1968 French Open – Men's Singles

1968 French Open
1967 champion		Roy Emerson
Champion		Ken Rosewall
Runner-up		Rod Laver
Final score		6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		-45		45+		women
WC Singles		men		women
WC Doubles		men		women
French Open  < 1967 1969 >

Roy Emerson was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales.

Ken Rosewall won in the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

Rod Laver (Final) Ken Rosewall (Champion) Andrés Gimeno (Semifinals) Roy Emerson (Quarterfinals) Pancho Gonzales (Semifinals) Fred Stolle (Second Round) Lew Hoad (First Round) Bob Hewitt (Third Round)

Ion Ţiriac (Quarterfinals) Wilhelm Bungert (First Round) Nicola Pietrangeli (First Round) István Gulyás (Fourth Round) Cliff Richey (Fourth Round) Ray Ruffels (Fourth Round) Jan Kodeš (First Round) Alex Metreveli (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Rod Laver	4	4	6	6	6
	9	Ion Ţiriac	6	6	3	3	0
										1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
										5	Pancho Gonzales	3	3	1
	4	Roy Emerson	5	3	6	6	4
	5	Pancho Gonzales	7	6	3	4	6
																			1	Rod Laver	3	1	6	2
																			2	Ken Rosewall	6	6	2	6
		Boro Jovanović	4	0	2
	3	Andrés Gimeno	6	6	6
										3	Andrés Gimeno	6	3	5	6	3
										2	Ken Rosewall	3	6	7	3	6
		Thomaz Koch	6	2	6	3
	2	Ken Rosewall	8	6	3	6

Preliminary Round

Winning Player	Score	Losing Player
Eric Drossart	7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5	John Bartlett
Dimitri Sturdza	6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–2	Gaetano di Maso
Carlos Fernandes	10–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1	Bernard Boutboul (Q)
Bernard Montrenaud	3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6	Phil Dent
Eduardo Zuleta	2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–5	Péter Szőke
Richard Hawkes	6–3, 6–2, 6–0	Richard Russell
Bernard Paul	6–0, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2	Colin Dibley

Section 1

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
1	R Laver	6	6	6
	L Lumsden	1	1	4					1	R Laver	6	4	6	6
	N Kalogeropoulos	3	6	6	6					N Kalogeropoulos	2	6	4	1
	R Howe	6	4	4	4													1	R Laver	6	6	2	2	6
	W Alvarez																		P Marmureanu	3	1	6	6	3
	P Marmureanu	w/o								P Marmureanu	6	7	6
	L Olander	6	6	6						L Olander	4	5	2
	A Pena	4	1	1																							1	R Laver	6	6	6
	B Wilson	6	3																									B Carmichael	0	1	1
	J-C Molinari	4	1	r						B Wilson	4	3	3
	B Carmichael	4	6	6	6					B Carmichael	6	6	6
	P Hombergen	6	3	1	0														B Carmichael	6	8	2	5	6
	A Fox	6	6	6															J Alexander	2	6	6	7	4
	A Acuna	2	1	0						A Fox	6	3	6	9	6r
	J Alexander	w/o								J Alexander	4	6	3	11	6
16	A Metreveli

Section 2

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
8	B Hewitt	6	7	6
Q	J Thamin	1	5	0					8	B Hewitt	w/o
	I Watanabe	w/o								A Cooper
	A Cooper																	8	B Hewitt	6	6	5	2
	Z Franulović	w/o																	Z Franulović	3	8	7	6
	J Gisbert, Sr.									Z Franulović	w/o
	A Segal	7	3	6	1	6				A Segal
	J Moore	5	6	1	6	3																						Z Franulović	4	3	2
	M Riessen																										9	I Ţiriac	6	6	6
	R Moore	w/o								R Moore
	M Holeček	6	2	6	6					M Holeček	w/o
	T Addison	1	6	1	4														M Holeček	1	3	7	3
	M Orantes																	9	I Ţiriac	6	6	5	6
	J-L Rouyer	w/o								J-L Rouyer	1	2	1
	G Deniau	1	1	1					9	I Ţiriac	6	6	6
9	I Ţiriac	6	6	6

Section 3

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
4	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
	O Parun	7	1	2	2				4	R Emerson	12	6	6
	B Phillips-Moore	6	6	6						B Phillips-Moore	10	1	1
	P Beust	3	1	3														4	R Emerson	6	6	5	6
Q	B de Troye	3	1	1															B Maud	1	3	7	3
	B Fairlie	6	6	6						B Fairlie	2	6	6	5	3
	B Maud	9	6	6						B Maud	6	4	3	7	6
	S Palmieri	7	4	4																							4	R Emerson	6	6	6
	P Pokorny																										13	C Richey	4	2	2
	A Stone									A Stone	7	6	6
	J Mateo									M Lewandowski	5	1	0
	M Lewandowski	w/o																	A Stone	5	3	5
	G Goven	w/o																13	C Richey	7	6	7
	G Merlo									G Goven	3	3	6	9	4
	J Velasco, Sr.								13	C Richey	6	6	4	7	6
13	C Richey	w/o

