Wimbledon 1968


General 1968-06-24 - 1968-07-06
Grandslam
Grass
7
Wimbledon
England

Source John Barrett, Wimbledon



Media


Winner Rodney George (Rod) Laver


Players
Terry W. Addison
John Gillient Alexander
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez
Arthur Robert Ashe jr
Luis Alberto Ayala
Jean-Claude Barclay
John Edward Barrett
Roy R. Barth
Pierre Barthes
Gerald Battrick
Roger Becker
Ove Nils Bengtson
Patrice Beust
Geoff C. Bluett
William Walter (Bill) Bowrey
John F. Brown
Earl Henry (Butch) Buchholz
Robert John (Bob) Carmichael
Keith A. Carpenter
Francisco (Pacho) Castillo
Daniel Jean Bernard Contet
Patricio Cornejo Seckel
Jean Pierre Courcol
Mark M. Cox
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Peter William Curtis
Pierre Darmon
Owen Keir Davidson
Michael Grenfell (Mike) Davies
Donald Lundy Dell
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Gaetano di Maso
Eric Clifford (Cliff) Drysdale
Thomas B. (Tom) Edlefsen
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Roy Stanley Emerson
Brian E. Fairlie
Jurgen Fassbender
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
Herbert S. (Herb) Fitzgibbon II
Kenneth Norman (Ken) Fletcher
Gordon Lovell Forbes
Allen E. Fox
Graydon C. Garner
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Andres Gimeno Tolaguera
Ricardo Alonso (Pancho) Gonzales
Georges Goven
Clark Edward Graebner
Istvan Pecs Gulyas
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
Robert Haillet
Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad
Milan Holecek
Ronald Edward Holmberg
Patrick Hombergen
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Paul Raymond Hutchins
Clay Iles
Warren F. Jacques
R. Nicky (Nikolaos) Kalogeropoulos
Ray Keldie
Thomaz Koch
Jan Kodes (Kodeš)
Vladimir Viktorovich Korotkov
Ramanathan Krishnan
Jan Kukal
Premjit J. Lall
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Toomas Karlovich Lejus
Jan Leschly
Sergei Likhachev
David Alan Lloyd
Lancelot E. (Lance) Lumsden
Robert Charles (Bob) Lutz
Jose Edson Mandarino
Stanley John Matthews
Robert (Bob) Maud
James Henry (Jim) McManus
Frew Donald McMillan
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Alexander Irakleivich Metreveli
Alan Ronald Mills
Raymond J. (Ray) Moore
Jaidip Mukerjea
John David Newcombe
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Alejandro Rodriquez (Alex) Olmedo
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
Onny Parun
Charles (Charlito) Pasarell Jr.
Raul A. Peralta
Barry Phillips-Moore
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Hans Joachim Ploetz (Plötz)
Haroon Rahim
Richard (Dennis) Ralston
George Clifford (Cliff) Richey Jr
Martin Claire (Marty) Riessen
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Raymond Owen (Ray) Ruffels
Richard A. Russell
Terence J. (Terry) Ryan
Michael John (Mike) Sangster
Manuel Martinez Santana
Derek Wingate Schroder
Eugene Lytton (Gene) Scott
Alan Abraham (Abe) Segal
Stanley Roger (Stan) Smith
Nikola Spear
Graham Rodney Stilwell
Frederick Sidney (Fred) Stolle
Allan James Stone
Colin Warwick Stubs
Roger Taylor
Ion Tiriac
Jorgen Ulrich
Torben Ulrich
Koji Watanabe
Robert Keith (Bobby) Wilson
Keith E. Wooldridge
Eduardo A. Zuleta


