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Roland Garros 1969

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ATP Grand Slam Clay Start: May 28, 1969 Draw: 128 127 matches
Champion: Rod Laver

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
2 Tony Roche 6 8 6
Wieslaw Gasiorek 4 6 2
10 Zeljko Franulovic 1 6 6 6
7 Roy Emerson 6 3 0 2
3 Ken Rosewall 6 6 6
Istvan Gulyas 1 2 1
Fred Stolle 6 6 6
6 Arthur Ashe 2 0 4
5 Tom Okker 9 6 6
Cliff Richey 7 3 3
4 John Newcombe 6 6 0 8 11
13 Jan Kodes 1 4 6 10 9
8 Andres Gimeno 4 2 6 6 1
9 Manuel Santana 6 6 4 4 0
1 Rod Laver 6 6 6
16 Stan Smith 4 2 4
Quarterfinal
2 Tony Roche 4 7 6 4 6
10 Zeljko Franulovic 6 5 0 6 1
3 Ken Rosewall 12 4 7 6
Fred Stolle 10 6 5 2
5 Tom Okker 5 6 4 6 6
4 John Newcombe 7 2 6 2 2
1 Rod Laver 3 6 6 6
8 Andres Gimeno 6 3 4 3
Semifinal
3 Ken Rosewall 7 6 6
2 Tony Roche 5 2 2
1 Rod Laver 4 6 6 6
5 Tom Okker 6 0 0 4
Final
1 Rod Laver 6 6 6
3 Ken Rosewall 4 3 4

Early rounds

Round of 128 64 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Tony Roche Chiradip Mukerjea W/O
Hans Jurgen Pohmann Adriano Panatta 6-2 6-2 6-3 · ·
Nikola Pilic Keith Wooldridge 6-3 6-4 6-2 · ·
Allan Stone Hussain Akbari 6-4 6-4 6-0 · ·
Earl Butch Buchholz Gaetano Di Maso 6-1 6-0 6-2 · ·
Wieslaw Gasiorek Daniel Contet 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2
Phil Dent Taghi Akbari 0-6 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5
Stepan Koudelka Jurgen Fassbender 6-4 7-5 7-5 · ·
Roy Emerson Raymond Moore 3-6 6-2 5-7 6-0 6-3
Tadeusz Nowicki Pancho Guzman W/O
Massimo Di Domenico Eugenio Castigliano 6-1 6-4 6-3 · ·
John Bartlett Ivan Molina 6-4 1-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
Zeljko Franulovic Bernard De Troye 6-1 6-3 6-2 · ·
Hans Nerell Ray Ruffels 6-0 6-1 3-6 6-4 ·
Dennis Ralston Patrick Proisy 1-6 6-1 5-7 7-5 6-2
Patricio Rodriguez Chi Thomas Lejus 7-5 6-2 5-7 7-5 ·
Ken Rosewall Michele Leclercq 7-5 6-4 6-2 · ·
Milan Holecek Roger Taylor W/O
Francois Jauffret Tom Edlefsen 2-6 8-6 6-4 6-2 ·
Martin Mulligan L Palman 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Bob Hewitt Ron Holmberg 8-6 6-2 6-4 · ·
Jean Claude Barclay Geoff Masters 6-4 6-3 6-2 · ·
Piero Toci Giuseppe Merlo 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-4
Istvan Gulyas Tom Gorman 6-3 5-7 6-1 8-6 ·
Arthur Ashe Harry Fauquier 6-2 6-0 6-3 · ·
Jean Pierre Courcol Ezio Di Matteo 5-7 7-5 6-1 6-0 ·
Jean Loup Rouyer Abe Segal 6-2 6-2 6-2 · ·
Barry Phillips Moore Francois Pierson 6-1 6-2 6-2 · ·
Marty Riessen Bernard Montrenaud 6-4 6-0 6-0 · ·
Fred Stolle Claude De Gronckel 6-4 6-0 6-3 · ·
Sergio Palmieri Peter Pokorny 3-6 10-8 6-3 7-5 ·
Jan Kukal Robert Haillet 6-1 8-6 0-15 · ·
Cliff Richey David Lloyd 6-2 6-3 6-1 · ·
Luis Ayala Mike Estep 6-2 6-3 6-1 · ·
Vladimir Zednik Anton Ivanov 6-0 6-3 6-4 · ·
Ismail El Shafei John Barrett 6-4 6-4 7-5 · ·
Stanley Matthews Ilie Nastase 6-3 0-6 0-6 6-4 8-6
Georges Goven Mike Belkin 4-6 5-7 3-0 · ·
Pierre Barthes Jose Luis Arillla 6-4 6-4 8-6 · ·
Tom Okker Bernard Paul 6-3 6-2 6-0 · ·
