US Open 1969


General 1969-08-27 - 1969-09-09
Grandslam
Grass
7
Forest Hills, NY/West Side Tennis Club
United States of America


Info Source: ATP



Media


Winner Rodney George (Rod) Laver


Players
Terry W. Addison
John Gillient Alexander
Arthur Robert Ashe jr
Luis Alberto Ayala
Roy R. Barth
Pierre Barthes
Gerald Battrick
Mike L. Belkin
Ove Nils Bengtson
J.W. (Woody) Blocher
William Walter (Bill) Bowrey
Bailey Brown
Earl Henry (Butch) Buchholz
Ingo Dietmar Buding
Peter Burwash
Martin Carlstein
Robert John (Bob) Carmichael
Keith A. Carpenter
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau
Brian Cheney
Patricio Cornejo Seckel
Armando (Nano) Cornejo
Jean Pierre Courcol
Mark M. Cox
Patrick John (Pat) Cramer
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Ian Sinclair Crookenden
Peter William Curtis
Owen Keir Davidson
Donald Lundy Dell
Richard P. (Dick) Dell
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Sever Dron
Eric Clifford (Cliff) Drysdale
Thomas B. (Tom) Edlefsen
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Roy Stanley Emerson
Mike Estep
Jaime Jose Fillol sr
Peter Fishbach
Herbert S. (Herb) Fitzgibbon II
Željko Franulović
Luis Augusto Garcia
Paul R. Gerken
Lewis Albert (Lew) Gerrard
Andres Gimeno Tolaguera
Ricardo Alonso (Pancho) Gonzales
Thomas Warner (Tom) Gorman
Georges Goven
Clark Edward Graebner
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
John (Cookie) Hammill
Richard N. Hawkes
Rudy Hernando
William C. (Billy) Higgins
Edward (Ted) Hoehn
Ronald Edward Holmberg
Humphrey H. Hose
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Ray Keldie
Thomaz Koch
Jan Kodes (Kodeš)
Rauty Krog
Jan Kukal
Premjit J. Lall
Marcelo Lara
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Richard N. (Dick) Leach
Tom Leonard
David Alan Lloyd
Joaquin Loyo Mayo
Robert Charles (Bob) Lutz
Barry Bruce MacKay
Petre Marmureanu
Charles Robert (Chuck) McKinley Jr.
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley
James Henry (Jim) McManus
Raymond J. (Ray) Moore
Thomas (Tom) Mozur
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ilie Nastase
Armistead C. Neely
John David Newcombe
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Miguel Olvera
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
Onny Parun
Charles (Charlito) Pasarell Jr.
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Robert (Bob) Potthast
Patrick Proisy
Richard (Dennis) Ralston
George Clifford (Cliff) Richey Jr
Martin Claire (Marty) Riessen
Franklin D. (F.D.) Robbins
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Jean-Loup Rouyer
Raymond Owen (Ray) Ruffels
Richard A. Russell
Terence J. (Terry) Ryan
Manuel Martinez Santana
Eugene Lytton (Gene) Scott
George (Butch) Lansing Seewagen
Elias Victor (Vic) Seixas
Max Senior
John E. Sharpe
Jasjit Singh (Singhramesh Krishnan)
Stanley Roger (Stan) Smith
Michael (Mike) Sprengelmeyer
Chauncey Depew (Chum) Steele III
Graham Rodney Stilwell
Richard LeClede (Dick) Stockton
Frederick Sidney (Fred) Stolle
Allan James Stone
Paul Sullivan
Leonard Roscoe (Roscoe) Tanner
Roger Taylor
George Taylor
Ion Tiriac
Larry Turville
Torben Ulrich
Erik Jacobus Van Dillen
Eduardo A. Zuleta


