1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Defending champion Rod Laver successfully defended his title, defeating John Newcombe in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1969 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was the third leg of an eventual second Grand Slam for Laver, which remains the only Grand Slam achieved in men's singles tennis in the Open Era.

Men's singles
1969 Wimbledon Championships
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia John Newcombe
Score6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Draw128 (10 Q )
Seeds16

Seeds

01.   Australia Rod Laver (champion)
02.   Australia Tony Roche (semifinals)
03.   Netherlands Tom Okker (quarterfinals)
04.   Australia Ken Rosewall (third round)
05.   United States Arthur Ashe (semifinals)
06.   Australia John Newcombe (final)
07.   United States Clark Graebner (quarterfinals)
08.   South Africa Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals)
09.   Australia Roy Emerson (fourth round)
10.   Spain Andrés Gimeno (fourth round)
11.   Australia Fred Stolle (fourth round)
12.   United States Pancho Gonzales (fourth round)
13.   South Africa Raymond Moore (first round)
14.   South Africa Bob Hewitt (first round)
15.   United States Dennis Ralston (fourth round)
16.   United States Stan Smith (fourth round)

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

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6 6
8 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 4 2 3
1 Australia Rod Laver 2 6 9 6
5 United States Arthur Ashe 6 2 7 0
United States Robert Lutz 4 2 6 5
5 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6 4 7
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 5 6 6
6 Australia John Newcombe 4 7 4 4
6 Australia John Newcombe 8 3 6 7
3 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6 1 5
6 Australia John Newcombe 3 6 14 6
2 Australia Tony Roche 6 1 12 4
7 United States Clark Graebner 6 6 3 4 9
2 Australia Tony Roche 4 4 6 6 11

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6 6
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli 1 2 2 1 Australia R Laver 3 4 6 6 6
Q United States Chauncey Steele 4 12 8 6 India P Lall 6 6 3 0 0
India Premjit Lall 6 10 10 8 1 Australia R Laver 6 6 6
Denmark Jan Leschly 6 7 6 Denmark J Leschly 3 3 3
Australia Ken Fletcher 4 5 2 Denmark J Leschly 6 22 6
France Jean-Loup Rouyer 6 5 6 5 6 France J-L Rouyer 4 20 4
LL Australia Barry Geraghty 2 7 4 7 3 1 Australia R Laver 6 6 7 3 6
16 United States Stan Smith 20 6 9 4 6 16 United States S Smith 4 2 9 6 3
Australia Allan Stone 22 4 7 6 3 16 United States S Smith 6 7 6
United Kingdom David Lloyd 8 6 7 United Kingdom D Lloyd 3 5 1
Hungary István Gulyás 6 4 5 16 United States S Smith 3 9 6 6
United States Donald Dell 3 6 2 1 Australia W Bowrey 6 7 3 4
Australia Bill Bowrey 6 3 6 6 Australia W Bowrey 8 6 6
Brazil Thomaz Koch 8 3 7 3 4 France G Goven 6 4 3
France Georges Goven 6 6 5 6 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8 South Africa Cliff Drysdale 7 7 9
Belgium Patrick Hombergen 5 5 7 8 South Africa C Drysdale 6 6 11 6
Australia Owen Davidson 6 6 6 Australia O Davidson 4 4 13 2
Q United Kingdom John Paish 1 2 3 8 South Africa C Drysdale 6 11 6
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 5 4 6 1 United Kingdom M Cox 2 9 4
Romania Ion Țiriac 7 6 4 6 Romania I Țiriac 6 8 7 10
United Kingdom Mark Cox 7 6 6 United Kingdom M Cox 2 10 9 12
Spain Manuel Orantes 5 4 3 8 South Africa C Drysdale 6 6 0 6 9
9 Australia Roy Emerson 6 6 6 9 Australia R Emerson 4 8 6 3 7
LL Austria Peter Pokorny 1 1 1 9 Australia R Emerson 6 6 6
Q United Kingdom John Clifton 4 6 4 6 5 United Kingdom S Matthews 3 1 2
United Kingdom Stanley Matthews 6 3 6 2 7 9 Australia R Emerson 7 6 6
Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov 6 6 8 Greece N Kalogeropoulos 5 3 2
United Kingdom Mike Sangster 4 3 6 Soviet Union V Korotkov 6 4 3 6 3
Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 Greece N Kalogeropoulos 2 6 6 3 6
Chile Jaime Fillol 2 2 4