Patrice Beust Miecyslav Rybarczyk 6-2 6-0 6-8 6-1 ·
Robert Maud Zlatko Ivancic 6-2 6-0 6-0 · ·
Bob Howe Andrzej Licis 9-7 6-3 6-3 · ·
Jan Kodes Eric Drossart 6-1 6-3 6-3 · ·
Manuel Orantes Torben Ulrich 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 ·
Zan Guerry Hans Joachim Ploetz 6-0 2-6 1-6 6-2 8-6
Bill Bowrey Vittorio Crotta 6-4 8-6 6-1 · ·
John Newcombe Charlie Pasarell 6-1 6-2 7-5 · ·
Bob Carmichael Alejandro Olmedo 9-7 6-4 6-0 · ·
Frew Mcmillan Onny Parun 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Ion Tiriac Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-2 7-5 6-0 · ·
Manuel Santana Cliff Drysdale 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-0 ·
William Alvarez Lance Lumsden W/O
Peter Marmureanu Nicola Pietrangeli 6-3 6-3 6-2 · ·
Ingo Buding Alvin Gardiner 6-3 6-0 6-4 · ·
Andres Gimeno Nicola Spear W/O
Premjit Lall Sever Dron 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 ·
Terry Ryan Alex Metreveli 4-6 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4
Patrick Hombergen John Alexander 6-2 8-6 4-6 4-6 8-6
Stan Smith Boro Jovanovic 3-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-4
Pietro Marzano Michael Hickey 6-1 6-3 6-2 · ·
Jairo Velasco Davor Stolcer 8-6 6-2 6-1 · ·
Dick Crealy Dimitri Sturdza 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-2 ·
Rod Laver Koji Watanabe 6-1 6-1 6-1 · ·
Round of 64 32 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Tony Roche Hans Jurgen Pohmann 7-5 6-2 6-1 · ·
Allan Stone Nikola Pilic 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4
Wieslaw Gasiorek Earl Butch Buchholz 6-1 6-0 6-4 · ·
Stepan Koudelka Phil Dent 1-6 6-0 8-6 6-0 ·
Roy Emerson Tadeusz Nowicki 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
Massimo Di Domenico John Bartlett 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 ·
Zeljko Franulovic Hans Nerell 6-0 6-2 6-0 · ·
Dennis Ralston Patricio Rodriguez Chi 6-2 6-4 0-6 0-6 6-4
Ken Rosewall Milan Holecek 6-0 6-3 6-1 · ·
Martin Mulligan Francois Jauffret 6-0 9-7 4-6 6-2 ·
Bob Hewitt Jean Claude Barclay 6-4 6-4 6-2 · ·
Istvan Gulyas Piero Toci 6-4 8-6 6-3 · ·
Arthur Ashe Jean Pierre Courcol 6-2 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2
Barry Phillips Moore Jean Loup Rouyer 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 ·
Fred Stolle Marty Riessen 6-2 4-6 6-8 6-2 6-3
Jan Kukal Sergio Palmieri 6-2 6-2 6-1 · ·
Cliff Richey Luis Ayala 6-4 6-3 8-10 9-7 ·
Ismail El Shafei Vladimir Zednik 6-0 6-1 6-2 · ·
Georges Goven Stanley Matthews 8-6 6-8 6-3 6-1 ·
Tom Okker Pierre Barthes 6-3 6-0 6-4 · ·
Robert Maud Patrice Beust 6-3 6-4 6-1 · ·
Jan Kodes Bob Howe 6-0 6-2 8-6 · ·
Manuel Orantes Zan Guerry 6-1 6-3 6-3 · ·
John Newcombe Bill Bowrey 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
Bob Carmichael Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-1 6-2 · ·
Manuel Santana Ion Tiriac 6-3 7-5 6-3 · ·
Peter Marmureanu William Alvarez 3-6 6-3 7-5 8-6 ·
Andres Gimeno Ingo Buding 6-1 6-3 8-6 · ·
Premjit Lall Terry Ryan 6-1 6-2 6-3 · ·
Stan Smith Patrick Hombergen 6-3 6-1 6-2 · ·