Rounds
Round 1
Rod Laver*
Gene Scott
6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2
Stan Smith*
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
6-4 6-3 6-0
Marty Riessen*
Jan Kodes
6-2 6-3 6-2
Brian E. Fairlie*
Donald Dell
3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Herb Fitzgibbon*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2
Mark M. Cox*
Gordon Forbes
7-9 8-6 6-3 6-4
Allen E. Fox*
Roger Becker
6-2 6-4 7-5
Daniel Contet*
Haroon Rahim
3-6 7-5 7-5 7-9 6-2
Pancho Gonzales*
Ramanathan Krishnan
6-2 6-4 6-3
Robert Maud*
Derek Schroder
6-3 6-2 6-2
Alex Metreveli*
Manuel Orantes
6-2 6-2 4-6 10-8
Patrice Beust*
Phil Dent
4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
Dennis Ralston*
John F. Brown
6-1 7-5 8-6
Cliff Richey*
Barry Phillips-Moore
6-2 8-6 7-5
Jan Leschly*
Colin Stubs
6-2 3-6 8-6 6-1
Jose Edson Mandarino*
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4
John Newcombe*
Owen Davidson
4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
John Alexander*
Frew McMillan
5-7 9-7 6-3 9-7
David Lloyd*
Pierre Darmon
6-4 6-4 10-12 6-1
Terry Ryan*
Keith E. Wooldridge
6-4 6-4 4-6 2-6 8-6
Arthur Ashe *
Eduardo A. Zuleta
6-1 6-2 6-3
Ismail El Shafei*
Premjit J. Lall
6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
Ove Bengtson*
Warren F. Jacques
6-1 6-4 6-2
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez*
Keith A. Carpenter
6-4 6-4 11-13 6-3
Roy Emerson*
Ron Holmberg
6-2 6-2 6-4
Ion Tiriac*
Richard A. Russell
7-5 6-2 8-6
Ken Fletcher*
Jim McManus
6-4 2-6 6-1 6-3
Alex Olmedo*
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
12-10 7-5 6-3
Tom Okker*
Peter Curtis
7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2
Michael Sangster*
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6-0 6-4 6-4
Vladimir Korotkov*
Stanley Matthews
6-4 7-9 6-4 6-4
Pierre Barthes*
Luis Ayala
9-11 6-2 6-4 8-6
Terry W. Addison*
Robert Haillet
11-9 6-3 6-2
Nick Kalogeropoulos*
Raul A. Peralta
6-1 6-4 6-3
Bob Howe*
Gerald Battrick
6-4 8-6 7-5
Fred Stolle*
Jean-Claude Barclay
6-1 6-2 6-2
Clark Graebner*
Roy R. Barth
6-4 6-3 6-8 6-8 11-9
Jorgen Ulrich*
Koji Watanabe
6-2 6-4 7-5
Graham Stilwell*
Sergei Likhachev
3-6 5-7 6-2 6-1 6-2
Manuel Santana*
Hans Joachim Plotz
6-0 6-4 6-2
Tom Edlefsen*
Jurgen Fassbender
6-2 7-5 7-5
Geoff C. Bluett*
Nicola Pietrangeli
6-4 6-2 2-6 2-6 6-2
Graydon C. Garner*
Lancelot E. (Lance) Lumsden
2-6 6-2 6-4 7-5
Cliff Drysdale*
Bobby Wilson
9-7 6-3 6-2
Dick Crealy*
Jan Kukal
6-3 6-4 6-2
Ray Moore*
Nikola Spear
6-1 6-2 9-7
Bill Bowrey*
Wieslaw Gasiorek
6-3 6-1 7-5
Andres Gimeno*
Istvan Gulyas
6-3 7-5 6-4
Georges Goven*
Francisco (Pacho) Castillo
9-7 6-4 6-2
Torben Ulrich*
Toomas Lejus
4-6 6-1 10-8 6-2
Bob Carmichael*
Milan Holecek
6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2 7-5
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Allan Stone
6-4 6-2 10-12 6-4
Bob Hewitt*
John Barrett
6-3 8-6 6-4
Thomaz Koch*
Gaetano di Maso
6-3 6-2 11-13 6-0
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman*
Bob Lutz
11-13 1-6 8-6 6-3 6-4
Lew Hoad*
Jaidip Mukerjea
6-3 6-4 6-2
Clay Iles*
Jean Pierre Courcol
7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5
Ray Ruffels*
Patricio Cornejo
6-2 6-1 6-2
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Mike Davies
4-6 7-9 10-8 6-1 6-3
Tony Roche*
Ray Keldie
6-3 6-1 7-5
Onny Parun*
Paul Raymond Hutchins
6-3 9-7 12-10
Roger Taylor*
Alan Mills
6-4 6-2 6-3
Charlie Pasarell*
Patrick Hombergen
6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3
Ken Rosewall*
Abe Segal
6-3 6-4 6-4