Rounds
Round 1
Rod Laver*
Luis Augusto Garcia
6-2 6-4 6-2
Jaime Pinto-Bravo*
John (Cookie) Hammill
6-3 6-4 6-2
Gene Scott*
Erik Van Dillen
6-3 10-8 6-1
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Barry MacKay
2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
Dennis Ralston*
Keith A. Carpenter
7-5 6-3 10-8
Graham Stilwell*
George Taylor
8-6 6-2 9-7
John Alexander*
Mike Sprengelmeyer
6-4 6-1 6-0
Tom Gorman*
Bailey Brown
6-2 6-4 6-0
Owen Davidson*
Cliff Drysdale
6-2 6-3 6-4
Ove Bengtson*
Ingo Buding
6-1 12-10 6-1
Ron Holmberg*
Patrick Proisy
6-2 6-4 6-3
Roy R. Barth*
Miguel Olvera
3-6 1-6 6-4 8-6 6-0
Roy Emerson*
Željko Franulović
6-2 6-4 6-3
Manuel Orantes*
Paul R. Gerken
11-9 7-9 3-6 6-4 9-7
Richard N. (Dick) Leach*
Eduardo A. Zuleta
8-6 6-3 6-4
Bill Bowrey*
Onny Parun
6-4 6-4 4-6 6-2
Arthur Ashe *
Dick Stockton
6-2 6-2 7-5
Dick Crealy*
Chuck McKinley
7-5 7-5 12-10
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Peter Burwash
6-2 6-2 6-2
Premjit J. Lall*
Bob Howe
6-3 6-0 6-4
Manuel Santana*
Billy Higgins
6-2 7-5 6-1
Jean Pierre Courcol*
Dick Dell
6-3 6-4 6-3
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley*
Martin Carlstein
6-1 6-3 6-3
Petre Marmureanu*
Richard N. Hawkes
8-6 6-3 7-5
Ken Rosewall*
Pat Cramer
6-2 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-4
Ray Moore*
Larry Turville
8-6 6-2 6-2
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Jaidip Mukerjea
6-4 10-8 6-4
Ion Tiriac*
Terry Ryan
9-7 7-5 5-7 8-6
Stan Smith*
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
6-0 6-3 6-2
Ilie Nastase*
Ian Crookenden
4-6 6-4 6-3 6-0
Ismail El Shafei*
John E. Sharpe
6-4 6-3 8-6
Gerald Battrick*
Lew Gerrard
6-3 6-2 6-2
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
6-2 6-4 6-2
Jan Kodes*
Sever Dron
6-3 6-3 6-4
Peter Curtis*
Jan Kukal
3-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
Mark M. Cox*
Tom Okker
7-9 6-3 0-6 6-4 9-7
Jean-Loup Rouyer*
Rauty Krog
7-5 1-6 6-3 6-4
Allan Stone*
Tom Edlefsen
6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
Jim McManus*
Phil Dent
3-6 10-8 6-2 6-3
Andres Gimeno*
Mike Estep
6-3 6-4 7-9 6-1
Armistead C. Neely*
Max Senior
6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2
Torben Ulrich*
Marcelo Lara
7-5 6-3 10-8
Ray Ruffels*
Bob Carmichael
7-5 2-6 7-5 6-4
Herb Fitzgibbon*
Peter Fishbach
6-4 6-2 6-4
Luis Ayala*
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
6-4 6-4 6-2
Thomaz Koch*
Armando (Nano) Cornejo
6-0 6-4 6-2
Tony Roche*
Bob Lutz
9-11 6-4 6-4 9-7
Cliff Richey*
Brian Cheney
6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4
Franklin D. (F.D.) Robbins*
Donald Dell
22-20 9-7 6-8 8-10 6-4
J.W. (Woody) Blocher*
Chauncey Depew (Chum) Steele III
6-4 11-9 9-7
Fred Stolle*
Humphrey H. Hose
6-4 6-2 6-2
Terry W. Addison*
Rudy Hernando
6-4 6-2 6-2
Charlie Pasarell*
David Lloyd
6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2
Roger Taylor*
Georges Goven
7-5 3-6 6-2 6-3
Clark Graebner*
Thomas (Tom) Mozur
6-0 7-5 6-2
Joaquin Loyo Mayo*
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau
6-2 9-7 6-3
Tom Leonard*
Butch Seewagen
3-6 4-6 7-5 6-1 6-1
Mike L. Belkin*
Richard A. Russell
4-6 6-3 11-9 6-3
Marty Riessen*
Roscoe Tanner
1-6 6-3 6-1 6-3
Pierre Barthes*
Patricio Cornejo
6-8 6-3 6-2 6-4
Ray Keldie*
Vic Seixas
6-3 9-7 7-5
Jasjit Singh*
Ted Hoehn
6-1 4-6 8-6 6-2
John Newcombe*
Paul Sullivan
6-2 6-3 6-3
Pancho Gonzales*
Robert (Bob) Potthast
6-3 6-3 6-4