Pietro Marzano Jairo Velasco 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Rod Laver Dick Crealy 3-6 7-9 6-2 6-2 6-4
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Tony Roche Allan Stone 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Wieslaw Gasiorek Stepan Koudelka 6-2 6-1 6-3 · ·
Roy Emerson Massimo Di Domenico 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4 ·
Zeljko Franulovic Dennis Ralston 6-2 6-0 6-1 · ·
Ken Rosewall Martin Mulligan 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-1 ·
Istvan Gulyas Bob Hewitt 11-9 6-0 0-6 7-5 ·
Arthur Ashe Barry Phillips Moore 6-4 6-3 6-1 · ·
Fred Stolle Jan Kukal 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-4 ·
Cliff Richey Ismail El Shafei 6-2 7-5 6-8 6-1 ·
Tom Okker Georges Goven 6-2 6-2 7-5 · ·
Jan Kodes Robert Maud 6-2 4-6 11-9 6-3 ·
John Newcombe Manuel Orantes 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3 ·
Manuel Santana Bob Carmichael 6-2 6-2 6-1 · ·
Andres Gimeno Peter Marmureanu 6-4 6-1 6-0 · ·
Stan Smith Premjit Lall 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-0
Rod Laver Pietro Marzano 6-1 6-0 8-6 · ·

Players (128)

PlayerCountryReached
Rod Laver Rod Laver AUS Winner
Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall AUS Final
Tom Okker Tom Okker NED Semifinal
Tony Roche Tony Roche AUS Semifinal
Andres Gimeno Andres Gimeno ESP Quarterfinal
FS Fred Stolle AUS Quarterfinal
John Newcombe John Newcombe AUS Quarterfinal
Zeljko Franulovic Zeljko Franulovic CRO Quarterfinal
Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe USA Round of 16
Cliff Richey Cliff Richey USA Round of 16
IG Istvan Gulyas HUN Round of 16
Jan Kodes Jan Kodes CZE Round of 16
MS Manuel Santana ESP Round of 16
Roy Emerson Roy Emerson AUS Round of 16
Stan Smith Stan Smith USA Round of 16
WG Wieslaw Gasiorek POL Round of 16
AS Allan Stone AUS Round of 32
Barry Phillips Moore Barry Phillips Moore AUS Round of 32
Bob Carmichael Bob Carmichael AUS Round of 32
Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt RSA Round of 32
Dennis Ralston Dennis Ralston USA Round of 32
GG Georges Goven FRA Round of 32
Ismail El Shafei Ismail El Shafei EGY Round of 32
JK Jan Kukal CZE Round of 32
Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes ESP Round of 32
MM Martin Mulligan AUS Round of 32
MD Massimo Di Domenico ITA Round of 32
PM Peter Marmureanu ROU Round of 32
PM Pietro Marzano ITA Round of 32
PL Premjit Lall IND Round of 32
RM Robert Maud RSA Round of 32
SK Stepan Koudelka TCH Round of 32
BB Bill Bowrey AUS Round of 64
BH Bob Howe AUS Round of 64
Dick Crealy Dick Crealy AUS Round of 64
EB Earl Butch Buchholz USA Round of 64
Francois Jauffret Francois Jauffret FRA Round of 64
FM Frew Mcmillan RSA Round of 64
HP Hans Jurgen Pohmann GER Round of 64
HN Hans Nerell SWE Round of 64
IB Ingo Buding GER Round of 64
Ion Tiriac Ion Tiriac ROU Round of 64
JV Jairo Velasco ESP Round of 64
JB Jean Claude Barclay FRA Round of 64
JR Jean Loup Rouyer FRA Round of 64
JC Jean Pierre Courcol FRA Round of 64
JB John Bartlett AUS Round of 64