Round 2
Rod Laver*
Stan Smith
6-3 6-4 6-4
Marty Riessen*
Brian E. Fairlie
w.o.
Mark M. Cox*
Herb Fitzgibbon
4-6 6-3 7-9 9-7 12-10
Daniel Contet*
Allen E. Fox
w.o.
Pancho Gonzales*
Robert Maud
6-2 6-4 9-7
Alex Metreveli*
Patrice Beust
6-1 6-1 6-1
Dennis Ralston*
Cliff Richey
6-3 3-6 7-9 6-3 13-11
Jose Edson Mandarino*
Jan Leschly
11-9 10-8 6-3
John Newcombe*
John Alexander
6-1 6-4 6-3
David Lloyd*
Terry Ryan
6-4 3-6 0-6 6-3 7-5
Arthur Ashe *
Ismail El Shafei
6-1 6-2 9-7
Ove Bengtson*
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez
6-0 5-7 6-4 3-6 12-10
Roy Emerson*
Ion Tiriac
5-7 6-1 6-2 6-0
Alex Olmedo*
Ken Fletcher
6-4 5-7 6-4 6-3
Tom Okker*
Michael Sangster
6-3 6-0 7-5
Vladimir Korotkov*
Pierre Barthes
2-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-5
Terry W. Addison*
Nick Kalogeropoulos
4-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-3
Fred Stolle*
Bob Howe
6-1 6-1 6-1
Clark Graebner*
Jorgen Ulrich
6-2 6-0 6-4
Manuel Santana*
Graham Stilwell
5-7 10-8 6-0 6-4
Tom Edlefsen*
Geoff C. Bluett
7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2
Cliff Drysdale*
Graydon C. Garner
6-2 7-5 8-6
Ray Moore*
Dick Crealy
3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
Andres Gimeno*
Bill Bowrey
6-2 4-6 9-7 6-3
Torben Ulrich*
Georges Goven
6-3 6-3 8-6
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Bob Carmichael
11-13 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-2
Bob Hewitt*
Thomaz Koch
3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 12-10
Lew Hoad*
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
8-6 6-1 6-4
Ray Ruffels*
Clay Iles
6-4 6-2 6-3
Tony Roche*
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
6-4 6-0 6-2
Onny Parun*
Roger Taylor
2-6 3-6 14-12 6-4 6-4
Ken Rosewall*
Charlie Pasarell
7-9 6-1 6-8 6-2 6-3

Round 3
Rod Laver*
Marty Riessen
6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
Mark M. Cox*
Daniel Contet
6-3 6-4 6-4
Alex Metreveli*
Pancho Gonzales
4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
Dennis Ralston*
Jose Edson Mandarino
6-2 6-4 6-2
John Newcombe*
David Lloyd
7-5 6-0 6-1
Arthur Ashe *
Ove Bengtson
11-9 6-4 6-1
Roy Emerson*
Alex Olmedo
7-5 6-1 6-1
Tom Okker*
Vladimir Korotkov
8-10 6-2 6-1 6-2
Fred Stolle*
Terry W. Addison
6-3 6-1 6-2
Clark Graebner*
Manuel Santana
9-7 6-2 6-1
Tom Edlefsen*
Cliff Drysdale
9-7 4-6 1-6 6-4 6-4
Ray Moore*
Andres Gimeno
4-6 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-2
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Torben Ulrich
5-7 6-2 6-3 6-1
Bob Hewitt*
Lew Hoad
6-3 9-11 1-6 6-3 6-3
Tony Roche*
Ray Ruffels
6-4 6-1 6-3
Ken Rosewall*
Onny Parun
6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2

Round 4
Rod Laver*
Mark M. Cox
9-7 5-7 6-2 6-0
Dennis Ralston*
Alex Metreveli
6-3 7-5 6-2
Arthur Ashe *
John Newcombe
6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3
Tom Okker*
Roy Emerson
6-3 9-11 7-5 7-5
Clark Graebner*
Fred Stolle
6-1 7-5 7-5
Ray Moore*
Tom Edlefsen
6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-4
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Bob Hewitt
6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2
Tony Roche*
Ken Rosewall
9-7 6-3 6-2

Quarterfinals
Rod Laver*
Dennis Ralston
4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2
Arthur Ashe *
Tom Okker
7-9 9-7 9-7 6-2
Clark Graebner*
Ray Moore
6-2 6-0 9-7
Tony Roche*
Earl Butch Buchholz
3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4

Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Arthur Ashe
7-5 6-2 6-4
Tony Roche*
Clark Graebner
9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6

