1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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

Main article: 1969 Wimbledon Championships

Defending champion Rod Laver defeated 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. It was his fourth Wimbledon singles title and tenth Grand Slam tournament singles title overall. It was the third leg of an eventual second Grand Slam for Laver, which remains the only Grand Slam achieved in men's singles tennis in the Open Era.

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

Main article: 1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• 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

	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	Rod Laver	6	6	6
		Nicola Pietrangeli	1	2	2					1	R Laver	3	4	6	6	6
	Q	Chauncey Steele	4	12	8	6					P Lall	6	6	3	0	0
		Premjit Lall	6	10	10	8													1	R Laver	6	6	6
		Jan Leschly	6	7	6															J Leschly	3	3	3
		Ken Fletcher	4	5	2						J Leschly	6	22	6
		Jean-Loup Rouyer	6	5	6	5	6				J-L Rouyer	4	20	4
	LL	Barry Geraghty	2	7	4	7	3																					1	R Laver	6	6	7	3	6
	16	Stan Smith	20	6	9	4	6																					16	S Smith	4	2	9	6	3
		Allan Stone	22	4	7	6	3			16	S Smith	6	7	6
		David Lloyd	8	6	7						D Lloyd	3	5	1
		István Gulyás	6	4	5														16	S Smith	3	9	6	6
		Donald Dell	3	6	2	1														W Bowrey	6	7	3	4
		Bill Bowrey	6	3	6	6					W Bowrey	8	6	6
		Thomaz Koch	8	3	7	3	4				G Goven	6	4	3
		Georges Goven	6	6	5	6	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Cliff Drysdale	7	7	9
		Patrick Hombergen	5	5	7					8	C Drysdale	6	6	11	6
		Owen Davidson	6	6	6						O Davidson	4	4	13	2
	Q	John Paish	1	2	3														8	C Drysdale	6	11	6
		Barry Phillips-Moore	5	4	6	1														M Cox	2	9	4
		Ion Țiriac	7	6	4	6					I Țiriac	6	8	7	10
		Mark Cox	7	6	6						M Cox	2	10	9	12
		Manuel Orantes	5	4	3																							8	C Drysdale	6	6	0	6	9
	9	Roy Emerson	6	6	6																							9	R Emerson	4	8	6	3	7
	LL	Peter Pokorny	1	1	1					9	R Emerson	6	6	6
	Q	John Clifton	4	6	4	6	5				S Matthews	3	1	2
		Stanley Matthews	6	3	6	2	7												9	R Emerson	7	6	6
		Vladimir Korotkov	6	6	8															N Kalogeropoulos	5	3	2
		Mike Sangster	4	3	6						V Korotkov	6	4	3	6	3
		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6	6	6						N Kalogeropoulos	2	6	6	3	6
		Jaime Fillol	2	2	4

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Ken Rosewall	6	6	6
		Wiesław Gąsiorek	1	1	2					4	K Rosewall	6	6	8
		Roger Taylor	6	13	6						R Taylor	1	4	6
		Vic Seixas	4	11	2														4	K Rosewall	6	9	3	2
		Bob Lutz	6	6	6															R Lutz	8	7	6	6
	Q	Štěpán Koudelka	1	1	0						R Lutz	2	4	6	6	7
		Jan Kodeš	6	3	5	6	6				J Kodeš	6	6	1	2	5
		Patricio Cornejo	3	6	7	3	1																						R Lutz	9	4	3	6	6
	13	Ray Moore	3	2	11	4																							J Alexander	7	6	6	4	4
		John Alexander	6	6	9	6					J Alexander	7	6	6
		Gordon Forbes	4	6	3						O Parun	5	4	3
		Onny Parun	6	8	6															J Alexander	6	8	13	3	6
	Q	Allan McDonald	5	5	6															T Addison	3	10	11	6	3
		Jean-Pierre Courcol	7	7	8						J-P Courcol	3	2	6	5
		Terry Addison	9	6	6						T Addison	6	6	3	7
	LL	Eduardo Zuleta	7	3	3