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6 6
Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek 1 1 2 4 Australia K Rosewall 6 6 8
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 13 6 United Kingdom R Taylor 1 4 6
United States Vic Seixas 4 11 2 4 Australia K Rosewall 6 9 3 2
United States Bob Lutz 6 6 6 United States R Lutz 8 7 6 6
Q Czechoslovakia Štěpán Koudelka 1 1 0 United States R Lutz 2 4 6 6 7
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 3 5 6 6 Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 6 6 1 2 5
Chile Patricio Cornejo 3 6 7 3 1 United States R Lutz 9 4 3 6 6
13 South Africa Ray Moore 3 2 11 4 Australia J Alexander 7 6 6 4 4
Australia John Alexander 6 6 9 6 Australia J Alexander 7 6 6
South Africa Gordon Forbes 4 6 3 New Zealand O Parun 5 4 3
New Zealand Onny Parun 6 8 6 Australia J Alexander 6 8 13 3 6
Q Australia Allan McDonald 5 5 6 Australia T Addison 3 10 11 6 3
France Jean-Pierre Courcol 7 7 8 France J-P Courcol 3 2 6 5
Australia Terry Addison 9 6 6 Australia T Addison 6 6 3 7
LL Ecuador Eduardo Zuleta 7 3 3

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 United States Arthur Ashe 1 11 6 7
United States Marty Riessen 6 9 3 5 5 United States A Ashe 3 4 6 6 6
Denmark Torben Ulrich 6 4 4 7 South Africa T Ryan 6 6 3 2 2
South Africa Terry Ryan 4 6 6 9 5 United States A Ashe 6 1 6 13 12
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 6 3 8 4 6 United Kingdom G Stilwell 2 6 2 15 10
United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge 2 6 6 6 1 United Kingdom G Stilwell 6 6 6
United Kingdom Alan Mills 6 2 6 5 12 West Germany I Buding 3 2 4
West Germany Ingo Buding 2 6 4 7 14 5 United States A Ashe 7 4 6 6
12 United States Pancho Gonzales 22 1 16 6 11 12 United States R Gonzales 5 6 3 3
United States Charlie Pasarell 24 6 14 3 9 12 United States R Gonzales 6 6 6
United Kingdom John Barrett 4 4 2 Sweden O Bengtson 4 3 3
Sweden Ove Bengtson 6 6 6 12 United States R Gonzales 6 6 6
United States Tom Edlefsen 6 3 9 6 United States T Edlefsen 4 3 2
United States Roy Barth 3 6 7 3 United States T Edlefsen 8 6 4 5 6
Australia Ray Keldie 12 4 6 6 Australia R Keldie 6 3 6 7 4
Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev 10 6 4 4

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 6 3 4 6 6
LL Poland Tadeusz Nowicki 4 6 6 4 4 United Kingdom G Battrick 3 7 1 6 3
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 6 5 11 6 Czechoslovakia M Holeček 6 5 6 4 6
Q United States Erik van Dillen 3 7 9 4 Czechoslovakia M Holeček 2 4 2
South Africa Bob Maud 6 6 6 11 Australia F Stolle 6 6 6
LL Japan Keishiro Yanagi 4 1 2 South Africa R Maud 17 6 0 5
United Kingdom Paul Hutchins 4 8 4 11 Australia F Stolle 19 2 6 7
11 Australia Fred Stolle 6 10 6 11 Australia F Stolle 4 5 6 3
France Daniel Contet 4 9 8 4 6 Australia J Newcombe 6 7 3 6
Australia Mal Anderson 6 11 6 6 Australia M Anderson 13 8 6
Denmark Jørgen Ulrich 1 4 6 4 Australia J Cooper 11 6 4
Australia John Cooper 6 6 1 6 Australia M Anderson 2 3 1
New Zealand Brian Fairlie 6 8 6 6 Australia J Newcombe 6 6 6
Chile Patricio Rodríguez 2 6 3 New Zealand B Fairlie 5 4 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 10 4 6 5 6 Australia J Newcombe 7 6 6
6 Australia John Newcombe 12 6 4 7

