Australian Open 1969

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ATP Grand Slam Grass Start: Jan 20, 1969 Draw: 64 47 matches

Champion: Rod Laver

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Rod Laver 6 6 3 9

Roy Emerson 2 4 6 7

7 Fred Stolle 8 6 6

Allan Stone 6 4 2

5 John Newcombe 6 6 6

Raymond Moore 2 4 3

4 Tony Roche 8 6 6

Mal Anderson 6 3 4

Ray Ruffels 6 6 6

Thomas Lejus 2 1 3

Bill Bowrey 6 6 11

6 Richard Gonzalez 3 0 9

Earl Butch Buchholz 1 4 7 6 6

8 Marty Riessen 6 6 5 1 4

Andres Gimeno 7 6 6

2 Ken Rosewall 5 1 4

Quarterfinal

1 Rod Laver 6 18 6

7 Fred Stolle 4 16 4

4 Tony Roche 10 4 6 7 6

5 John Newcombe 8 6 8 5 3

Ray Ruffels 9 2 6 6 6

Bill Bowrey 11 6 0 3 4

Andres Gimeno 6 6 6

Earl Butch Buchholz 1 2 2

Semifinal

1 Rod Laver 7 22 9 1 6

4 Tony Roche 5 20 11 6 3

Andres Gimeno 6 11 6

Ray Ruffels 2 9 2

Final

1 Rod Laver 6 6 7

Andres Gimeno 3 4 5

Early rounds

Round of 64 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5
John Newcombe	Ian Fletcher	6-2	5-7	6-3	6-4	·
Rod Brent	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	6-3	6-7	4-6	8-6	6-4
Raymond Moore	Trevor Fancutt	6-4	4-6	6-3	4-6	6-1
Roger Taylor	Vittorio Crotta	4-6	6-4	6-3	6-4	·
Mal Anderson	John Bartlett	9-7	6-2	6-3	·	·
Dick Crealy	Anthony Hammond	8-6	7-5	2-6	10-8	·
Ray Keldie	Syd Ball	6-1	13-11	·	·	·
Tony Roche	Barry Phillips Moore	6-3	6-3	6-4	·	·
Pietro Marzano	Tom Okker	W/O
Thomas Lejus	John Brown	9-7	10-12	6-4	6-3	·
John Alexander	Alvin Gardiner	6-4	6-4	6-4	·	·
Ray Ruffels	Sutarjo Sugiarto	6-1	6-0	6-2	·	·
Bill Bowrey	Koji Watanabe	8-6	6-4	6-3	·	·
Terry Addison	Adriano Panatta	6-0	7-5	6-1	·	·
Pierre Barthes	Bob Giltinan	6-0	6-2	6-4	·	·
Richard Gonzalez	Marc Bolle	6-2	6-2	6-4	·	·

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4
Rod Laver	Massimo Di Domenico	6-2	6-2	6-3	·
Roy Emerson	Harold Hunt	6-1	6-3	6-3	·
Allan Stone	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-1	11-9	6-4	·
Fred Stolle	Ross Case	7-5	6-4	6-2	·
John Newcombe	Rod Brent	6-2	7-5	3-6	6-4
Raymond Moore	Roger Taylor	15-13	13-11	0-6	6-4
Mal Anderson	Dick Crealy	6-2	12-10	6-1	·
Tony Roche	Ray Keldie	8-6	6-0	6-4	·
Thomas Lejus	Pietro Marzano	6-4	6-1	6-2	·
Ray Ruffels	John Alexander	6-2	10-8	6-4	·
Bill Bowrey	Terry Addison	5-7	6-2	6-2	6-4
Richard Gonzalez	Pierre Barthes	6-3	6-3	6-3	·
Marty Riessen	Piero Toci	6-1	6-2	6-1	·
Earl Butch Buchholz	John Cooper	6-3	3-6	6-2	6-2
Andres Gimeno	Geoff Masters	6-1	6-2	6-2	·
Ken Rosewall	Phil Dent	3-6	6-2	6-1	6-4

Players (48)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Rod Laver	AUS	Winner
	Andres Gimeno	ESP	Final
	Ray Ruffels	AUS	Semifinal
	Tony Roche	AUS	Semifinal
BB	Bill Bowrey	AUS	Quarterfinal
EB	Earl Butch Buchholz	USA	Quarterfinal
FS	Fred Stolle	AUS	Quarterfinal
	John Newcombe	AUS	Quarterfinal
AS	Allan Stone	AUS	Round of 16
	Ken Rosewall	AUS	Round of 16
MA	Mal Anderson	AUS	Round of 16
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 16
	Raymond Moore	RSA	Round of 16
RG	Richard Gonzalez	USA	Round of 16
	Roy Emerson	AUS	Round of 16
TL	Thomas Lejus	RUS	Round of 16
	Dick Crealy	AUS	Round of 32
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 32
HH	Harold Hunt	AUS	Round of 32
JR	Jean Loup Rouyer	FRA	Round of 32
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 32
JC	John Cooper	AUS	Round of 32
MD	Massimo Di Domenico	ITA	Round of 32
PD	Phil Dent	AUS	Round of 32
PT	Piero Toci	ITA	Round of 32
	Pierre Barthes	FRA	Round of 32
PM	Pietro Marzano	ITA	Round of 32
RK	Ray Keldie	AUS	Round of 32
RB	Rod Brent	AUS	Round of 32
	Roger Taylor	GBR	Round of 32
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 32
TA	Terry Addison	AUS	Round of 32
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Round of 64
AG	Alvin Gardiner	AUS	Round of 64
AH	Anthony Hammond	AUS	Round of 64
	Barry Phillips Moore	AUS	Round of 64
BG	Bob Giltinan	AUS	Round of 64
IF	Ian Fletcher	AUS	Round of 64
JC	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	FRA	Round of 64
JB	John Bartlett	AUS	Round of 64
JB	John Brown	AUS	Round of 64
KW	Koji Watanabe	JPN	Round of 64
MB	Marc Bolle	BEL	Round of 64
SS	Sutarjo Sugiarto	INA	Round of 64
SB	Syd Ball	AUS	Round of 64
	Tom Okker	NED	Round of 64
TF	Trevor Fancutt	RSA	Round of 64
VC	Vittorio Crotta	ITA	Round of 64