Final
Rod Laver*
Tony Roche
6-3 6-4 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Rod Laver*
Gene Scott
Stan Smith*
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Marty Riessen*
Jan Kodes
Brian E. Fairlie*
Donald Dell
Mark M. Cox*
Gordon Forbes
Herb Fitzgibbon*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Daniel Contet*
Haroon Rahim
Allen E. Fox*
Roger Becker
Dennis Ralston*
John F. Brown
Cliff Richey*
Barry Phillips-Moore
Jose Edson Mandarino*
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
Jan Leschly*
Colin Stubs
Alex Metreveli*
Manuel Orantes
Patrice Beust*
Phil Dent
Pancho Gonzales*
Ramanathan Krishnan
Robert Maud*
Derek Schroder
Arthur Ashe *
Eduardo A. Zuleta
Ismail El Shafei*
Premjit J. Lall
Ove Bengtson*
Warren F. Jacques
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez*
Keith A. Carpenter
John Newcombe*
Owen Davidson
John Alexander*
Frew McMillan
David Lloyd*
Pierre Darmon
Terry Ryan*
Keith E. Wooldridge
Tom Okker*
Peter Curtis
Michael Sangster*
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
Vladimir Korotkov*
Stanley Matthews
Pierre Barthes*
Luis Ayala
Roy Emerson*
Ron Holmberg
Ion Tiriac*
Richard A. Russell
Alex Olmedo*
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
Ken Fletcher*
Jim McManus
Tony Roche*
Ray Keldie
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Mike Davies
Ray Ruffels*
Patricio Cornejo
Clay Iles*
Jean Pierre Courcol
Ken Rosewall*
Abe Segal
Charlie Pasarell*
Patrick Hombergen
Onny Parun*
Paul Raymond Hutchins
Roger Taylor*
Alan Mills
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Allan Stone
Bob Carmichael*
Milan Holecek
Torben Ulrich*
Toomas Lejus
Georges Goven*
Francisco (Pacho) Castillo
Bob Hewitt*
John Barrett
Thomaz Koch*
Gaetano di Maso
Lew Hoad*
Jaidip Mukerjea
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman*
Bob Lutz
Clark Graebner*
Roy R. Barth
Jorgen Ulrich*
Koji Watanabe
Manuel Santana*
Hans Joachim Plotz
Graham Stilwell*
Sergei Likhachev
Fred Stolle*
Jean-Claude Barclay
Bob Howe*
Gerald Battrick
Terry W. Addison*
Robert Haillet
Nick Kalogeropoulos*
Raul A. Peralta
Ray Moore*
Nikola Spear
Dick Crealy*
Jan Kukal
Andres Gimeno*
Istvan Gulyas
Bill Bowrey*
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Tom Edlefsen*
Jurgen Fassbender
Geoff C. Bluett*
Nicola Pietrangeli
Cliff Drysdale*
Bobby Wilson
Graydon C. Garner*
Lancelot E. (Lance) Lumsden
Round 2
Rod Laver*
Stan Smith
Marty Riessen*
Brian E. Fairlie
Mark M. Cox*
Herb Fitzgibbon
Daniel Contet*
Allen E. Fox
Dennis Ralston*
Cliff Richey
Jose Edson Mandarino*
Jan Leschly
Alex Metreveli*
Patrice Beust
Pancho Gonzales*
Robert Maud
Arthur Ashe *
Ismail El Shafei
Ove Bengtson*
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez
John Newcombe*
John Alexander
David Lloyd*
Terry Ryan
Tom Okker*
Michael Sangster
Vladimir Korotkov*
Pierre Barthes
Roy Emerson*
Ion Tiriac
Alex Olmedo*
Ken Fletcher
Tony Roche*
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
Ray Ruffels*
Clay Iles
Ken Rosewall*
Charlie Pasarell
Onny Parun*
Roger Taylor
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Bob Carmichael
Torben Ulrich*
Georges Goven
Bob Hewitt*
Thomaz Koch
Lew Hoad*
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
Clark Graebner*
Jorgen Ulrich
Manuel Santana*
Graham Stilwell
Fred Stolle*
Bob Howe
Terry W. Addison*
Nick Kalogeropoulos
Ray Moore*
Dick Crealy
Andres Gimeno*
Bill Bowrey
Tom Edlefsen*
Geoff C. Bluett
Cliff Drysdale*
Graydon C. Garner
Round 3
Rod Laver*
Marty Riessen
Mark M. Cox*
Daniel Contet
Dennis Ralston*
Jose Edson Mandarino
Alex Metreveli*
Pancho Gonzales
Arthur Ashe *
Ove Bengtson
John Newcombe*
David Lloyd
Tom Okker*
Vladimir Korotkov
Roy Emerson*
Alex Olmedo
Tony Roche*
Ray Ruffels
Ken Rosewall*
Onny Parun
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Torben Ulrich
Bob Hewitt*
Lew Hoad
Clark Graebner*
Manuel Santana
Fred Stolle*
Terry W. Addison
Ray Moore*
Andres Gimeno
Tom Edlefsen*
Cliff Drysdale
Round 4
Rod Laver*
Mark M. Cox
Dennis Ralston*
Alex Metreveli
Arthur Ashe *
John Newcombe
Tom Okker*
Roy Emerson
Tony Roche*
Ken Rosewall
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Bob Hewitt
Clark Graebner*
Fred Stolle
Ray Moore*
Tom Edlefsen
Quarterfinals
Rod Laver*
Dennis Ralston
Arthur Ashe *
Tom Okker
Tony Roche*
Earl Butch Buchholz
Clark Graebner*
Ray Moore
Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Arthur Ashe
Tony Roche*
Clark Graebner
Final
Rod Laver*
Tony Roche