The defending champions in the singles were Rod Laver for the men and Billie Jean King for the women. In the men's doubles were John Newcombe and Tony Roche , in the women's doubles Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King were the defending champions. In mixed, Billie Jean King and Ken Fletcher were the defending champions.
After his triumph last year, Rod Laver was again the favorite for the title. He already had problems in the second round. Against the Indian Premjit Lall he was two sets behind before he could clearly win the remaining three sets. Against No. 16 seeded US American Stan Smith , he had to go over five sets in the round of 16. He gambled away a 2-0 set lead, Smith won the third and fourth set before Laver took the win in the fifth set. In the quarterfinals, he defeated the No. 8 seeded Cliff Drysdale in three sets, before it came in the semifinals to a new edition of the semifinals of 1968 against Arthur Ashe , in which Laver prevailed in four sets.
Laver's final opponent was the Australian John Newcombe , who won the title in 1967. In the first round he prevailed against the Yugoslav Niki Pilić . In the quarter-finals he met the number 3 seeded Dutchman Tom Okker , and in the semifinals the second-seeded last year's finalist Tony Roche followed , who he defeated in four sets. On the way to the final, Newcombe had to defeat three Australians. Another compatriot followed in the final, Rod Laver, who prevailed in four sets.
John Newcombe and Tony Roche had already won the doubles competition last year and entered the Wimbledon tournament as the current winners of the 1969 French Open . Until the semifinals they did not give a set and then had to go over four sets against No. 5 seeded Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan .
Rod Laver
Billie Jean King
Ann Jones
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