1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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, marking a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.

Men's singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Tony Roche
Score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Draw	128(10 Q )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships

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

Seeds

01.   Rod Laver (champion)

02.   Ken Rosewall (fourth round)

03.   Andrés Gimeno (third round)

04.   John Newcombe (fourth round)

05.   Roy Emerson (fourth round)

06.   Manuel Santana (third round)

07.   Lew Hoad (third round)

08.   Pancho Gonzales (third round)

09.   Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)

10.   Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals)

11.   Fred Stolle (fourth round)

12.   Tom Okker (quarterfinals)

13.   Arthur Ashe (semifinals)

14.   Cliff Drysdale (third round)

15.   Tony Roche (final)

16.   Nikola Pilić (first round)

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

Qualifying

Main article: 1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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	Butch Buchholz	6	5	4	4
	15	Tony Roche	3	7	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	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

Section 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

Section 3

	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

Section 4

	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

Bottom half

Section 5

	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

Section 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	2	5	6
		Bobby Wilson	7	3	2					14	C Drysdale	6	7	8
	14	Cliff Drysdale	9	6	6																								T Edlefsen	4	6	1	6	4
		Jan Kukal	3	4	2																								R Moore	6	2	6	3	6
		Dick Crealy	6	6	6						R Crealy	6	5	3	4
		Ray Moore	6	6	9						R Moore	3	7	6	6
		Nikola Špear	1	2	7															R Moore	4	6	7	2	6
		Wiesław Gąsiorek	3	1	5														3	A Gimeno	6	3	5	6	2
		Bill Bowrey	6	6	7						W Bowrey	2	6	7	3
		István Gulyás	3	5	4					3	A Gimeno	6	4	9	6
	3	Andrés Gimeno	6	7	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	LL	Pancho Castillo	7	4	2
		Georges Goven	9	6	6						G Goven	3	3	6
		Toomas Leius	6	1	8	2					T Ulrich	6	6	8
		Torben Ulrich	4	6	10	6														T Ulrich	7	2	3	1
		Milan Holeček	8	6	4	2	5												10	E Buchholz	5	6	6	6
		Bob Carmichael	6	4	6	6	7				R Carmichael	13	4	4	6	2
		Allan Stone	4	2	12	4				10	E Buchholz	11	6	6	1	6
	10	Butch Buchholz	6	6	10	6																						10	E Buchholz	6	3	6	6
		Bob Hewitt	6	8	6																								R Hewitt	4	6	2	2
		John Barrett	3	6	4						R Hewitt	3	6	3	6	12
		Thomaz Koch	6	6	11	6					T Koch	6	4	6	3	10
		Gaetano Di Maso	3	2	13	0														R Hewitt	6	9	1	6	6
		Pancho Guzmán	11	1	8	6	6												7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
		Bob Lutz	13	6	6	3	4				F Guzmán	6	1	4
		Jaidip Mukerjea	3	4	2					7	L Hoad	8	6	6
	7	Lew Hoad	6	6	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	LL	Clay Iles	7	3	6	7
		Jean-Pierre Courcol	5	6	3	5				LL	C Iles	4	2	3
		Patricio Cornejo	2	1	2						R Ruffels	6	6	6
		Ray Ruffels	6	6	6															R Ruffels	4	1	3
		Jim Osborne	4	7	10	6	6												15	A Roche	6	6	6
		Mike Davies	6	9	8	1	3				J Osborne	4	0	2
		Ray Keldie	3	1	5					15	A Roche	6	6	6
	15	Tony Roche	6	6	7																							15	A Roche	9	6	6
		Paul Hutchins	3	7	10																							2	K Rosewall	7	3	2
		Onny Parun	6	9	12						O Parun	2	3	14	6	6
		Alan Mills	4	2	3						R Taylor	6	6	12	4	4
		Roger Taylor	6	6	6															O Parun	4	6	3	2
		Charlie Pasarell	6	7	3	6													2	K Rosewall	6	3	6	6
	Q	Patrick Hombergen	3	5	6	3					C Pasarell	9	1	8	2	3
		Abe Segal	3	4	4					2	K Rosewall	7	6	6	6	6
	2	Ken Rosewall	6	6	6