ATP Italian Open 1969 Draw, Results & Schedule
John Newcombe won the 1969 Italian Open, defeating Tony Roche 6-3 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Rome, Italy, from May 21 to May 28, 1969. The match log contains 74 recorded singles results for this edition.
The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.
Full tournament history →Dates
May 21 — May 28
Location
Rome, Italy
Category
Masters 1000
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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| Winner | Score | Loser | H2H | Match Data | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F (1) | ||||||
| John Newcombe | 6-3 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-3 | Tony Roche | H2H | Match data | May 28, 1969* | F |
| SF (2) | ||||||
| John Newcombe | 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-9 6-3 | Jan Kodes | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1969* | SF |
| Tony Roche | 4-6 4-6 7-5 12-10 6-3 | Tom Okker | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1969* | SF |
| QF (4) | ||||||
| Tony Roche | 6-4 4-6 6-0 7-5 | Cliff Drysdale | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1969* | QF |
| Jan Kodes | 6-3 6-2 6-1 | Ismail El Shafei | — | Match data | May 27, 1969* | QF |
| Tom Okker | 6-2 6-4 6-0 | Graham Stilwell | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1969* | QF |
| John Newcombe | 7-5 6-4 6-0 | Martin Mulligan | — | Match data | May 27, 1969* | QF |
| R16 (7) | ||||||
| John Newcombe | 6-2 6-3 6-3 | Gerald Battrick | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Tony Roche | 7-5 7-5 6-3 | Ilie Nastase | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Ismail El Shafei | 6-0 1-6 6-3 6-2 | Dick Crealy | — | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Graham Stilwell | 6-0 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-1 | Fred Stolle | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Jan Kodes | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | Arthur Ashe | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Cliff Drysdale | 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 | Vladimir Korotkov | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| Tom Okker | 6-1 2-6 6-4 11-9 | Ion Tiriac | H2H | Match data | May 26, 1969* | R16 |
| R32 (16) | ||||||
| Martin Mulligan | 6-2 9-7 6-8 3-6 6-1 | Terry Addison | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Gerald Battrick | 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-1 | Ingo Buding | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Ismail El Shafei | 2-6 6-2 6-4 1-6 6-4 | Marty Riessen | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Jan Kodes | 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 | Nicola Pietrangeli | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Dick Crealy | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | Pierre Barthes | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Thomas Lejus | 6-4 3-6 8-6 1-6 6-3 | Nikola Pilic | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Fred Stolle | 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 | Christian Kuhnke | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Graham Stilwell | 6-3 6-2 7-5 | Manuel Santana | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Tony Roche | 6-3 8-6 6-2 | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Tom Okker | 4-6 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5 | Jean Loup Rouyer | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Arthur Ashe | 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2 | Boro Jovanovic | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Vladimir Korotkov | 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-3 | Owen Davidson | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Ion Tiriac | 7-5 6-4 6-1 | Barry Phillips Moore | — | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| John Newcombe | 6-1 3-6 6-2 6-1 | Daniel Contet | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Cliff Drysdale | 6-4 7-5 1-6 6-4 | Manuel Orantes | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-2 6-1 8-6 | Patrice Beust | H2H | Match data | May 24, 1969* | R32 |
| R64 (31) | ||||||
| Nicholas Kalogeropoulos | 6-4 6-4 | Patricio Rodriguez Chi | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Manuel Orantes | 6-2 6-4 | Adriano Panatta | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Manuel Santana | 6-2 6-3 | Vittorio Crotta | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Christian Kuhnke | 7-5 6-0 | Bernard Paul | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Gerald Battrick | 6-1 6-3 | Giuseppe Merlo | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Nikola Pilic | 8-6 6-2 | Franco Belli | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Tony Roche | 6-0 6-2 | Nicola Spear | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Vladimir Korotkov | 13-11 2-6 6-4 | Charlie Pasarell | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Ingo Buding | (w/o) | Cliff Richey | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Dick Crealy | 6-2 4-6 5-5 (ret.) | Juan Gisbert | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Jan Kodes | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | Roger Taylor | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Fred Stolle | 6-3 7-5 | Sergei Likhachev | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Terry Addison | 7-5 6-2 | Eugenio Castigliano | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Boro Jovanovic | 6-3 6-1 | Ray Keldie | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Jean Loup Rouyer | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | Zeljko Franulovic | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Patrice Beust | 6-2 6-4 | Milan Holecek | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Owen Davidson | 7-5 0-6 6-3 | Istvan Gulyas | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Tom Okker | 10-8 7-5 | Brian Fairlie | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Nicola Pietrangeli | 6-4 9-7 | Jean Pierre Courcol | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Ion Tiriac | 6-1 7-5 | Raymond Moore | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Arthur Ashe | 6-1 6-3 | Patrick Proisy | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Ismail El Shafei | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | Georges Goven | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Marty Riessen | 6-8 6-2 6-2 | John Cooper | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Thomas Lejus | 6-2 6-2 | Peter Pokorny | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Pierre Barthes | 6-4 6-8 6-3 | Alex Metreveli | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Daniel Contet | 7-5 6-3 | Allan Stone | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Graham Stilwell | 6-4 6-2 | Franco Bartoni | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Martin Mulligan | 6-2 7-5 | Francois Jauffret | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| John Newcombe | 6-3 6-2 | Stepan Koudelka | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-4 7-5 | Eric Drossart | — | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| Cliff Drysdale | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | Bob Giltinan | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1969* | R64 |
| R128 (13) | ||||||
| Vittorio Crotta | 6-3 10-8 | Jean Baptiste Chanfreau | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Allan Stone | 6-3 6-0 | Giorgio Bologna | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Bernard Paul | 6-8 6-4 6-1 | Piero Toci | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Nicola Spear | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | Vyacheslav Egorov | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Jean Loup Rouyer | 6-4 6-3 | Ezio Di Matteo | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Patrick Proisy | 6-3 8-6 | Paolo Bertolucci | H2H | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Peter Pokorny | 6-2 5-7 6-1 | Pietro Marzano | H2H | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Vladimir Korotkov | 6-3 6-2 | Peter Curtis | H2H | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Giuseppe Merlo | 11-9 7-9 6-1 | Jose Maria Gisbert | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Ray Keldie | 6-4 7-5 | Onny Parun | H2H | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Terry Addison | 7-5 7-5 | Manlio Bartoni | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Patrice Beust | 6-2 6-4 | Sergio Palmieri | — | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
| Adriano Panatta | 6-3 6-4 | Wanaro N'Godrella | H2H | Match data | May 22, 1969* | R128 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Where is Italian Open held?
- Italian Open is held in Rome, Italy.
- Who won the most recent Italian Open?
- The 2026 Italian Open was won by Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4.
- Who has won the most Italian Open titles?
- Rafael Nadal has won 10 Italian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
- When was the first Italian Open played?
- The first edition of Italian Open was held in 1930.
- What surface is Italian Open played on?
- Italian Open is played on clay courts.