LA Luis Ayala CHI Round of 64
Marty Riessen Marty Riessen USA Round of 64
MH Milan Holecek CZE Round of 64
Nikola Pilic Nikola Pilic CRO Round of 64
PB Patrice Beust FRA Round of 64
PC Patricio Rodriguez Chi CHI Round of 64
PH Patrick Hombergen BEL Round of 64
PD Phil Dent AUS Round of 64
PT Piero Toci ITA Round of 64
Pierre Barthes Pierre Barthes FRA Round of 64
SP Sergio Palmieri ITA Round of 64
SM Stanley Matthews GBR Round of 64
TN Tadeusz Nowicki POL Round of 64
TR Terry Ryan RSA Round of 64
VZ Vladimir Zednik CZE Round of 64
WA William Alvarez COL Round of 64
ZG Zan Guerry USA Round of 64
AS Abe Segal RSA Round of 128
Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta ITA Round of 128
AO Alejandro Olmedo PER Round of 128
AM Alex Metreveli RUS Round of 128
AG Alvin Gardiner AUS Round of 128
AL Andrzej Licis POL Round of 128
AI Anton Ivanov UZB Round of 128
BT Bernard De Troye FRA Round of 128
BM Bernard Montrenaud FRA Round of 128
BP Bernard Paul FRA Round of 128
BJ Boro Jovanovic CRO Round of 128
Charlie Pasarell Charlie Pasarell USA Round of 128
CM Chiradip Mukerjea IND Round of 128
CG Claude De Gronckel BEL Round of 128
Cliff Drysdale Cliff Drysdale RSA Round of 128
DC Daniel Contet FRA Round of 128
DL David Lloyd GBR Round of 128
DS Davor Stolcer YUG Round of 128
DS Dimitri Sturdza SUI Round of 128
ED Eric Drossart BEL Round of 128
EC Eugenio Castigliano ITA Round of 128
EM Ezio Di Matteo ITA Round of 128
FP Francois Pierson FRA Round of 128
GM Gaetano Di Maso ITA Round of 128
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 128
GM Giuseppe Merlo ITA Round of 128
HP Hans Joachim Ploetz GER Round of 128
HF Harry Fauquier CAN Round of 128
HA Hussain Akbari IRI Round of 128
Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase ROU Round of 128
IM Ivan Molina COL Round of 128
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Round of 128
JB John Barrett GBR Round of 128
JA Jose Luis Arillla ESP Round of 128
Jurgen Fassbender Jurgen Fassbender GER Round of 128
KW Keith Wooldridge GBR Round of 128
KW Koji Watanabe JPN Round of 128
LP L Palman UNK Round of 128
LL Lance Lumsden JAM Round of 128
MH Michael Hickey IRL Round of 128
ML Michele Leclercq FRA Round of 128
MR Miecyslav Rybarczyk POL Round of 128
MB Mike Belkin CAN Round of 128
ME Mike Estep USA Round of 128
NK Nicholas Kalogeropoulos GRE Round of 128
NP Nicola Pietrangeli ITA Round of 128
NS Nicola Spear SRB Round of 128
Onny Parun Onny Parun NZL Round of 128
PG Pancho Guzman ECU Round of 128
Patrick Proisy Patrick Proisy FRA Round of 128
PP Peter Pokorny AUT Round of 128
Ray Ruffels Ray Ruffels AUS Round of 128
Raymond Moore Raymond Moore RSA Round of 128
RH Robert Haillet FRA Round of 128
Roger Taylor Roger Taylor GBR Round of 128
RH Ron Holmberg USA Round of 128
SD Sever Dron ROU Round of 128
TA Taghi Akbari IRI Round of 128
TL Thomas Lejus RUS Round of 128
TE Tom Edlefsen USA Round of 128
TG Tom Gorman USA Round of 128
TU Torben Ulrich DEN Round of 128
VC Vittorio Crotta ITA Round of 128
ZI Zlatko Ivancic CRO Round of 128