1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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.

See also:

1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

1968 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles

1968 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles

1968 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles

Seeds

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

Rod Laver, (Champion) Ken Rosewall, (Fourth Round) Andres Gimeno, (Third Round) John Newcombe, (Fourth Round) Roy Emerson, (Fourth Round) Manuel Santana, (Third Round) Lew Hoad, (Third Round) Richard Pancho Gonzales, (Third Round)

Dennis Ralston, (Quarterfinals) Earl Butch Buchholz, (Quarterfinals) Fred Stolle, (Fourth Round) Tom Okker, (Quarterfinals) Arthur Ashe, (Semifinals) Cliff Drysdale, (Third Round) Tony Roche, (Finals) Nikola Pilic, (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	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
		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

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Round four
	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 Kodes	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 Pilic	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									Round four
	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	6	12
		KA Carpenter	4	4	13	3					JL Arilla	0	7	4	3	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 Tiriac	7	1	2	0
		I Tiriac	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 Rodriguez	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

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
		HJ Plotz	0	4	2					6	M Santana	5	10	6	6
	6	M Santana	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Round four
		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 Gulyas	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 Lejus	6	1	8	2					T Ulrich	6	6	8
		T Ulrich	4	6	10	6														T Ulrich	7	2	3	1
		M Holecek	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
		PJF Guzman	11	1	8	6	6												7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
		R Lutz	13	6	6	3	4				PJF Guzman	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									Round four
	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	7																							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	6
	2	K Rosewall	6	6	6

External links

• Wimbledon (1968) on ATPtennis.com
• Wimbledon (1968) on tenniscorner.net