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1968 French Open – Men's Singles

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1967 Champion
  
Roy Emerson

Runner-up
  
Rod Laver

Singles
  
men

Champion
  
Ken Rosewall

Final score
  
6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2

men
  
women

Defending champion Roy Emerson lost to Pancho Gonzales in the quarter finals.

Ken Rosewall won the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver. It was Rosewall's second French title, and his fifth grand slam title of an eventual eight. The tournament was the first grand slam tournament of the open era, in which pros were allowed to compete against amateurs (the Australian Championships earlier that year having been an amateur only tournament, was won by Bowrey over a very weak, depleted field). Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a grand slam tournament since 1956 and 1962, respectively, were no longer barred from entering. Missing from the French Open were WCT's "Handsome Eight" and top amateurs Santana, Ashe, Graebner and Okker. It was future champion Nastase's first ever grand slam event.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

References

1968 French Open – Men's Singles Wikipedia