1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1968 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	Tony Roche
Final score	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Draw	12(10Q)
Seeds	16

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

Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Seeds

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

Draw

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
		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

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	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 Kodeš	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 Pilić	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									Fourth Round
	8	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		R Krishnan	2	4	3					8	R Gonzales	6	6	9
		R Maud	6	6	6						R Maud	2	4	7
	Q	D Schroder	3	2	2														8	R 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	3	8	6														JE Mandarino	2	4	2
		C Stubs	2	6	6	1					J Leschly	9	8	3
		JE Mandarino	6	7	2	6					JE Mandarino	11	10	6
		A Palafox	3	5	6	4

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	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															O Bengtson	9	4	1
		O Bengtson	6	6	6						O Bengtson	6	5	6	3	12
		K Carpenter	4	4	13	3					JL Arilla	0	7	4	6	10
		JL Arilla	6	6	11	6

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	R Emerson	6	6	6
		R Holmberg	2	2	4					5	R Emerson	5	6	6	6
		R Russell	5	2	6						I Țiriac	7	1	2	0
		I Țiriac	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 Rodríguez	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 Fernandes	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 Barthès	6	5	6	5	5
		P Barthès	9	6	6	8

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		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
		J-C 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
		H-J Plötz	0	4	2					6	M Santana	5	10	6	6
	6	M Santana	6	6	6

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		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
		R Crealy	6	6	6						R Crealy	6	5	3	4
		R Moore	6	6	9						R Moore	3	7	6	6
		N Špear	1	2	7															R Moore	4	6	7	2	6
		W Gąsiorek	3	1	5														3	A Gimeno	6	3	5	6	2
		W Bowrey	6	6	7						W Bowrey	2	6	7	3
		I Gulyás	3	5	4					3	A Gimeno	6	4	9	6
	3	A Gimeno	6	7	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	LL	F Castillo	7	4	2
		G Goven	9	6	6						G Goven	3	3	6
		T Leius	6	1	8	2					T Ulrich	6	6	8
		T Ulrich	4	6	10	6														T Ulrich	7	2	3	1
		M Holeček	8	6	4	2	5												10	E Buchholz	5	6	6	6
		R Carmichael	6	4	6	6	7				R Carmichael	13	4	4	6	2
		A Stone	4	2	12	4				10	E Buchholz	11	6	6	1	6
	10	E Buchholz	6	6	10	6																						10	E Buchholz	6	3	6	6
		R Hewitt	6	8	6																								R Hewitt	4	6	2	2
		J Barrett	3	6	4						R 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														R Hewitt	6	9	1	6	6
		F Guzmán	11	1	8	6	6												7	L Hoad	3	11	6	3	3
		R Lutz	13	6	6	3	4				F Guzmán	6	1	4
		J Mukerjea	3	4	2					7	L Hoad	8	6	6
	7	L Hoad	6	6	6

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	LL	C Iles	7	3	6	7
		J-P 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	A Roche	6	6	6
		M Davies	6	9	8	1	3				J Osborne	4	0	2
		R Keldie	3	1	5					15	A Roche	6	6	6
	15	A Roche	6	6	6																							15	A 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

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1968 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2017.