1968 French Open – Men's Singles

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

Defending champion Roy Emerson lost to Pancho Gonzales in the quarter finals.

Ken Rosewall won the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver. 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 pros were allowed to compete against amateurs (the Australian Championships earlier that year having been an amateur only tournament, was won by Bowrey over a very weak, depleted field). Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a grand slam tournament since 1956 and 1962, respectively, were no longer barred from entering. Missing from the French Open were WCT's "Handsome Eight" and top amateurs Santana, Ashe, Graebner and Okker. It was future champion Nastase's first ever grand slam event.

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

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							A Cooper
	A Cooper	w/o										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 Špear	6	6	6			N Špear	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 Guzmán					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

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