1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1969 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Rod Laver
Runner-up	John Newcombe
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	128 (10Q)
Seeds	16

Rod Laver successfully defended his title, defeating John Newcombe in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1969 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	6	6	6
	8	Cliff Drysdale	4	2	3
										1	Rod Laver	2	6	9	6
										5	Arthur Ashe	6	2	7	0
		Robert Lutz	4	2	6	5
	5	Arthur Ashe	6	6	4	7
																			1	Rod Laver	6	5	6	6
																			6	John Newcombe	4	7	4	4
	6	John Newcombe	8	3	6	7
	3	Tom Okker	6	6	1	5
										6	John Newcombe	3	6	14	6
										2	Tony Roche	6	1	12	4
	7	Clark Graebner	6	6	3	4	9
	2	Tony Roche	4	4	6	6	11

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	1	R Laver	6	6	6
		N Pietrangeli	1	2	2					1	R Laver	3	4	6	6	6
	Q	C Steele	4	12	8	6					P Lall	6	6	3	0	0
		P Lall	6	10	10	8													1	R Laver	6	6	6
		J Leschly	6	7	6															J Leschly	3	3	3
		K Fletcher	4	5	2						J Leschly	6	22	6
		J-L Rouyer	6	5	6	5	6				J-L Rouyer	4	20	4
	LL	B Geraghty	2	7	4	7	3																					1	R Laver	6	6	7	3	6
	16	S Smith	20	6	9	4	6																					16	S Smith	4	2	9	6	3
		A Stone	22	4	7	6	3			16	S Smith	6	7	6
		D Lloyd	8	6	7						D Lloyd	3	5	1
		I Gulyás	6	4	5														16	S Smith	3	9	6	6
		D Dell	3	6	2	1														W Bowrey	6	7	3	4
		W Bowrey	6	3	6	6					W Bowrey	8	6	6
		T Koch	8	3	7	3	4				G Goven	6	4	3
		G Goven	6	6	5	6	6

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	8	C Drysdale	7	7	9
		P Hombergen	5	5	7					8	C Drysdale	6	6	11	6
		O Davidson	6	6	6						O Davidson	4	4	13	2
	Q	J Paish	1	2	3														8	C Drysdale	6	11	6
		B Phillips-Moore	5	4	6	1														M Cox	2	9	4
		I Țiriac	7	6	4	6					I Țiriac	6	8	7	10
		M Cox	7	6	6						M Cox	2	10	9	12
		M Orantes	5	4	3																							8	C Drysdale	6	6	0	6	9
	9	R Emerson	6	6	6																							9	R Emerson	4	8	6	3	7
	LL	P Pokorny	1	1	1					9	R Emerson	6	6	6
	Q	J Clifton	4	6	4	6	5				S Matthews	3	1	2
		S Matthews	6	3	6	2	7												9	R Emerson	7	6	6
		V Korotkov	6	6	8															N Kalogeropoulos	5	3	2
		M Sangster	4	3	6						V Korotkov	6	4	3	6	3
		N Kalogeropoulos	6	6	6						N Kalogeropoulos	2	6	6	3	6
		J Fillol	2	2	4

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	4	K Rosewall	6	6	6
		W Gąsiorek	1	1	2					4	K Rosewall	6	6	8
		R Taylor	6	13	6						R Taylor	1	4	6
		V Seixas	4	11	2														4	K Rosewall	6	9	3	2
		R Lutz	6	6	6															R Lutz	8	7	6	6
	Q	S Koudelka	1	1	0						R Lutz	2	4	6	6	7
		J Kodeš	6	3	5	6	6				J Kodeš	6	6	1	2	5
		P Cornejo	3	6	7	3	1																						R Lutz	9	4	3	6	6
	13	R Moore	3	2	11	4																							J Alexander	7	6	6	4	4
		J Alexander	6	6	9	6					J Alexander	7	6	6
		G Forbes	4	6	3						O Parun	5	4	3
		O Parun	6	8	6															J Alexander	6	8	13	3	6
	Q	A McDonald	5	5	6															T Addison	3	10	11	6	3
		J-P Courcol	7	7	8						J-P Courcol	3	2	6	5
		T Addison	9	6	6						T Addison	6	6	3	7
	LL	E Zuleta	7	3	3

