1969 French Open – Men's singles
Appearance
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1969 French Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champion | Australia Rod Laver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Runner-up | Australia Ken Rosewall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969 tennis event results
Main article: 1969 French Open
Rod Laver defeated 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
[edit ]The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Australia Rod Laver (champion)
- Australia Tony Roche (semifinals)
- Australia Ken Rosewall (final)
- Australia John Newcombe (quarterfinals)
- Netherlands Tom Okker (semifinals)
- United States Arthur Ashe (fourth round)
- Australia Roy Emerson (fourth round)
- Spain Andrés Gimeno (quarterfinals)
- Spain Manuel Santana (fourth round)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović (quarterfinals)
- United States Marty Riessen (second round)
- United Arab Republic Ismail El Shafei (third round)
- Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš (fourth round)
- South Africa Bob Hewitt (third round)
- United States Earl Butch Buchholz (second round)
- United States Stan Smith (fourth round)
Qualifying
[edit ]Main article: 1969 French Open – Men's singles qualifying
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- r = Retired
Finals
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
2
Australia Tony Roche
4
7
6
4
6
2
Australia Tony Roche
5
2
2
3
Australia Ken Rosewall
7
6
6
3
Australia Ken Rosewall
12
4
7
6
Australia Fred Stolle
10
6
5
2
3
Australia Ken Rosewall
4
3
4
5
Netherlands Tom Okker
5
6
4
6
6
4
Australia John Newcombe
7
2
6
2
2
5
Netherlands Tom Okker
6
0
2
4
8
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6
3
4
3
Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Pilić
6
6
6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Pilić
6
7
3
3
4
Q
West Germany J Fassbender
4
5
5
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Z Franulović
6
6
6
10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Z Franulović
1
6
6
6
Chile P Rodríguez
7
6
5
7
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
3
Australia K Rosewall
7
6
6
Q
United States T Gorman
3
7
1
6
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
United States A Ashe
6
6
6
Section 5
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United Kingdom D Lloyd
2
3
1
5
Netherlands T Okker
6
6
6
Section 6
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
Australia J Newcombe
6
6
7
Section 7
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
United States A Olmedo
7
4
0
Section 8
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Aussies At Roland Garros - Rod Laver 1969". Tennis Australia . Melbourne. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Draws, ATP Tour, Tennis". ATP. Retrieved 12 October 2024.