1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Tony Roche
Score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Draw	128(10 Q )
Seeds	16

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. John Newcombe was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Arthur Ashe.

Seeds

01.   Rod Laver (Champion)

02.   Ken Rosewall (Fourth round)

03.   Andrés Gimeno (Third round)

04.   John Newcombe (Fourth round)

05.   Roy Emerson (Fourth round)

06.   Manuel Santana (Third round)

07.   Lew Hoad (Third round)

08.   Pancho Gonzales (Third round)

09.   Dennis Ralston (Quarterfinals)

10.   Butch Buchholz (Quarterfinals)

11.   Fred Stolle (Fourth round)

12.   Tom Okker (Quarterfinals)

13.   Arthur Ashe (Semifinals)

14.   Cliff Drysdale (Third round)

15.   Tony Roche (Final)

16.   Nikola Pilić (First round)

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

Qualifying

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying

Qualifying

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – 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
	1	Rod Laver	4	6	6	4	6
	9	Dennis Ralston	6	3	1	6	2
										1	Rod Laver	7	6	6
										13	Arthur Ashe	5	2	4
	13	Arthur Ashe	7	9	9	6
	12	Tom Okker	9	7	7	2
																			1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
																			15	Tony Roche	3	4	2
		Clark Graebner	6	6	9
		Ray Moore	2	0	7
											Clark Graebner	7	10	4	6
										15	Tony Roche	9	8	6	8
	10	Butch Buchholz	6	5	4	4
	15	Tony Roche	3	7	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	1	R Laver	6	4	6	6
		E Scott	3	6	3	2				1	R Laver	6	6	6
		G Merlo	4	3	0						S Smith	3	4	4
		S Smith	6	6	6														1	R Laver	6	3	7	6
		J Kodeš	2	3	2															M Riessen	4	6	5	3
		M Riessen	6	6	6						M Riessen
		D Dell	6	3	4	4					B Fairlie	w/o
		B Fairlie	3	6	6	6																						1	R Laver	9	5	6	6
	16	N Pilić	6	5	3	2																							M Cox	7	7	2	0
		H Fitzgibbon	3	7	6	6					H Fitzgibbon	6	3	9	7	10
		M Cox	7	8	6	6					M Cox	4	6	7	9	12
		G Forbes	9	6	3	4														M Cox	6	6	6
		R Becker	2	4	5															D Contet	3	4	4
		A Fox	6	6	7						A Fox	w/o
		D Contet	3	7	7	7	6				D Contet
	Q	H Rahim	6	5	5	9	2

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	8	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		R Krishnan	2	4	3					8	R Gonzales	6	6	9
		R Maud	6	6	6						R Maud	2	4	7
	Q	D Schroder	3	2	2														8	R Gonzales	6	4	3	5
		A Metreveli	6	6	4	10														A Metreveli	4	6	6	7
		M Orantes	2	2	6	8					A Metreveli	6	6	6
		P Beust	4	6	6	7					P Beust	1	1	1
		P Dent	6	3	4	5																							A Metreveli	3	5	2
	9	D Ralston	6	7	8																							9	D Ralston	6	7	6
	Q	J Brown	1	5	6					9	D Ralston	6	3	7	6	13
		C Richey	6	8	7						C Richey	3	6	9	3	11
		B Phillips-Moore	2	6	5														9	D Ralston	6	6	6
		J Leschly	6	3	8	6														JE Mandarino	2	4	2
		C Stubs	2	6	6	1					J Leschly	9	8	3
		JE Mandarino	6	7	2	6					JE Mandarino	11	10	6
		A Palafox	3	5	6	4

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	4	J Newcombe	4	6	6	6
		O Davidson	6	3	4	3				4	J Newcombe	6	6	6
		F McMillan	7	7	3	7					J Alexander	1	4	3
		J Alexander	5	9	6	9													4	J Newcombe	7	6	6
	Q	D Lloyd	6	6	10	6													Q	D Lloyd	5	0	1
		P Darmon	4	4	12	1				Q	D Lloyd	6	3	0	6	7
		K Wooldridge	4	4	6	6	6			Q	T Ryan	4	6	6	3	5
	Q	T Ryan	6	6	4	2	8																					4	J Newcombe	4	4	6	6	3
	13	A Ashe	6	6	6																							13	A Ashe	6	6	4	1	6
	Q	E Zuleta	1	2	3					13	A Ashe	6	6	9
		P Lall	4	4	6	2					I El Shafei	1	2	7
		I El Shafei	6	6	3	6													13	A Ashe	11	6	6
		W Jacques	1	4	2															O Bengtson	9	4	1
		O Bengtson	6	6	6						O Bengtson	6	5	6	3	12
		K Carpenter	4	4	13	3					JL Arilla	0	7	4	6	10
		JL Arilla	6	6	11	6