Round 2
Rod Laver*
Jaime Pinto-Bravo
6-4 7-5 6-2
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Gene Scott
10-8 4-6 6-2 5-7 9-7
Dennis Ralston*
Graham Stilwell
6-3 11-9 6-4
Tom Gorman*
John Alexander
4-6 6-3 6-2 12-10
Ove Bengtson*
Owen Davidson
8-10 6-1 6-3 6-4
Roy R. Barth*
Ron Holmberg
7-5 6-3 6-3
Roy Emerson*
Manuel Orantes
6-1 7-5 6-3
Bill Bowrey*
Richard N. (Dick) Leach
3-6 6-2 6-1 6-3
Arthur Ashe *
Dick Crealy
6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Premjit J. Lall
4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
Manuel Santana*
Jean Pierre Courcol
6-1 6-1 6-1
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley*
Petre Marmureanu
6-4 6-4 6-3
Ken Rosewall*
Ray Moore
6-3 6-2 6-2
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Ion Tiriac
6-1 6-2 6-0
Ilie Nastase*
Stan Smith
5-7 12-10 7-5 6-3
Ismail El Shafei*
Gerald Battrick
6-3 3-6 6-3 16-14
Jean-Loup Rouyer*
Allan Stone
6-1 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-3
Andres Gimeno*
Jim McManus
4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Jan Kodes
6-2 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2
Mark M. Cox*
Peter Curtis
7-9 6-3 6-3 6-3
Torben Ulrich*
Armistead C. Neely
6-4 6-4 6-3
Pancho Gonzales*
Ray Ruffels
6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
Luis Ayala*
Herb Fitzgibbon
6-4 3-6 6-8 6-3 6-4
Tony Roche*
Thomaz Koch
6-3 6-2 6-4
Cliff Richey*
Franklin D. (F.D.) Robbins
6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4
Fred Stolle*
J.W. (Woody) Blocher
6-1 6-3 6-1
Terry W. Addison*
Charlie Pasarell
6-3 9-7 6-4
Roger Taylor*
Clark Graebner
4-6 6-1 2-0 ret.
Joaquin Loyo Mayo*
Tom Leonard
6-2 6-2 6-3
Marty Riessen*
Mike L. Belkin
4-6 6-1 6-3 6-0
Pierre Barthes*
Ray Keldie
8-6 7-5 2-6 9-7
John Newcombe*
Jasjit Singh
6-3 6-4 6-4

