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 tennis title at the 1969 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Seeds

01.

Rod Laver (Champion)

02.

Tony Roche (Semifinals)

03.

Tom Okker (Quarterfinals)

04.

Ken Rosewall (Third round)

05.

Arthur Ashe (Semifinals)

06.

John Newcombe (Final)

07.

Clark Graebner (Quarterfinals)

08.

Cliff Drysdale (Quarterfinals)

09.

Roy Emerson (Fourth round)

10.

Andrés Gimeno (Fourth round)

11.

Fred Stolle (Fourth round)

12.

Pancho Gonzales (Fourth round)

13.

Raymond Moore (First round)

14.

Bob Hewitt (First round)

15.

Dennis Ralston (Fourth round)

16.

Stan Smith (Fourth round)

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

Qualifying

Draw

Key

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	Š 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	5^r
	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	0^r
	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

Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

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

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.