1968 French Open – Men's Singles

Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1968 French Open.

It was Rosewall's second French title and fifth Grand Slam tournament title overall. The tournament was the first major of the Open Era, in which professionals were allowed to compete against amateurs. Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a Grand Slam tournament since 1956 and 1962 respectively, were among those no longer barred from entering.

Men's singles
1968 French Open
Final
ChampionAustralia Ken Rosewall
Runner-upAustralia Rod Laver
Score6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Details
Draw135 (8 Q )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Roy Emerson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales.

Missing from the tournament were WCT's "Handsome Eight" and top amateurs Manuel Santana, Arthur Ashe, Clark Graebner and Tom Okker.

It was future champion and future world No. 1 Ilie Năstase's first major appearance.

Seeds

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

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Ken Rosewall 8 6 3 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Thomaz Koch 6 2 6 3
2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Ken Rosewall 3 6 7 3 6
3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Andrés Gimeno 6 3 5 6 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Boro Jovanović 4 0 2
3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Andrés Gimeno 6 6 6
2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Ken Rosewall 6 6 2 6
1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Rod Laver 3 1 6 2
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Pancho Gonzales 7 6 3 4 6
4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Roy Emerson 5 3 6 6 4
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Pancho Gonzales 3 3 1
1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Rod Laver 6 6 6
9 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Ion Țiriac 6 6 3 3 0
1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Rod Laver 4 4 6 6 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  K Rosewall 10 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Edlefsen 8 1 1 2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  K Rosewall 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Stubs 6 6 1 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Stubs 1 1 0
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-C Barclay 4 8 6 2 2 2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  K Rosewall 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Geraghty w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  JE Mandarino 2 4 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Pinto Bravo 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Pinto Bravo 3 6 3 9
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-B Chanfreau 4 3 5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  JE Mandarino 6 4 6 11
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  JE Mandarino 6 6 7 2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  K Rosewall 6 4 7 6
15 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Kodeš w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  H Fitzgibbon 1 6 5 4
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Gentil 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Gentil 2 0 0
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Nowicki w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Hutchins 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Hutchins 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Hutchins 3 3 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  S Tacchini w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  H Fitzgibbon 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  H Fitzgibbon 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  H Fitzgibbon 6 7 6
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Proisy Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Proisy 3 5 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Krishnan w/o

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  L Hoad w/o
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  W Gąsiorek 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  W Gąsiorek 2 6 10 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Summers 6 4 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Leclercq 6 2 12 2 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Leclercq 8 6 8 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  W Gąsiorek 7 7 2 0 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Jauffret 8 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Jauffret 5 5 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Barrett 6 4 2 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Jauffret 3 6 6 8
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Guzmán w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Kukal 6 4 0 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Kukal 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Jauffret 1 1 1
10 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  W Bungert w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Koch 6 6 6
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Y Christiaen Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Y Christiaen 6 6 4 2 1
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Ryan 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Ryan 3 4 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Marcial w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Ryan 4 1 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Mukerjea w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Koch 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Pilet 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Pilet 4 2 5
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Z Ivančić w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Koch 6 6 7
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Koch

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Gimeno
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Cruz w/o 3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Gimeno 5 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  S Dron 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  S Dron 7 1 3 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Jauffret w/o 3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Gimeno 6 6 6
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Joly 4 4 0 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Buding 3 4 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Buding 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Buding
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Štrobl 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Štrobl w/o
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Molina w/o 3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Gimeno 6 6 6
14 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Ruffels 14 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Ruffels 4 4 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  V Kazakevitch w/o 14 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Ruffels 5 7 6 8
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Komáromi 4 2 6 3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F McMillan 7 5 4 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F McMillan 6 6 3 6 14 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Ruffels 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Contet 0 0 0 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Cornejo 4 2 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Špear 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Špear 4 6 3 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Cornejo 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Cornejo 6 3 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Herdy w/o

Section 4

Preliminary round First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Stolle 3 7 6 3 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Duxin 6 5 3 6 4
6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Stolle 3 0 3
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Jovanović 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Jovanović 6 6 6
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Lloyd 1 0 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Jovanović 9 6 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Crealy 7 8 2 8 2
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Năstase 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-P Olivier 2 1 2
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Năstase 6 6 5 2
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Crealy 4 8 7 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Sangster 7 6 6 6 0
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Crealy 9 3 4 8 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Jovanović 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Battrick 1 1 4
11 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Pietrangeli w/o
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Battrick
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Battrick 6 10 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-P Courcol 4 8 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-P Courcol
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Gorostiaga w/o
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Battrick 6 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Drossart 7 6 2 7   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Sturdza 4 4 8 3
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Bartlett 5 2 6 5   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Drossart 6 4 4 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Sturdza 6 4 9 6   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Sturdza 3 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Di Maso 2 6 7 2   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  D Sturdza 3 6 6 3 7
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Fernandes 10 4 6 6   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Montrenaud 6 4 3 6 5
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Boutboul 8 6 3 1   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Fernandes 2 9 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Montrenaud 3 6 6 8   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Montrenaud 6 11 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Dent 6 4 3 6