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Arthur Ashe	1	11	6	7
		Marty Riessen	6	9	3	5				5	A Ashe	3	4	6	6	6
		Torben Ulrich	6	4	4	7					T Ryan	6	6	3	2	2
		Terry Ryan	4	6	6	9													5	A Ashe	6	1	6	13	12
		Graham Stilwell	6	3	8	4	6													G Stilwell	2	6	2	15	10
		Keith Wooldridge	2	6	6	6	1				G Stilwell	6	6	6
		Alan Mills	6	2	6	5	12				I Buding	3	2	4
		Ingo Buding	2	6	4	7	14																					5	A Ashe	7	4	6	6
	12	Pancho Gonzales	22	1	16	6	11																					12	R Gonzales	5	6	3	3
		Charlie Pasarell	24	6	14	3	9			12	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		John Barrett	4	4	2						O Bengtson	4	3	3
		Ove Bengtson	6	6	6														12	R Gonzales	6	6	6
		Tom Edlefsen	6	3	9	6														T Edlefsen	4	3	2
		Roy Barth	3	6	7	3					T Edlefsen	8	6	4	5	6
		Ray Keldie	12	4	6	6					R Keldie	6	3	6	7	4
		Sergei Likhachev	10	6	4	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Gerald Battrick	6	3	4	6	6
	LL	Tadeusz Nowicki	4	6	6	4	4				G Battrick	3	7	1	6	3
		Milan Holeček	6	5	11	6					M Holeček	6	5	6	4	6
	Q	Erik van Dillen	3	7	9	4														M Holeček	2	4	2
		Bob Maud	6	6	6														11	F Stolle	6	6	6
	LL	Keishiro Yanagi	4	1	2						R Maud	17	6	0	5
		Paul Hutchins	4	8	4					11	F Stolle	19	2	6	7
	11	Fred Stolle	6	10	6																							11	F Stolle	4	5	6	3
		Daniel Contet	4	9	8	4																						6	J Newcombe	6	7	3	6
		Mal Anderson	6	11	6	6					M Anderson	13	8	6
		Jørgen Ulrich	1	4	6	4					J Cooper	11	6	4
		John Cooper	6	6	1	6														M Anderson	2	3	1
		Brian Fairlie	6	8	6														6	J Newcombe	6	6	6
		Patricio Rodríguez	2	6	3						B Fairlie	5	4	4
		Nikola Pilić	10	4	6	5				6	J Newcombe	7	6	6
	6	John Newcombe	12	6	4	7

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Billy Higgins	4	2	4
		Bobby Wilson	6	6	6						R Wilson	6	3	7	5	6
		Željko Franulović	7	6	6	7	10				Z Franulović	4	6	5	7	0
		Toomas Leius	5	8	3	9	8													R Wilson	6	6	15
		Bob Carmichael	5	6	7	6														B Carmichael	1	4	13
		José Edison Mandarino	7	1	5	4					B Carmichael	2	6	7	6
		Cliff Richey	0	6	6	6	9				C Richey	6	4	5	4
	14	Bob Hewitt	6	4	8	2	7																						R Wilson	9	4	2
	Q	Rayno Seegers	5	3	1																							3	T Okker	11	6	6
		Dick Crealy	7	6	6						D Crealy	9	6	6
		Richard Russell	4	14	5	6	6				R Russell	7	4	4
		Dimitri Sturdza	6	12	7	3	4													D Crealy	6	3	2	4
		Ronnie Holmberg	8	4	6	2	7												3	T Okker	4	6	6	6
		Alex Olmedo	6	6	4	6	5				R Holmberg	6	6	1	4	2
		Ismail El Shafei	3	8	4					3	T Okker	3	2	6	6	6
	3	Tom Okker	6	10	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Phil Dent	6	6	6
		Pancho Guzmán	4	2	3						P Dent	6	6	6	2	6
		Bob Giltinan	9	6	11	6	2				F Jauffret	4	8	4	6	4
		François Jauffret	11	2	13	2	6													P Dent	6	8	3	4	4
		Nikola Špear	4	1	1														10	A Gimeno	2	6	6	6	6
		Alex Metreveli	6	6	6						A Metreveli	3	6	1	6	3
		Frew McMillan	3	4	6	1				10	A Gimeno	6	3	6	3	6
	10	Andrés Gimeno	6	6	3	6																						10	A Gimeno	9	5r
		Gene Scott	16	4	4																							7	C Graebner	7	6
		Pierre Barthès	18	6	6						P Barthès	2	4	6	3
		Tom Gorman	3	6	3	8	4				I Năstase	6	6	3	6
		Ilie Năstase	6	4	6	6	6													I Năstase	5	6	4
		John Brown	9	6	7														7	C Graebner	7	8	6
	Q	John Bartlett	7	2	5						J Brown	2	0r
		Ray Ruffels	4	6	3					7	C Graebner	6	3
	7	Clark Graebner	6	8	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Jim McManus	2	6	6	4	6
		Butch Buchholz	6	4	1	6	8				E Buchholz	8	6	6
		Luis Ayala	6	6	12						L Ayala	6	2	4
		Bob Howe	4	2	10															E Buchholz	4	2	5
		Jan Kukal	16	6	8														15	D Ralston	6	6	7
	Q	Julian Krinsky	14	3	6						J Kukal	5	2	4
		Jaidip Mukerjea	2	6	5					15	D Ralston	7	6	6
	15	Dennis Ralston	6	8	7																							15	D Ralston	3	6	5	10	2
		Hans-Joachim Plötz	6	3	6	6																						2	A Roche	6	4	7	8	6
		Peter Curtis	2	6	4	1					H-J Plötz	9	3	9	9
		Koji Watanabe	6	7	6						K Watanabe	7	6	7	7
		Patrice Beust	3	5	3															H-J Plötz	1	7	4
		Abe Segal	6	6	6														2	A Roche	6	9	6
		Eugenio Castigliano	2	1	3						A Segal	1	2	0
		Jean-Claude Barclay	5	6	3	2				2	A Roche	6	6	6
	2	Tony Roche	7	4	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1969 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
• 1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation