1969 US Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1969 US Open
Champion Australia Rod Laver
Runner-up Australia Tony Roche
Final score 7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Arthur Ashe was the defending champion but lost in the semi-finals to Rod Laver, in which he defeated fellow compatriot Tony Roche 7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1969 US Open, becoming the only man to complete the Grand Slam in the open era.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Australia Rod Laver, (Champion)
  2. Australia John Newcombe, (Semifinals)
  3. Australia Tony Roche, (Finals)
  4. United States Arthur Ashe, (Semifinals)
  5. Netherlands Tom Okker, (First Round)
  6. Australia Ken Rosewall, (Quarterfinals)
  7. United States Clark Graebner, (Second Round)
  8. South Africa Cliff Drysdale, (First Round)
  1. Australia Roy Emerson, (Quarterfinals)
  2. Australia Fred Stolle, (Quarterfinals)
  3. Spain Andrés Gimeno, (Fourth Round)
  4. United States Stan Smith, (Second Round)
  5. United States Richard Pancho Gonzales, (Fourth Round)
  6. Spain Manuel Santana, (Fourth Round)
  7. United States Marty Riessen, (Fourth Round)
  8. United States Dennis Ralston, (Fourth Round)

Draw

Key

Final Eight

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                                   
  1  Australia Rod Laver 4 8 13 6    
9  Australia Roy Emerson 6 6 11 4    
  1  Australia Rod Laver 8 6 14      
  4  United States Arthur Ashe 6 3 12      
4  United States Arthur Ashe 8 6 6    
  6  Australia Ken Rosewall 6 3 4      
    1  Australia Rod Laver 7 6 6 6  
  3  Australia Tony Roche 9 1 2 2  
   United States Earl Butch Buchholz 1 7 7 0    
3  Australia Tony Roche 6 9 5 6    
3  Australia Tony Roche 3 6 4 6 8
  2  Australia John Newcombe 6 4 6 3 6  
10  Australia Fred Stolle 9 6 1 4 11
  2  Australia John Newcombe 7 3 6 6 13  

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
1 Australia R Laver 6 6 6
Mexico LA García 2 4 2 1 R Laver 6 7 6
South Africa J Hammill 3 4 2 J Pinto-Bravo 4 5 2
Chile J Pinto-Bravo 6 6 6 1 R Laver 8 6 6
United States E Scott 6 10 6 J Fillol Sr. 6 1 2
United States E Van Dillen 3 8 1 E Scott 8 6 2 7 7
United States B MacKay 6 3 3 3 J Fillol Sr. 10 4 6 5 9
Chile J Fillol Sr. 2 6 6 6 1 R Laver 6 4 4 6 6
16 United States D Ralston 7 6 10 16 D Ralston 4 6 6 2 3
Canada KA Carpenter 5 3 8 16 D Ralston 6 11 6
United Kingdom G Stilwell 8 6 9 G Stilwell 3 9 4
United States G Taylor 6 2 7 16 D Ralston 11 4 6 7
Australia J Alexander 6 6 6 T Gorman 9 6 4 5
United States M Sprenglemeyer 4 1 0 J Alexander 6 3 2 10
United States T Gorman 6 6 6 T Gorman 4 6 6 12
United States B Brown 2 4 0

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
8 South Africa C Drysdale 2 3 4
Australia O Davidson 6 6 6 O Davidson 10 1 3 4
West Germany I Buding 1 10 1 ON Bengtson 8 6 6 6
Sweden ON Bengtson 6 12 6 ON Bengtson 5 13 3
United States R Holmberg 6 6 6 R Barth 7 15 6
France P Proisy 2 4 3 R Holmberg 5 3 3
Ecuador M Olvera 6 6 4 6 0 R Barth 7 6 6
United States R Barth 3 1 6 8 6 R Barth 3 0 3
9 Australia R Emerson 6 6 6 9 R Emerson 6 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Z Franulović 2 4 3 9 R Emerson 6 7 6
Spain M Orantes 11 7 3 6 9 M Orantes 1 5 3
United States P Gerken 9 9 6 4 7 9 R Emerson 6 9 6
Ecuador E Zuleta 6 3 4 W Bowrey 3 7 2
United States R Leach Sr. 8 6 6 R Leach Sr. 6 2 1 3
New Zealand O Parun 4 4 6 2 W Bowrey 3 6 6 6
Australia W Bowrey 6 6 4 6

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
4 United States A Ashe 6 6 7
United States D Stockton 2 2 5 4 A Ashe 6 6 4 6
United States C McKinley 5 5 10 D Crealy 4 3 6 3
Australia D Crealy 7 7 12 4 A Ashe 5 6 6 6
United States J Osborne 6 6 6 J Osborne 7 4 4 2
Canada P Burwash 2 2 2 J Osborne 4 6 6 7
Australia R Howe 3 0 4 P Lall 6 3 4 5
India P Lall 6 6 6 4 A Ashe 7 6 6 6
14 Spain M Santana 6 7 6 14 M Santana 5 1 8 4
United States W Higgins 2 5 1 14 M Santana 6 6 6
France J Courcol 6 6 6 J Courcol 1 1 1
United States D Dell 3 4 3 14 M Santana 6 6 7 6
United States R McKinley 6 6 6 R McKinley 4 4 9 2
Sweden M Carlstein 1 3 3 R McKinley 6 6 6
New Zealand R Hawkes 6 3 5 P Marmureanu 4 4 3
Romania P Marmureanu 8 6 7