Round 3
Rod Laver*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
8-6 6-1 6-2
Dennis Ralston*
Tom Gorman
11-9 4-6 6-4 7-5
Roy R. Barth*
Ove Bengtson
7-5 15-13 6-3
Roy Emerson*
Bill Bowrey
6-3 9-7 6-2
Arthur Ashe *
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2
Manuel Santana*
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley
6-4 6-4 7-9 6-2
Ken Rosewall*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
6-4 6-0 6-2
Ilie Nastase*
Ismail El Shafei
6-0 1-0 ret.
Andres Gimeno*
Jean-Loup Rouyer
6-1 6-4 6-3
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Mark M. Cox
13-11 6-4 6-4
Pancho Gonzales*
Torben Ulrich
3-6 6-4 4-6 8-6 6-2
Tony Roche*
Luis Ayala
6-2 6-3 6-1
Fred Stolle*
Cliff Richey
7-5 6-8 6-4 7-5
Roger Taylor*
Terry W. Addison
6-4 8-6 6-2
Marty Riessen*
Joaquin Loyo Mayo
6-3 6-2 6-4
John Newcombe*
Pierre Barthes
6-8 6-1 6-2 6-2

Round 4
Rod Laver*
Dennis Ralston
6-4 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-3
Roy Emerson*
Roy R. Barth
6-3 6-0 6-3
Arthur Ashe *
Manuel Santana
7-5 6-1 6-8 6-4
Ken Rosewall*
Ilie Nastase
6-1 7-5 4-6 6-3
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Andres Gimeno
4-6 6-3 6-1 5-7 6-3
Fred Stolle*
Roger Taylor
6-4 6-2 2-6 6-3
John Newcombe*
Marty Riessen
4-6 6-3 6-4 25-23
Tony Roche*
Pancho Gonzales
6-3 10-12 7-5 6-0

Quarterfinals
Rod Laver*
Roy Emerson
4-6 8-6 13-11 6-4
Arthur Ashe *
Ken Rosewall
8-6 6-3 6-4
Tony Roche*
Earl Butch Buchholz
6-1 9-7 5-7 6-0
John Newcombe*
Fred Stolle
7-9 3-6 6-1 6-4 13-11

Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Arthur Ashe
8-6 6-3 14-12
Tony Roche*
John Newcombe
3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6

