1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Tony Roche
Score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	128(10 Q )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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.^[1] It was his third Wimbledon singles title and seventh Grand Slam tournament singles title overall. It was the first edition of Wimbledon open to professional tennis players, a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.

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

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

	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

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Rod Laver	6	4	6	6
		Gene Scott	3	6	3	2				1	R Laver	6	6	6
		Giuseppe Merlo	4	3	0						S Smith	3	4	4
		Stan Smith	6	6	6														1	R Laver	6	3	7	6
		Jan Kodeš	2	3	2															M Riessen	4	6	5	3
		Marty Riessen	6	6	6						M Riessen
		Donald Dell	6	3	4	4					B Fairlie	w/o
		Brian Fairlie	3	6	6	6																						1	R Laver	9	5	6	6
	16	Nikola Pilić	6	5	3	2																							M Cox	7	7	2	0
		Herb Fitzgibbon	3	7	6	6					H Fitzgibbon	6	3	9	7	10
		Mark Cox	7	8	6	6					M Cox	4	6	7	9	12
		Gordon Forbes	9	6	3	4														M Cox	6	6	6
		Roger Becker	2	4	5															D Contet	3	4	4
		Allen Fox	6	6	7						A Fox	w/o
		Daniel Contet	3	7	7	7	6				D Contet
	Q	Haroon Rahim	6	5	5	9	2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Pancho Gonzales	6	6	6
		Ramanathan Krishnan	2	4	3					8	R Gonzales	6	6	9
		Bob Maud	6	6	6						R Maud	2	4	7
	Q	Derek Schroder	3	2	2														8	R Gonzales	6	4	3	5
		Alex Metreveli	6	6	4	10														A Metreveli	4	6	6	7
		Manuel Orantes	2	2	6	8					A Metreveli	6	6	6
		Patrice Beust	4	6	6	7					P Beust	1	1	1
		Phil Dent	6	3	4	5																							A Metreveli	3	5	2
	9	Dennis Ralston	6	7	8																							9	D Ralston	6	7	6
	Q	John Brown	1	5	6					9	D Ralston	6	3	7	6	13
		Cliff Richey	6	8	7						C Richey	3	6	9	3	11
		Barry Phillips-Moore	2	6	5														9	D Ralston	6	6	6
		Jan Leschly	6	3	8	6														JE Mandarino	2	4	2
		Colin Stubs	2	6	6	1					J Leschly	9	8	3
		José Edison Mandarino	6	7	2	6					JE Mandarino	11	10	6
		Antonio Palafox	3	5	6	4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	John Newcombe	4	6	6	6
		Owen Davidson	6	3	4	3				4	J Newcombe	6	6	6
		Frew McMillan	7	7	3	7					J Alexander	1	4	3
		John Alexander	5	9	6	9													4	J Newcombe	7	6	6
	Q	David Lloyd	6	6	10	6													Q	D Lloyd	5	0	1
		Pierre Darmon	4	4	12	1				Q	D Lloyd	6	3	0	6	7
		Keith Wooldridge	4	4	6	6	6			Q	T Ryan	4	6	6	3	5
	Q	Terry Ryan	6	6	4	2	8																					4	J Newcombe	4	4	6	6	3
	13	Arthur Ashe	6	6	6																							13	A Ashe	6	6	4	1	6
	Q	Eduardo Zuleta	1	2	3					13	A Ashe	6	6	9
		Premjit Lall	4	4	6	2					I El Shafei	1	2	7
		Ismail El Shafei	6	6	3	6													13	A Ashe	11	6	6
		Warren Jacques	1	4	2															O Bengtson	9	4	1
		Ove Bengtson	6	6	6						O Bengtson	6	5	6	3	12
		Keith Carpenter	4	4	13	3					JL Arilla	0	7	4	6	10
		José Luis Arilla	6	6	11	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Roy Emerson	6	6	6
		Ronnie Holmberg	2	2	4					5	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
		Richard Russell	5	2	6						I Țiriac	7	1	2	0
		Ion Țiriac	7	6	8														5	R Emerson	7	6	6
		Jim McManus	4	6	1	3														A Olmedo	5	1	1
		Ken Fletcher	6	2	6	6					K Fletcher	4	7	4	3
		Patricio Rodríguez	10	5	3						A Olmedo	6	5	6	6
		Alex Olmedo	12	7	6																							5	R Emerson	3	11	5	5
	12	Tom Okker	7	3	6	6																						12	T Okker	6	9	7	7
		Peter Curtis	5	6	2	2				12	T Okker	6	6	7
		Mike Sangster	6	6	6						M Sangster	3	0	5
		Carlos Fernandes	0	4	4														12	T Okker	8	6	6	6
	Q	Stanley Matthews	4	9	4	4														V Korotkov	10	2	1	2
		Vladimir Korotkov	6	7	6	6					V Korotkov	2	7	4	7	7
		Luis Ayala	11	2	4	6					P Barthès	6	5	6	5	5
		Pierre Barthès	9	6	6	8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Robert Haillet	9	3	2
		Terry Addison	11	6	6						T Addison	4	6	3	6	6
	LL	Raúl Peralta	1	4	3						N Kalogeropoulos	6	1	6	4	3
		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6	6	6															T Addison	3	6	2
		Gerald Battrick	4	6	5														11	F Stolle	6	8	6
		Bob Howe	6	8	7						R Howe	1	1	1
		Jean-Claude Barclay	1	2	2					11	F Stolle	6	6	6
	11	Fred Stolle	6	6	6																							11	F Stolle	1	5	5
		Clark Graebner	6	6	6	6	11																						C Graebner	6	7	7
		Roy Barth	4	3	8	8	9				C Graebner	6	6	6
		Koji Watanabe	2	4	5						J Ulrich	2	0	4
		Jørgen Ulrich	6	6	7															C Graebner	9	6	6
		Sergei Likhachev	6	7	2	1	2												6	M Santana	7	2	1
		Graham Stilwell	3	5	6	6	6				G Stilwell	7	8	0	4
		Hans-Joachim Plötz	0	4	2					6	M Santana	5	10	6	6
	6	Manuel Santana	6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Tom Edlefsen	6	7	7
	Q	Jürgen Fassbender	2	5	5						T Edlefsen	7	4	6	6
		Nicola Pietrangeli	4	2	6	6	4			Q	G Bluett	5	6	1	2
	Q	Geoffrey Bluett	6	6	2	2	6													T Edlefsen	9	4	1	6	6
		Graydon Garner	2	6	6	7													14	C Drysdale	7	6	6	4	4
	LL	Lance Lumsden	6	2	4	5					G Garner