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	R Emerson	6	6	6
		R Holmberg	2	2	4					5	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
		R Russell	5	2	6						I Țiriac	7	1	2	0
		I Țiriac	7	6	8														5	R Emerson	7	6	6
		J McManus	4	6	1	3														A Olmedo	5	1	1
		K Fletcher	6	2	6	6					K Fletcher	4	7	4	3
		P Rodríguez	10	5	3						A Olmedo	6	5	6	6
		A Olmedo	12	7	6																							5	R Emerson	3	11	5	5
	12	T Okker	7	3	6	6																						12	T Okker	6	9	7	7
		P Curtis	5	6	2	2				12	T Okker	6	6	7
		M Sangster	6	6	6						M Sangster	3	0	5
		C Fernandes	0	4	4														12	T Okker	8	6	6	6
	Q	S Matthews	4	9	4	4														V Korotkov	10	2	1	2
		V Korotkov	6	7	6	6					V Korotkov	2	7	4	7	7
		L Ayala	11	2	4	6					P Barthès	6	5	6	5	5
		P Barthès	9	6	6	8

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		R Haillet	9	3	2
		T Addison	11	6	6						T Addison	4	6	3	6	6
	LL	R Peralta	1	4	3						N Kalogeropoulos	6	1	6	4	3
		N Kalogeropoulos	6	6	6															T Addison	3	6	2
		G Battrick	4	6	5														11	F Stolle	6	8	6
		R Howe	6	8	7						R Howe	1	1	1
		J-C Barclay	1	2	2					11	F Stolle	6	6	6
	11	F Stolle	6	6	6																							11	F Stolle	1	5	5
		C Graebner	6	6	6	6	11																						C Graebner	6	7	7
		R Barth	4	3	8	8	9				C Graebner	6	6	6
		K Watanabe	2	4	5						J Ulrich	2	0	4
		J Ulrich	6	6	7															C Graebner	9	6	6
		S Likhachev	6	7	2	1	2												6	M Santana	7	2	1
		G Stilwell	3	5	6	6	6				G Stilwell	7	8	0	4
		H-J Plötz	0	4	2					6	M Santana	5	10	6	6
	6	M Santana	6	6	6

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		T Edlefsen	6	7	7
	Q	J Fassbender	2	5	5						T Edlefsen	7	4	6	6
		N Pietrangeli	4	2	6	6	4			Q	G Bluett	5	6	1	2
	Q	G Bluett	6	6	2	2	6													T Edlefsen	9	4	1	6	6
		G Garner	2	6	6	7													14	C Drysdale	7	6	6	4	4
	LL	L Lumsden	6	2	4	5					G Garner	2	5	6
		R Wilson	7	3	2					14	C Drysdale	6	7	8
	14	C Drysdale	9	6	6																								T Edlefsen	4	6	1	6	4
		J Kukal	3	4	2																								R Moore	6	2	6	3	6
		R Crealy	6	6	6						R Crealy	6	5	3	4
		R Moore	6	6	9						R Moore	3	7	6	6
		N Špear	1	2	7															R Moore	4	6	7	2	6
		W Gąsiorek	3	1	5														3	A Gimeno	6	3	5	6	2
		W Bowrey	6	6	7						W Bowrey	2	6	7	3
		I Gulyás	3	5	4					3	A Gimeno	6	4	9	6
	3	A Gimeno	6	7	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	LL	F Castillo	7	4	2
		G Goven	9	6	6						G Goven	3	3	6
		T Leius	6	1	8	2					T Ulrich	6	6	8
		T Ulrich	4	6	10	6														T Ulrich	7	2	3	1
		M Holeček	8	6	4	2	5												10	E Buchholz	5	6	6	6
		R Carmichael	6	4	6	6	7				R Carmichael	13	4	4	6	2
		A Stone	4	2	12	4				10	E Buchholz	11	6	6	1	6
	10	E Buchholz	6	6	10	6																						10	E Buchholz	6	3	6	6
		R Hewitt	6	8	6																								R Hewitt	4	6	2	2
		J Barrett	3	6	4						R Hewitt	3	6	3	6	12
		T Koch	6	6	11	6					T Koch	6	4	6	3	10
		G Di Maso	3	2	13	0														R Hewitt	6	9	1	6	6
		F Guzmán	11	1	8	6	6												7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
		R Lutz	13	6	6	3	4				F Guzmán	6	1	4
		J Mukerjea	3	4	2					7	L Hoad	8	6	6
	7	L Hoad	6	6	6

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	LL	C Iles	7	3	6	7
		J-P Courcol	5	6	3	5				LL	C Iles	4	2	3
		P Cornejo	2	1	2						R Ruffels	6	6	6
		R Ruffels	6	6	6															R Ruffels	4	1	3
		J Osborne	4	7	10	6	6												15	A Roche	6	6	6
		M Davies	6	9	8	1	3				J Osborne	4	0	2
		R Keldie	3	1	5					15	A Roche	6	6	6
	15	A Roche	6	6	6																							15	A Roche	9	6	6
		P Hutchins	3	7	10																							2	K Rosewall	7	3	2
		O Parun	6	9	12						O Parun	2	3	14	6	6
		A Mills	4	2	3						R Taylor	6	6	12	4	4
		R Taylor	6	6	6															O Parun	4	6	3	2
		C Pasarell	6	7	3	6													2	K Rosewall	6	3	6	6
	Q	P Hombergen	3	5	6	3					C Pasarell	9	1	8	2	3
		A Segal	3	4	4					2	K Rosewall	7	6	6	6	6
	2	K Rosewall	6	6	6

External links

• 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