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	A Ashe	1	11	6	7
		M Riessen	6	9	3	5				5	A Ashe	3	4	6	6	6
		T Ulrich	6	4	4	7					T Ryan	6	6	3	2	2
		T Ryan	4	6	6	9													5	A Ashe	6	1	6	13	12
		G Stilwell	6	3	8	4	6													G Stilwell	2	6	2	15	10
		K Wooldridge	2	6	6	6	1				G Stilwell	6	6	6
		A Mills	6	2	6	5	12				I Buding	3	2	4
		I Buding	2	6	4	7	14																					5	A Ashe	7	4	6	6
	12	R Gonzales	22	1	16	6	11																					12	R Gonzales	5	6	3	3
		C Pasarell	24	6	14	3	9			12	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		J Barrett	4	4	2						O Bengtson	4	3	3
		O Bengtson	6	6	6														12	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		T Edlefsen	6	3	9	6														T Edlefsen	4	3	2
		R Barth	3	6	7	3					T Edlefsen	8	6	4	5	6
		R Keldie	12	4	6	6					R Keldie	6	3	6	7	4
		S Likhachev	10	6	4	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		G Battrick	6	3	4	6	6
	LL	T Nowicki	4	6	6	4	4				G Battrick	3	7	1	6	3
		M Holeček	6	5	11	6					M Holeček	6	5	6	4	6
	Q	E van Dillen	3	7	9	4														M Holeček	2	4	2
		R Maud	6	6	6														11	F Stolle	6	6	6
	LL	K Yanagi	4	1	2						R Maud	17	6	0	5
		P Hutchins	4	8	4					11	F Stolle	19	2	6	7
	11	F Stolle	6	10	6																							11	F Stolle	4	5	6	3
		D Contet	4	9	8	4																						6	J Newcombe	6	7	3	6
		M Anderson	6	11	6	6					M Anderson	13	8	6
		J Ulrich	1	4	6	4					J Cooper	11	6	4
		J Cooper	6	6	1	6														M Anderson	2	3	1
		B Fairlie	6	8	6														6	J Newcombe	6	6	6
		P Rodríguez	2	6	3						B Fairlie	5	4	4
		N Pilić	10	4	6	5				6	J Newcombe	7	6	6
	6	J Newcombe	12	6	4	7

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Q	W Higgins	4	2	4
		R Wilson	6	6	6						R Wilson	6	3	7	5	6
		Z Franulović	7	6	6	7	10				Z Franulović	4	6	5	7	0
		T Leius	5	8	3	9	8													R Wilson	6	6	15
		B Carmichael	5	6	7	6														B Carmichael	1	4	13
		JE Mandarino	7	1	5	4					B Carmichael	2	6	7	6
		C Richey	0	6	6	6	9				C Richey	6	4	5	4
	14	B Hewitt	6	4	8	2	7																						R Wilson	9	4	2
	Q	R Seegers	5	3	1																							3	T Okker	11	6	6
		D Crealy	7	6	6						D Crealy	9	6	6
		R Russell	4	14	5	6	6				R Russell	7	4	4
		D Sturdza	6	12	7	3	4													D Crealy	6	3	2	4
		R Holmberg	8	4	6	2	7												3	T Okker	4	6	6	6
		A Olmedo	6	6	4	6	5				R Holmberg	6	6	1	4	2
		I El Shafei	3	8	4					3	T Okker	3	2	6	6	6
	3	T Okker	6	10	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		P Dent	6	6	6
		F Guzmán	4	2	3						P Dent	6	6	6	2	6
		B Giltinan	9	6	11	6	2				F Jauffret	4	8	4	6	4
		F Jauffret	11	2	13	2	6													P Dent	6	8	3	4	4
		N Špear	4	1	1														10	A Gimeno	2	6	6	6	6
		A Metreveli	6	6	6						A Metreveli	3	6	1	6	3
		F McMillan	3	4	6	1				10	A Gimeno	6	3	6	3	6
	10	A Gimeno	6	6	3	6																						10	A Gimeno	9	5r
		E Scott	16	4	4																							7	C Graebner	7	6
		P Barthès	18	6	6						P Barthès	2	4	6	3
		T Gorman	3	6	3	8	4				I Năstase	6	6	3	6
		I Năstase	6	4	6	6	6													I Năstase	5	6	4
		J Brown	9	6	7														7	C Graebner	7	8	6
	Q	J Bartlett	7	2	5						J Brown	2	0r
		R Ruffels	4	6	3					7	C Graebner	6	3
	7	C Graebner	6	8	6

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		J McManus	2	6	6	4	6
		E Buchholz	6	4	1	6	8				E Buchholz	8	6	6
		L Ayala	6	6	12						L Ayala	6	2	4
		R Howe	4	2	10															E Buchholz	4	2	5
		J Kukal	16	6	8														15	D Ralston	6	6	7
	Q	J Krinsky	14	3	6						J Kukal	5	2	4
		J Mukerjea	2	6	5					15	D Ralston	7	6	6
	15	D Ralston	6	8	7																							15	D Ralston	3	6	5	10	2
		H-J Plötz	6	3	6	6																						2	A Roche	6	4	7	8	6
		P Curtis	2	6	4	1					H-J Plötz	9	3	9	9
		K Watanabe	6	7	6						K Watanabe	7	6	7	7
		P Beust	3	5	3															H-J Plötz	1	7	4
		A Segal	6	6	6														2	A Roche	6	9	6
		E Castigliano	2	1	3						A Segal	1	2	0
		J-C Barclay	5	6	3	2				2	A Roche	6	6	6
	2	A Roche	7	4	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1969 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2017.