Final
Rod Laver*
Tony Roche
7-9 6-2 6-2 6-1


Tournament
Round 1
Rod Laver*
Luis Augusto Garcia
Jaime Pinto-Bravo*
John (Cookie) Hammill
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Barry MacKay
Gene Scott*
Erik Van Dillen
Dennis Ralston*
Keith A. Carpenter
Graham Stilwell*
George Taylor
Tom Gorman*
Bailey Brown
John Alexander*
Mike Sprengelmeyer
Roy Emerson*
Željko Franulović
Manuel Orantes*
Paul R. Gerken
Bill Bowrey*
Onny Parun
Richard N. (Dick) Leach*
Eduardo A. Zuleta
Roy R. Barth*
Miguel Olvera
Ron Holmberg*
Patrick Proisy
Ove Bengtson*
Ingo Buding
Owen Davidson*
Cliff Drysdale
Arthur Ashe *
Dick Stockton
Dick Crealy*
Chuck McKinley
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Peter Burwash
Premjit J. Lall*
Bob Howe
Manuel Santana*
Billy Higgins
Jean Pierre Courcol*
Dick Dell
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley*
Martin Carlstein
Petre Marmureanu*
Richard N. Hawkes
Ken Rosewall*
Pat Cramer
Ray Moore*
Larry Turville
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ion Tiriac*
Terry Ryan
Ilie Nastase*
Ian Crookenden
Stan Smith*
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
Ismail El Shafei*
John E. Sharpe
Gerald Battrick*
Lew Gerrard
Tony Roche*
Bob Lutz
Thomaz Koch*
Armando (Nano) Cornejo
Luis Ayala*
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
Herb Fitzgibbon*
Peter Fishbach
Pancho Gonzales*
Robert (Bob) Potthast
Ray Ruffels*
Bob Carmichael
Torben Ulrich*
Marcelo Lara
Armistead C. Neely*
Max Senior
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox
Jan Kodes*
Sever Dron
Mark M. Cox*
Tom Okker
Peter Curtis*
Jan Kukal
Andres Gimeno*
Mike Estep
Jim McManus*
Phil Dent
Jean-Loup Rouyer*
Rauty Krog
Allan Stone*
Tom Edlefsen
John Newcombe*
Paul Sullivan
Jasjit Singh*
Ted Hoehn
Pierre Barthes*
Patricio Cornejo
Ray Keldie*
Vic Seixas
Marty Riessen*
Roscoe Tanner
Mike L. Belkin*
Richard A. Russell
Joaquin Loyo Mayo*
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau
Tom Leonard*
Butch Seewagen
Fred Stolle*
Humphrey H. Hose
J.W. (Woody) Blocher*
Chauncey Depew (Chum) Steele III
Cliff Richey*
Brian Cheney
Franklin D. (F.D.) Robbins*
Donald Dell
Roger Taylor*
Georges Goven
Clark Graebner*
Thomas (Tom) Mozur
Terry W. Addison*
Rudy Hernando
Charlie Pasarell*
David Lloyd
Round 2
Rod Laver*
Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Gene Scott
Dennis Ralston*
Graham Stilwell
Tom Gorman*
John Alexander
Roy Emerson*
Manuel Orantes
Bill Bowrey*
Richard N. (Dick) Leach
Roy R. Barth*
Ron Holmberg
Ove Bengtson*
Owen Davidson
Arthur Ashe *
Dick Crealy
James Harold (Jim) Osborne*
Premjit J. Lall
Manuel Santana*
Jean Pierre Courcol
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley*
Petre Marmureanu
Ken Rosewall*
Ray Moore
Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Ion Tiriac
Ilie Nastase*
Stan Smith
Ismail El Shafei*
Gerald Battrick
Tony Roche*
Thomaz Koch
Luis Ayala*
Herb Fitzgibbon
Pancho Gonzales*
Ray Ruffels
Torben Ulrich*
Armistead C. Neely
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Jan Kodes
Mark M. Cox*
Peter Curtis
Andres Gimeno*
Jim McManus
Jean-Loup Rouyer*
Allan Stone
John Newcombe*
Jasjit Singh
Pierre Barthes*
Ray Keldie
Marty Riessen*
Mike L. Belkin
Joaquin Loyo Mayo*
Tom Leonard
Fred Stolle*
J.W. (Woody) Blocher
Cliff Richey*
Franklin D. (F.D.) Robbins
Roger Taylor*
Clark Graebner
Terry W. Addison*
Charlie Pasarell
Round 3
Rod Laver*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
Dennis Ralston*
Tom Gorman
Roy Emerson*
Bill Bowrey
Roy R. Barth*
Ove Bengtson
Arthur Ashe *
James Harold (Jim) Osborne
Manuel Santana*
Robert E. (Bob) McKinley
Ken Rosewall*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Ilie Nastase*
Ismail El Shafei
Tony Roche*
Luis Ayala
Pancho Gonzales*
Torben Ulrich
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Mark M. Cox
Andres Gimeno*
Jean-Loup Rouyer
John Newcombe*
Pierre Barthes
Marty Riessen*
Joaquin Loyo Mayo
Fred Stolle*
Cliff Richey
Roger Taylor*
Terry W. Addison
Round 4
Rod Laver*
Dennis Ralston
Roy Emerson*
Roy R. Barth
Arthur Ashe *
Manuel Santana
Ken Rosewall*
Ilie Nastase
Tony Roche*
Pancho Gonzales
Earl Butch Buchholz*
Andres Gimeno
John Newcombe*
Marty Riessen
Fred Stolle*
Roger Taylor
Quarterfinals
Rod Laver*
Roy Emerson
Arthur Ashe *
Ken Rosewall
Tony Roche*
Earl Butch Buchholz
John Newcombe*
Fred Stolle
Semifinals
Rod Laver*
Arthur Ashe
Tony Roche*
John Newcombe
Final
Rod Laver*
Tony Roche