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
6 Australia K Rosewall 6 5 6 4 6
South Africa P Cramer 2 7 4 6 4 6 K Rosewall 6 6 6
United States L Turville 6 2 2 R Moore 3 2 2
South Africa R Moore 8 6 6 6 K Rosewall 6 6 6
India J Mukherjea 4 8 4 N Pilić 4 0 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Pilić 6 10 6 N Pilić 6 6 6
South Africa T Ryan 7 5 7 6 I Ţiriac 1 2 0
Romania I Ţiriac 9 7 5 8 6 K Rosewall 6 7 4 6
12 United States S Smith 6 6 6 I Năstase 1 5 6 3
Chile P Rodríguez 0 3 2 12 S Smith 7 10 5 3
Romania I Năstase 4 6 6 6 I Năstase 5 12 7 6
New Zealand I Crookenden 6 4 3 0 I Năstase 6 1
New Zealand L Gerrard 3 2 2 I El Shafei 0 0 r.
United Kingdom G Battrick 6 6 6 G Battrick 3 6 3 14
Egypt I El Shafei 6 6 8 I El Shafei 6 3 6 16
Australia J Sharpe 4 3 6

Section 5

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
France JL Rouyer 7 1 6 6
South Africa R Krog 5 6 3 4 JL Rouyer 6 3 7 2 6
Australia A Stone 6 3 6 6 A Stone 1 6 5 6 3
United States T Edlefsen 4 6 3 3 JL Rouyer 1 4 3
Australia P Dent 6 8 2 3 11 A Gimeno 6 6 6
United States J McManus 3 10 6 6 J McManus 6 3 2 2
United States M Estep 3 4 9 1 11 A Gimeno 4 6 6 6
11 Spain A Gimeno 6 6 7 6 11 A Gimeno 6 3 1 7 3
United States EB Buchholz 6 6 6 EB Buchholz 4 6 6 5 6
Mexico A Palafox 2 4 2 EB Buchholz 6 3 6 4 6
Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 6 6 6 J Kodeš 2 6 3 6 2
Romania S Dron 3 3 4 EB Buchholz 13 6 6
United Kingdom P Curtis 3 3 6 6 6 M Cox 11 4 4
Czechoslovakia J Kukal 6 6 2 4 4 P Curtis 9 3 3 3
United Kingdom M Cox 7 6 0 6 9 M Cox 7 6 6 6
5 Netherlands T Okker 9 3 6 4 7

Section 6

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
United States A Neely 6 3 6 6
Australia M Senior 3 6 1 2 A Neely 4 4 3
Mexico M Lara 5 3 8 T Ulrich 6 6 6
Denmark T Ulrich 7 6 10 T Ulrich 6 4 6 6 2
Australia R Ruffels 7 2 7 6 13 RP Gonzales 3 6 4 8 6
Australia B Carmichael 5 6 5 4 R Ruffels 2 6 3 6 4
United States R Potthast 3 3 4 13 RP Gonzales 6 3 6 3 6
13 United States RP Gonzales 6 6 6 13 RP Gonzales 3 12 5 0
United States H Fitzgibbon 6 6 6 3 T Roche 6 10 7 6
United States P Fishbach 4 2 4 H Fitzgibbon 4 6 8 3 4
Ecuador P Guzmán 4 4 2 L Ayala 6 3 6 6 6
Chile L Ayala 6 6 6 L Ayala 2 3 1
Brazil T Koch 6 6 6 3 T Roche 6 6 6
Chile A Cornejo 0 4 2 T Koch 3 2 4
United States R Lutz 11 4 4 7 3 T Roche 6 6 6
3 Australia T Roche 9 6 6 9

Section 7

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
United States C Richey 6 3 6 6
United States B Cheney 4 6 1 4 C Richey 6 4 6 6
United States F Robbins 22 9 6 8 6 F Robbins 4 6 4 4
United States D Dell 20 7 8 10 4 C Richey 5 8 4 5
United States W Blocher 6 11 9 10 F Stolle 7 6 6 7
United States C Steele III 4 9 7 W Blocher 1 3 1
Venezuela H Hose 4 2 2 10 F Stolle 6 6 6
10 Australia F Stolle 6 6 6 10 F Stolle 6 6 2 6
United States R Hernando 4 2 2 R Taylor 4 2 6 3
Australia T Addison 6 6 6 T Addison 6 9 6
United Kingdom D Lloyd 2 6 1 2 C Pasarell 3 7 4
United States C Pasarell 6 4 6 6 T Addison 4 6 2
United Kingdom R Taylor 7 3 6 6 R Taylor 6 8 6
France G Goven 5 6 2 3 R Taylor 4 6 2
United States T Mozur 0 5 2 7 C Graebner 6 1 0 r.
7 United States C Graebner 6 7 6

Section 8

First roundSecond roundThird roundRound four
Mexico J Loyo-Mayo 6 9 6
France JB Chanfreau 2 7 3 J Loyo-Mayo 6 6 6
United States B Seewagen 6 6 5 1 1 T Leonard 2 2 3
United States T Leonard 3 4 7 6 6 J Loyo-Mayo 3 2 4
Jamaica DR Russell 6 3 9 3 15 M Riessen 6 6 6
Canada M Belkin 4 6 11 6 M Belkin 6 1 3 0
United States R Tanner 6 3 1 3 15 M Riessen 4 6 6 6
15 United States M Riessen 1 6 6 6 15 M Riessen 6 3 4 23
Chile P Cornejo 8 3 2 4 2 J Newcombe 4 6 6 25
France P Barthes 6 6 6 6 P Barthes 8 7 2 9
United States EV Seixas 3 7 5 R Keldie 6 5 6 7
Australia R Keldie 6 9 7 P Barthes 8 1 2 2
India J Singh 6 4 8 6 2 J Newcombe 6 6 6 6
United States T Hoehn 1 6 6 2 J Singh 3 4 4
United States P Sullivan 2 3 3 2 J Newcombe 6 6 6
2 Australia J Newcombe 6 6 6

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