1968 French Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
1968 French Open
Champion	Ken Rosewall
Runner-up	Rod Laver
Score	6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Draw	135 (8 Q )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1968 French Open

Second-seeded Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1968 French Open. It was Rosewall's second French title, and his fifth Grand Slam title of an eventual eight. The tournament was the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era, in which professionals were allowed to compete against amateurs. Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a Grand Slam tournament since 1956 and 1962 respectively, were no longer barred from entering. Fourth-seeded Roy Emerson was the defending champion but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Pancho Gonzales.

Missing from this year's French Open were WCT's "Handsome Eight" and top amateurs Santana, Ashe, Graebner and Okker. It was future champion Năstase's first ever grand slam event.

Seeds

01.   Rod Laver (Final)

02.   Ken Rosewall (Champion)

03.   Andrés Gimeno (Semifinals)

04.   Roy Emerson (Quarterfinals)

05.   Pancho Gonzales (Semifinals)

06.   Fred Stolle (Second round)

07.   Lew Hoad (First round, withdrew)

08.   Bob Hewitt (Third round)

09.   Ion Țiriac (Quarterfinals)

10.   Wilhelm Bungert (First round, withdrew)

11.   Nicola Pietrangeli (First round, withdrew)

12.   István Gulyás (Fourth round)

13.   Cliff Richey (Fourth round)

14.   Ray Ruffels (Fourth round)

15.   Jan Kodeš (First round, withdrew)

16.   Alex Metreveli (First round, withdrew)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 1968 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

• 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

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

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	7	L Hoad	w/o
		W Gąsiorek									W Gąsiorek	2	6	10	6	6
		R Summers	6	4	6						M Leclercq	6	2	12	2	2
		M Leclercq	8	6	8															W Gąsiorek	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
		F Guzmán	w/o								J Kukal	6	4	0	6
		J Kukal																											F Jauffret	1	1	1
	10	W Bungert	w/o																										T Koch	6	6	6
	Q	Y Christiaen								Q	Y Christiaen	6	6	4	2	1
		T Ryan									T Ryan	3	4	6	6	6
		A Marcial	w/o																	T Ryan	4	1	2
		J Mukerjea	w/o																	T Koch	6	6	6
		G Pilet									G Pilet	4	2	5
		Z Ivančić	w/o								T Koch	6	6	7
		T Koch

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	3	A Gimeno
		E Cruz	w/o							3	A Gimeno	5	6	6	6
		S Dron									S Dron	7	1	3	2
		P Jauffret	w/o																3	A Gimeno	6	6	6
	Q	P Joly	4	4	0															I Buding	3	4	3
		I Buding	6	6	6						I Buding
		P Štrobl									P Štrobl	w/o
		I Molina	w/o																									3	A Gimeno	6	6	6
	14	R Ruffels																										14	R Ruffels	4	4	3
		V Kazakevitch	w/o							14	R Ruffels	5	7	6	8
		F Komáromi	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 Špear	6	6	6						N Špear	4	6	3	2
		P Cornejo									P Cornejo	6	3	6	6
		D Herdy	w/o

Section 4

	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
	14	N Pietrangeli	w/o																										G Battrick	1	1	4
		G Battrick									G Battrick	6	10	6
		J-P Courcol									J-P Courcol	4	8	1
		E Gorostiaga	w/o																	G Battrick	6	6	6	6
		E Drossart	6	4	4	1														D Sturdza	4	4	8	3
		D Sturdza	3	6	6	6					D Sturdza	3	6	6	3	7
		C Fernandes	2	9	1						B Montrenaud	6	4	3	6	5
		B Montrenaud	6	11	6

Bottom half

Section 5

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

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		P Pokorny	w/o
		A Stone									A Stone	7	6	6
		Joseph Mateo	w/o								B Lewandowski	5	1	0
		B Lewandowski																		A Stone	5	3	5
		G Goven																	13	C Richey	7	6	7
		G Merlo	w/o								G Goven	3	3	6	9	4
		J Velasco	w/o							13	C Richey	6	6	4	7	6
	13	C Richey																										13	C Richey	6	4	6	9
		S Palmieri	7	4	4																							4	R Emerson	0	6	8	11
		R Maud	9	6	6						R Maud	6	4	3	7	6
		B Fairlie	6	6	6						B Fairlie	2	6	6	5	3
	Q	B de Troye	3	1	1															R Maud	1	3	7	3
		P Beust	3	1	3														4	R Emerson	6	6	5	6
		B Phillips-Moore	6	6	6						B Phillips-Moore	10	1	1
		O Parun	7	1	2	2				4	R Emerson	12	6	6
	4	R Emerson	5	6	6	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		M Riessen	w/o
		R Moore									R Moore	11	1	6	7	3
		M Holeček	6	2	6	6					M Holeček	9	6	2	9	6
		T Addison	1	6	1	4														M Holeček	6	6	5	2
		M Orantes	w/o																9	I Țiriac	3	8	7	6
		J-L Rouyer									J-L Rouyer	1	2	1
		G Deniau	1	1	1					9	I Țiriac	6	6	6
	9	I Țiriac	6	6	6																							9	I Țiriac	6	6	6
		J Moore	5	6	1	6	3																						Z Franulović	4	3	2
		A Segal	7	3	6	1	6				A Segal	w/o
		J Gisbert	w/o								Z Franulović
		Z Franulović																		Z Franulović	6	8	2	5	6
		A Cooper																	8	R Hewitt	2	6	6	7	4
		I Watanabe	w/o								A Cooper	w/o
	Q	J Thamin	1	5	0					8	R Hewitt
	8	R Hewitt	6	7	6

Section 8

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

Preliminary round

Player 1	Winning Score	Player 2
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

External links

• [1] Source for the draw at Fédération Française de Tennis website, fft.fr
• "French Open 1968 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
• 1968 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation