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, a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.
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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 a period in tennis history known as the Open Era Men s singles1968 Wimbledon ChampionshipsFinalChampionRod LaverRunner upTony RocheScore6 3 6 4 6 2DetailsDraw128 10Q Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girls 1967 Wimbledon Championships 1969 Main article 1968 Wimbledon Championships John Newcombe was the defending champion but was defeated in the fourth round by Arthur Ashe Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 References 5 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Rod Laver champion 0 2 nbsp Ken Rosewall fourth round 0 3 nbsp Andres Gimeno third round 0 4 nbsp John Newcombe fourth round 0 5 nbsp Roy Emerson fourth round 0 6 nbsp Manuel Santana third round 0 7 nbsp Lew Hoad third round 0 8 nbsp Pancho Gonzales third round 0 9 nbsp Dennis Ralston quarterfinals 10 nbsp Butch Buchholz quarterfinals 11 nbsp Fred Stolle fourth round 12 nbsp Tom Okker quarterfinals 13 nbsp Arthur Ashe semifinals 14 nbsp Cliff Drysdale third round 15 nbsp Tony Roche final 16 nbsp Nikola Pilic first round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 1968 Wimbledon Championships Men s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Rod Laver466469 nbsp Dennis Ralston631621 nbsp Rod Laver76613 nbsp Arthur Ashe52413 nbsp Arthur Ashe799612 nbsp Tom Okker97721 nbsp Rod Laver66615 nbsp Tony Roche342 nbsp Clark Graebner669 nbsp Ray Moore207 nbsp Clark Graebner7104615 nbsp Tony Roche986810 nbsp Butch Buchholz654415 nbsp Tony Roche3766Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp Rod Laver6466 nbsp Gene Scott36321 nbsp R Laver666 nbsp Giuseppe Merlo430 nbsp S Smith344 nbsp Stan Smith6661 nbsp R Laver6376 nbsp Jan Kodes232 nbsp M Riessen4653 nbsp Marty Riessen666 nbsp M Riessen nbsp Donald Dell6344 nbsp B Fairliew o nbsp Brian Fairlie36661 nbsp R Laver956616 nbsp Nikola Pilic6532 nbsp M Cox7720 nbsp Herb Fitzgibbon3766 nbsp H Fitzgibbon639710 nbsp Mark Cox7866 nbsp M Cox467912 nbsp Gordon Forbes9634 nbsp M Cox666 nbsp Roger Becker245 nbsp D Contet344 nbsp Allen Fox667 nbsp A Foxw o nbsp Daniel Contet37776 nbsp D ContetQ nbsp Haroon Rahim65592Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp Pancho Gonzales666 nbsp Ramanathan Krishnan2438 nbsp R Gonzales669 nbsp Bob Maud666 nbsp R Maud247Q nbsp Derek Schroder3228 nbsp R Gonzales6435 nbsp Alex Metreveli66410 nbsp A Metreveli4667 nbsp Manuel Orantes2268 nbsp A Metreveli666 nbsp Patrice Beust4667 nbsp P Beust111 nbsp Phil Dent6345 nbsp A Metreveli3529 nbsp Dennis Ralston6789 nbsp D Ralston676Q nbsp John Brown1569 nbsp D Ralston637613 nbsp Cliff Richey687 nbsp C Richey369311 nbsp Barry Phillips Moore2659 nbsp D Ralston666 nbsp Jan Leschly6386 nbsp JE Mandarino242 nbsp Colin Stubs2661 nbsp J Leschly983 nbsp Jose Edison Mandarino6726 nbsp JE Mandarino11106 nbsp Antonio Palafox3564Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp John Newcombe4666 nbsp Owen Davidson63434 nbsp J Newcombe666 nbsp Frew McMillan7737 nbsp J Alexander143 