Bottom half

Section 5

Preliminary round First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Szőke 6 6 3 1 5
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Zuleta 2 2 6 6 7   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Zuleta 3 4 6 7 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Russell 3 2 0   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Hawkes 6 6 3 5 0
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Hawkes 6 6 6   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  E Zuleta 0 1 8 3
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Dibley 0 2 6 2   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Cox 6 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Paul 6 6 2 6   1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Paul 1 1 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Cox 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Cox 6 6 2 2
12 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Gulyás 3 8 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Gilardelli w/o
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Ulrich
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Ulrich 2 1 1
12 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Gulyás 6 6 6
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  F Tutvin 2 1 4
12 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Gulyás 6 6 6
12 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Gulyás 4 2 2
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Gonzales 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C de Gronckel
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Rodríguez w/o
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C de Gronckel 5 0 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Darmon 7 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Perry 2 8 1 1
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Darmon 6 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Darmon 6 1 10 6
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Gonzales 1 6 12 8
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Giltinan
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  S Likhachev w/o
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Giltinan 1 0 3
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Gonzales 6 6 6
  1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Keldie 2 0 6 3
5 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Gonzales 6 6 3 6

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Pokorny w/o
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Stone 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Stone 7 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Joseph Mateo w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Lewandowski 5 1 0
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Lewandowski 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Stone 5 3 5
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Goven 13 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Richey 7 6 7
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Merlo w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Goven 3 3 6 9 4
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Velasco w/o 13 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Richey 6 6 4 7 6
13 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Richey 13 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  C Richey 6 4 6 9
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  S Palmieri 7 4 4 4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Emerson 0 6 8 11
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Maud 9 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Maud 6 4 3 7 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Fairlie 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Fairlie 2 6 6 5 3
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B de Troye 3 1 1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Maud 1 3 7 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Beust 3 1 3 4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Emerson 6 6 5 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Phillips-Moore 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Phillips-Moore 10 1 1
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  O Parun 7 1 2 2 4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Emerson 12 6 6
4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Emerson 5 6 6 6

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Riessen w/o
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Moore 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Moore 11 1 6 7 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Holeček 6 2 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Holeček 9 6 2 9 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  T Addison 1 6 1 4 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Holeček 6 6 5 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  M Orantes w/o 9 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Țiriac 3 8 7 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-L Rouyer 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-L Rouyer 1 2 1
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  G Deniau 1 1 1 9 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Țiriac 6 6 6
9 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Țiriac 6 6 6 9 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Țiriac 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Moore 5 6 1 6 3 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Z Franulović 4 3 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Segal 7 3 6 1 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Segal w/o
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Gisbert w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Z Franulović
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Z Franulović 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Z Franulović 6 8 2 5 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Cooper 8 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Hewitt 2 6 6 7 4
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  I Watanabe w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Cooper w/o
Q 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Thamin 1 5 0 8 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Hewitt
8 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Hewitt 6 7 6

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Wilson 6 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J-C Molinari 4 1r 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  B Wilson 4 3 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Carmichael 4 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Carmichael 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Hombergen 6 3 1 0 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Carmichael 6 6 2 2 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Fox 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Alexander 3 1 6 6 3
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Acuña 2 1 0 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Fox 6 3 6 9 6r
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Alexander 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  J Alexander 4 6 3 11 6
16 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  A Metreveli w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Carmichael 0 1 1
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  Á Peña 4 1 1 1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Laver 6 6 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  L Ölander 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  L Ölander 4 5 2
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Mărmureanu 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Mărmureanu 6 7 6
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  W Álvarez w/o 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  P Mărmureanu 2 0 7
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Howe 6 4 4 4 1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Laver 6 6 9
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Kalogeropoulos 3 6 6 6 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  N Kalogeropoulos 2 6 4 1
1968 French Open – Men's Singles  L Lumsden 1 1 4 1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Laver 6 4 6 6
1 1968 French Open – Men's Singles  R Laver 6 6 6
  • [1] Source for the draw at Fédération Française de Tennis website, fft.fr
  • "French Open 1968 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  • 1968 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation
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