1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
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| Men's singles | ||||||||||||
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| 1968 Wimbledon Championships | ||||||||||||
| Final | ||||||||||||
| Champion | Australia Rod Laver | |||||||||||
| Runner-up | Australia Tony Roche | |||||||||||
| Score | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 | |||||||||||
| Details | ||||||||||||
| Draw | 128(10 Q ) | |||||||||||
| Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||
| Events | ||||||||||||
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1968 tennis event results
Main article: 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.[1] 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, 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
[edit ]- 1. Australia Rod Laver (champion)
- 2. Australia Ken Rosewall (fourth round)
- 3. Spain Andrés Gimeno (third round)
- 4. Australia John Newcombe (fourth round)
- 5. Australia Roy Emerson (fourth round)
- 6. Spain Manuel Santana (third round)
- 7. Australia Lew Hoad (third round)
- 8. United States Pancho Gonzales (third round)
- 9. United States Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)
- 10. United States Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals)
- 11. Australia Fred Stolle (fourth round)
- 12. Netherlands Tom Okker (quarterfinals)
- 13. United States Arthur Ashe (semifinals)
- 14. South Africa Cliff Drysdale (third round)
- 15. Australia Tony Roche (final)
- 16. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying
[edit ]Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
9
United States Dennis Ralston
6
3
1
6
2
13
United States Arthur Ashe
5
2
4
13
United States Arthur Ashe
7
9
9
6
12
Netherlands Tom Okker
9
7
7
2
15
Australia Tony Roche
3
4
2
United States Clark Graebner
6
6
9
South Africa Ray Moore
2
0
7
United States Clark Graebner
7
10
4
6
15
Australia Tony Roche
9
8
6
8
10
United States Butch Buchholz
6
5
4
4
15
Australia Tony Roche
3
7
6
6
Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Q
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
6
5
5
9
2
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
United States Pancho Gonzales
6
6
6
Mexico Antonio Palafox
3
5
6
4
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
Australia John Newcombe
4
6
6
6
Spain José Luis Arilla
6
6
11
6
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
Australia Roy Emerson
6
6
6
France Pierre Barthès
9
6
6
8
Bottom half
[edit ]Section 5
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
France Robert Haillet
9
3
2
6
Spain Manuel Santana
6
6
6
Section 6
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United States Tom Edlefsen
6
7
7
3
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6
7
6
Section 7
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
LL
Colombia Pancho Castillo
7
4
2
Section 8
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
LL
United Kingdom Clay Iles
7
3
6
7
2
Australia Ken Rosewall
6
6
6
References
[edit ]- ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
External links
[edit ]- 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