Montrenaud	4	0	0		11	M Riessen	2	6	8	2	3
	F Stolle	6	6	6			F Stolle	6	4	6	6	6
	C De Gronckel	4	0	3										F Stolle	2	6	6	6
	P Pokorny	6	8	3	5									J Kukal	6	1	3	4
Q	S Palmieri	3	10	6	7	Q	S Palmieri	2	2	1
	J Kukal	6	8	0			J Kukal	6	6	6
	R Haillet	1	6	15	r.

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	D Lloyd	2	3	1
	C Richey	6	6	6				C Richey	6	6	8	9
Q	M Estep	2	3	1				L Ayala	4	3	10	7
	L Ayala	6	6	6										C Richey	6	7	6	6
	A Ivanov	0	3	4									12	I El Shafei	2	5	8	1
	V Zednik	6	6	6				V Zednik	0	1	2
Q	J Barrett	4	4	5			12	I El Shafei	6	6	6
12	I El Shafei	6	6	7																C Richey	7	3	3
Q	S Matthews	6	0	0	6	8													5	T Okker	9	6	6
	I Năstase	3	6	6	4	6	Q	S Matthews	6	8	3	1
	M Belkin	6	7	0	r.			G Goven	8	6	6	6
	G Goven	4	5	3										G Goven	2	2	5
	P Barthès	6	6	8									5	T Okker	6	6	7
	JL Arilla	4	4	6				P Barthès	3	0	4
	B Paul	3	2	0			5	T Okker	6	6	6
5	T Okker	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round					Third round						Fourth round

	P Beust	6	6	6	6
	M Rybarczyk	2	0	8	1			P Beust	3	4	1
	Z Ivančić	2	0	0				R Maud	6	6	6
	R Maud	6	6	6									R Maud	2	6	9	3
Q	A Licis	7	3	3								13	J Kodeš	6	4	11	6
	R Howe	9	6	6				R Howe	0	2	6
	E Drossart	1	3	3			13	J Kodeš	6	6	8
13	J Kodeš	6	6	6														13	J Kodeš	1	4	6	10	9
	M Orantes	4	6	6	6													4	J Newcombe	6	6	0	8	11
	T Ulrich	6	2	3	3			M Orantes	6	6	6
	HJ Plötz	0	6	6	2	6	Q	Z Guerry	1	3	3
Q	Z Guerry	6	2	1	6	8							M Orantes	4	3	6	3
	W Bowrey	6	8	6								4	J Newcombe	6	6	4	6
	V Crotta	4	6	1				W Bowrey	3	2	2
	C Pasarell	1	2	5			4	J Newcombe	6	6	6
4	J Newcombe	6	6	7

Section 7

First round						Second round						Third round					Fourth round

	A Olmedo	7	4	0
	B Carmichael	9	6	6			B Carmichael	6	6	6
	F McMillan	6	6	6			F McMillan	3	1	2
	O Parun	3	4	4									B Carmichael	2	2	1
	I Țiriac	6	7	6								9	M Santana	6	6	6
	N Kalogeropoulos	2	5	0			I Țiriac	3	5	3
	C Drysdale	7	4	2	0	9	M Santana	6	7	6
9	M Santana	5	6	6	6												9	M Santana	6	6	4	4	0
	W Álvarez																8	A Gimeno	4	2	6	6	1
	L Lumsden	w/o					W Álvarez	6	3	5	6
	P Mărmureanu	6	6	6			P Mărmureanu	3	6	7	8
	N Pietrangeli	3	3	2									P Mărmureanu	4	1	0
	I Buding	6	6	6								8	A Gimeno	6	6	6
	A Gardiner	3	0	4			I Buding	1	3	6
	N Špear	w/o				8	A Gimeno	6	6	8
8	A Gimeno

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

	S Dron	6	4	4	4
	P Lall	4	6	6	6			P Lall	6	6	6
	A Metreveli	6	4	7	4	4		T Ryan	1	2	3
	T Ryan	4	6	5	6	6									P Lall	6	3	1	6	0
	P Hombergen	6	8	4	4	8								16	S Smith	3	6	6	4	6
	J Alexander	2	6	6	6	6		P Hombergen	3	1	2
	B Jovanović	6	6	4	5	4	16	S Smith	6	6	6
16	S Smith	3	3	6	7	6															16	S Smith	4	2	4
	M Hickey	1	3	2																	1	R Laver	6	6	6
	P Marzano	6	6	6				P Marzano	6	6	6
	D Stolcer	6	2	1				J Velasco Sr.	3	4	4
	J Velasco Sr.	8	6	6											P Marzano	1	0	6
	D Sturdza	4	6	5	2									1	R Laver	6	6	8
	D Crealy	6	4	7	6			D Crealy	6	9	2	2	4
	K Watanabe	1	1	1			1	R Laver	3	7	6	6	6
1	R Laver	6	6	6

References

^ "Aussies At Roland Garros - Rod Laver 1969". Tennis Australia. Melbourne. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links

Preceded by 1969 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

[Tennis_Australia-1-1] "Aussies At Roland Garros - Rod Laver 1969". Tennis Australia. Melbourne. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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