1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver[1]
Runner-up	Tony Roche[1]
Final score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships. It was Lavers third wimbledon title, and his seventh grand slam overall. This was the first year when professional tennis players were allowed to compete at the Wimbledon Championships. Previously only amateur tennis players could compete.

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

Seeds

1. Rod Laver (Champion)
2. Ken Rosewall (Fourth round)
3. Andrés Gimeno (Third round)
4. John Newcombe (Fourth round)
5. Roy Emerson (Fourth round)
6. Manuel Santana (Third round)
7. Lew Hoad (Third round)
8. Richard Pancho Gonzales (Third round)
9. Dennis Ralston (Quarterfinals)
10. Earl 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)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• L = Loser
• r. = retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Rod Laver	4	6	6	4	6
	9	Dennis Ralston	6	4	4	6	4
										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
		Raymond Moore	2	0	7
											Clark Graebner	7	10	4	6
										15	Tony Roche	9	8	6	8
	10	Earl 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									Round four
	8	RP Gonzales	6	6	6
		R Krishnan	2	4	3					8	RP Gonzales	6	6	9
		R Maud	6	6	6						R Maud	2	4	7
	Q	D Schroder	3	2	2														8	RP 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	4	8	6														J Mandarino	2	4	2
		C Stubs	3	6	6	1					J Leschly	9	8	3
		J Mandarino	6	7	2	6					J 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															ON Bengtson	9	4	1
		ON Bengtson	6	6	6						ON Bengtson	6	5	6	3	12
		KA 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									Round four
	5	R Emerson	6	6	6
		R Holmberg	2	2	4					5	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
		DR Russell	5	2	6						I Ţiriac	7	1	2	0
		I Ţiriac	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 Fernandez	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 Barthes	6	5	6	5	5
		P Barthes	9	6	6	8

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Round four
		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
		JC 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
		D Crealy	6	6	6						D Crealy	6	5	3	4
		R Moore	6	6	9						R Moore	3	7	6	6
		N Spear	1	2	7															R Moore	4	6	7	2	6
		W Gasiorek	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									Round four
	Q	P 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	EB Buchholz	5	6	6	6
		B Carmichael	6	4	6	6	7				B Carmichael	13	4	4	6	2
		A Stone	4	2	12	4				10	EB Buchholz	11	6	6	1	6
	10	EB Buchholz	6	6	10	6																						10	EB Buchholz	6	3	6	6
		B Hewitt	6	8	6																								B Hewitt	4	6	2	2
		J Barrett	3	6	4						B 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														B Hewitt	6	9	1	6	6
		P Guzmán	11	1	8	6	6												7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
		R Lutz	13	6	6	3	4				P Guzmán	6	1	4
		J Mukherjea	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 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	T Roche	6	6	6
		M Davies	6	9	8	1	3				J Osborne	4	0	2
		R Keldie	3	1	5					15	T Roche	6	6	6
	15	T Roche	6	6	6																							15	T 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	5
	2	K Rosewall	6	6	6

References

1. Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 368. ISBN 0007117078.

External links

• Wimbledon (1968) on ATPtennis.com