nbsp John Alexander59694 nbsp J Newcombe766Q nbsp David Lloyd66106Q nbsp D Lloyd501 nbsp Pierre Darmon44121Q nbsp D Lloyd63067 nbsp Keith Wooldridge44666Q nbsp T Ryan46635Q nbsp Terry Ryan664284 nbsp J Newcombe4466313 nbsp Arthur Ashe66613 nbsp A Ashe66416Q nbsp Eduardo Zuleta12313 nbsp A Ashe669 nbsp Premjit Lall4462 nbsp I El Shafei127 nbsp Ismail El Shafei663613 nbsp A Ashe1166 nbsp Warren Jacques142 nbsp O Bengtson941 nbsp Ove Bengtson666 nbsp O Bengtson656312 nbsp Keith Carpenter44133 nbsp JL Arilla074610 nbsp Jose Luis Arilla66116Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp Roy Emerson666 nbsp Ronnie Holmberg2245 nbsp R Emerson5666 nbsp Richard Russell526 nbsp I Țiriac7120 nbsp Ion Țiriac7685 nbsp R Emerson766 nbsp Jim McManus4613 nbsp A Olmedo511 nbsp Ken Fletcher6266 nbsp K Fletcher4743 nbsp Patricio Rodriguez1053 nbsp A Olmedo6566 nbsp Alex Olmedo12765 nbsp R Emerson3115512 nbsp Tom Okker736612 nbsp T Okker6977 nbsp Peter Curtis562212 nbsp T Okker667 nbsp Mike Sangster666 nbsp M Sangster305 nbsp Carlos Fernandes04412 nbsp T Okker8666Q nbsp Stanley Matthews4944 nbsp V Korotkov10212 nbsp Vladimir Korotkov6766 nbsp V Korotkov27477 nbsp Luis Ayala11246 nbsp P Barthes65655 nbsp Pierre Barthes9668Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round nbsp Robert Haillet932 nbsp Terry Addison1166 nbsp T Addison46366LL nbsp Raul Peralta143 nbsp N Kalogeropoulos61643 nbsp Nicholas Kalogeropoulos666 nbsp T Addison362 nbsp Gerald Battrick46511 nbsp F Stolle686 nbsp Bob Howe687 nbsp R Howe111 nbsp Jean Claude Barclay12211 nbsp F Stolle66611 nbsp Fred Stolle66611 nbsp F Stolle155 nbsp Clark Graebner666611 nbsp C Graebner677 nbsp Roy Barth43889 nbsp C Graebner666 nbsp Koji Watanabe245 nbsp J Ulrich204 nbsp Jorgen Ulrich667 nbsp C Graebner966 nbsp Sergei Likhachev672126 nbsp M Santana721 nbsp Graham Stilwell35666 nbsp G Stilwell7804 nbsp Hans Joachim Plotz0426 nbsp M Santana510666 nbsp Manuel Santana666Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round nbsp Tom Edlefsen677Q nbsp Jurgen Fassbender255 nbsp T Edlefsen7466 nbsp Nicola Pietrangeli42664Q nbsp G Bluett5612Q nbsp Geoffrey Bluett66226 nbsp T Edlefsen94166 nbsp Graydon Garner266714 nbsp C Drysdale76644LL nbsp Lance Lumsden6245 nbsp G Garner256 nbsp Bobby Wilson73214 nbsp C Drysdale67814 nbsp Cliff Drysdale966 nbsp T Edlefsen46164 nbsp Jan Kukal342 nbsp R Moore62636 nbsp Dick Crealy666 nbsp R Crealy6534 nbsp Ray Moore669 nbsp R Moore3766 nbsp Nikola Spear127 nbsp R Moore46726 nbsp Wieslaw Gasiorek3153 nbsp A Gimeno63562 nbsp Bill Bowrey667 nbsp W Bowrey2673 nbsp Istvan Gulyas3543 nbsp A Gimeno64963 nbsp Andres Gimeno676Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundLL nbsp Pancho Castillo742 nbsp Georges Goven966 nbsp G Goven336 nbsp Toomas Leius6182 nbsp T Ulrich668 nbsp Torben Ulrich46106 nbsp T Ulrich7231 nbsp Milan Holecek8642510 nbsp E Buchholz5666 nbsp Bob Carmichael64667 nbsp R Carmichael134462 nbsp Allan Stone4212410 nbsp E Buchholz11661610 nbsp Butch Buchholz6610610 nbsp E Buchholz6366 nbsp Bob Hewitt686 nbsp R Hewitt4622 nbsp John Barrett364 nbsp R Hewitt363612 nbsp Thomaz Koch66116 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