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Q United States Billy Higgins 4 2 4
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 United Kingdom R Wilson 6 3 7 5 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 7 6 6 7 10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Z Franulović 4 6 5 7 0
Soviet Union Toomas Leius 5 8 3 9 8 United Kingdom R Wilson 6 6 15
Australia Bob Carmichael 5 6 7 6 Australia B Carmichael 1 4 13
Brazil José Edison Mandarino 7 1 5 4 Australia B Carmichael 2 6 7 6
United States Cliff Richey 0 6 6 6 9 United States C Richey 6 4 5 4
14 South Africa Bob Hewitt 6 4 8 2 7 United Kingdom R Wilson 9 4 2
Q South Africa Rayno Seegers 5 3 1 3 Netherlands T Okker 11 6 6
Australia Dick Crealy 7 6 6 Australia D Crealy 9 6 6
Jamaica Richard Russell 4 14 5 6 6 Jamaica R Russell 7 4 4
Switzerland Dimitri Sturdza 6 12 7 3 4 Australia D Crealy 6 3 2 4
United States Ronnie Holmberg 8 4 6 2 7 3 Netherlands T Okker 4 6 6 6
United States Alex Olmedo 6 6 4 6 5 United States R Holmberg 6 6 1 4 2
United Arab Republic Ismail El Shafei 3 8 4 3 Netherlands T Okker 3 2 6 6 6
3 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 10 6

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Australia Phil Dent 6 6 6
Ecuador Pancho Guzmán 4 2 3 Australia P Dent 6 6 6 2 6
Australia Bob Giltinan 9 6 11 6 2 France F Jauffret 4 8 4 6 4
France François Jauffret 11 2 13 2 6 Australia P Dent 6 8 3 4 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Špear 4 1 1 10 Spain A Gimeno 2 6 6 6 6
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 Soviet Union A Metreveli 3 6 1 6 3
South Africa Frew McMillan 3 4 6 1 10 Spain A Gimeno 6 3 6 3 6
10 Spain Andrés Gimeno 6 6 3 6 10 Spain A Gimeno 9 5r
United States Gene Scott 16 4 4 7 United States C Graebner 7 6
France Pierre Barthès 18 6 6 France P Barthès 2 4 6 3
United States Tom Gorman 3 6 3 8 4 Romania I Năstase 6 6 3 6
Romania Ilie Năstase 6 4 6 6 6 Romania I Năstase 5 6 4
Australia John Brown 9 6 7 7 United States C Graebner 7 8 6
Q Australia John Bartlett 7 2 5 Australia J Brown 2 0r
Australia Ray Ruffels 4 6 3 7 United States C Graebner 6 3
7 United States Clark Graebner 6 8 6

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United States Jim McManus 2 6 6 4 6
United States Butch Buchholz 6 4 1 6 8 United States E Buchholz 8 6 6
Chile Luis Ayala 6 6 12 Chile L Ayala 6 2 4
Australia Bob Howe 4 2 10 United States E Buchholz 4 2 5
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal 16 6 8 15 United States D Ralston 6 6 7
Q South Africa Julian Krinsky 14 3 6 Czechoslovakia J Kukal 5 2 4
India Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 5 15 United States D Ralston 7 6 6
15 United States Dennis Ralston 6 8 7 15 United States D Ralston 3 6 5 10 2
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 6 3 6 6 2 Australia A Roche 6 4 7 8 6
United Kingdom Peter Curtis 2 6 4 1 West Germany H-J Plötz 9 3 9 9
Japan Koji Watanabe 6 7 6 Japan K Watanabe 7 6 7 7
France Patrice Beust 3 5 3 West Germany H-J Plötz 1 7 4
South Africa Abe Segal 6 6 6 2 Australia A Roche 6 9 6
Italy Eugenio Castigliano 2 1 3 South Africa A Segal 1 2 0
France Jean-Claude Barclay 5 6 3 2 2 Australia A Roche 6 6 6
2 Australia Tony Roche 7 4 6 6

References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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