Section 4

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
12	I Gulyás	6	6	6
Q	F Tutvin	2	1	4					12	I Gulyás	6	6	6
	T Ulrich	w/o								T Ulrich	2	1	1
	M Gilardelli																	12	I Gulyás	3	8	6	6
	M Cox	6	6	6															M Cox	6	6	2	2
	B Paul	1	1	1						M Cox	6	6	6	6
	R Hawkes	6	6	3	5	0				E Zuleta	0	1	8	3
	E Zuleta	3	4	6	7	6																					12	I Gulyás	1	1	4
	C de Gronckel	w/o																									5	P Gonzales	6	6	6
	P Rodríguez									C de Gronckel	5	0	1
	N Perry	2	8	1	1					P Darmon	7	6	6
	P Darmon	6	6	6	6														P Darmon	6	1	10	6
	B Giltinan	w/o																5	P Gonzales	1	6	12	8
	S Likhachev									B Giltinan	1	0	3
	R Keldie	2	0	6	3				5	P Gonzales	6	6	6
5	P Gonzales	6	6	3	6

Section 5

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
6	F Stolle	3	7	6	3	6
	C Duxin	6	5	3	6	4			6	F Stolle	3	0	3
	B Jovanović	6	6	6						B Jovanović	6	6	6
Q	D Lloyd	1	0	1															B Jovanović	9	6	6	6	6
	I Năstase	6	6	6															D Crealy	7	8	2	8	2
	J-P Olivier	2	1	2						I Năstase	6	6	5	2
	M Sangster	7	6	6	6	0				D Crealy	4	8	7	6
	D Crealy	9	3	4	8	6																						B Jovanović	6	6	6
	B Montrenaud	6	11	6																								G Battrick	4	4	3
	C Fernandez	2	9	1						B Montrenaud	6	4	3	6	5
	D Sturdza	3	6	6	6					D Sturdza	3	6	6	3	7
	E Drossart	6	4	4	1														D Sturdza	4	4	8	3
	E Gorostagia																		G Battrick	6	6	6	6
	J Courcol	w/o								J Courcol	4	8	1
	G Battrick	w/o								G Battrick	6	10	6
11	N Pietrangeli

Section 6

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
14	R Ruffels
	V Kazarevitch	w/o							14	R Ruffels	5	7	6	8
	F Komaromi	4	2	6	3					F McMillan	7	5	4	6
	F McMillan	6	6	3	6													14	R Ruffels	6	6	6
	D Contet	0	0	0															P Cornejo	4	2	2
	N Spear	6	6	6						N Spear	4	6	3	2
	P Cornejo	w/o								P Cornejo	6	3	6	6
	D Herdy																										14	R Ruffels	1	1	1
	P Strobl	w/o																									3	A Gimeno	6	6	6
	I Molina									P Strobl
	I Buding	6	6	6						I Buding	w/o
Q	P Joly	4	4	0															I Buding	3	4	3
	P Jauffret																	3	A Gimeno	6	6	6
	S Dron									S Dron	7	1	3	2
	E Cruz								3	A Gimeno	5	6	6	6
3	A Gimeno	w/o

Section 7

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
7	L Hoad
	W Gasiorek									W Gasiorek	2	6	10	6	6
	R Summers	6	4	6						M Leclercq	6	2	12	2	2
	M Leclercq	8	6	8															W Gasiorek	7	7	2	0	2
	F Jauffret	8	6	6															F Jauffret	5	5	6	6	6
	J Barrett	6	4	2						F Jauffret	3	6	6	8
	P Guzman									J Kukal	6	4	0	6
	J Kukal	w/o																										F Jauffret	1	6	5	4
	T Koch	w/o																										T Koch	6	4	7	6
	Z Ivancic									T Koch	6	6	7
	G Pilet	w/o								G Pilet	4	2	5
	J Mukherjea																		T Koch	6	6	6
	A Marcial																		T Ryan	4	1	2
	T Ryan	w/o								T Ryan	3	4	6	6	6
Q	T Christensen	w/o							Q	T Christensen	6	6	4	2	1
10	W Bungert

Section 8

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
15	J Kodeš
	F Gentil	w/o								F Gentil	2	0	0
	T Nowicki									P Hutchins	6	6	6
	P Hutchins	w/o																	P Hutchins	3	3	3
	S Tacchini																		H Fitzgibbon	6	6	6
	H Fitzgibbon	w/o								H Fitzgibbon	6	7	6
Q	P Proisy	w/o							Q	P Proisy	3	5	3
	R Krishnan																											H Fitzgibbon	2	0	7
	J E Mandarino	6	6	7																							2	K Rosewall	6	6	9
	J-B Chanfreau	4	3	5						J Mandarino	6	4	6	11
	J Pinto-Bravo	w/o								J Pinto-Bravo	3	6	3	9
	B Geraghty																		J Mandarino	2	4	2
	J-C Barclay	4	8	6	2	2												2	K Rosewall	6	6	6
	C Stubs	6	6	1	6	6				C Stubs	1	1	0
	T Edlefsen	8	1	1					2	K Rosewall	6	6	6
2	K Rosewall	10	6	6

External links

• 1968 ATP French Open Men's Singles Draw
• 1968 ITF French Open Men's Singles Draw