# Rome 1968

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/rome?season=1968
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: clay
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Start date: 1968-05-06
- End date: 1968-05-13

## Champion
- Winner: Tom Okker
- Runner-up: Bob Hewitt
- Final score: 10-8 6-8 6-1 1-6 6-0

## Knockout results
### F
- Tom Okker d. Bob Hewitt 10-8 6-8 6-1 1-6 6-0

### SF
- Tom Okker d. Barry Phillips Moore 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-2
- Bob Hewitt d. Alex Metreveli 6-2 6-2 6-2

### QF
- Alex Metreveli d. Ion Tiriac 4-6 4-6 6-1 8-6 7-5
- Tom Okker d. Juan Gisbert 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Bob Hewitt d. Nicola Pietrangeli 6-2 8-6 6-2

### R16
- Alex Metreveli d. Cliff Richey 2-6 6-0 7-5 2-6 10-8
- Juan Gisbert d. Marty Riessen 6-8 6-2 2-6 6-1 6-3
- Ion Tiriac d. Ray Ruffels 6-1 6-3 6-4
- Bob Hewitt d. Jan Kodes 3-6 6-1 8-6 2-6 6-2
- Tom Okker d. Ilie Nastase 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Eugenio Castigliano 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Milan Holecek 6-2 6-4 6-4

### R32
- Boro Jovanovic d. Robert Maud 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
- Cliff Richey d. Raymond Moore 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-3
- Ilie Nastase d. John Alexander 6-2 7-5 6-1
- Eugenio Castigliano d. Georges Goven 6-2 6-3 4-6 1-6 8-6
- Alex Metreveli d. Jan Kukal 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Thomaz Koch 3-6 9-7 6-2 6-4
- Marty Riessen d. Massimo Di Domenico 6-1 6-2 6-4
- Martin Mulligan d. Harald Elschenbroich 10-8 6-0 7-5 6-3
- Jan Kodes d. Patricio Rodriguez Chi 6-2 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-0
- Milan Holecek d. Mark Cox 1-6 8-6 4-6 6-1 7-5
- Ray Ruffels d. Herb Fitzgibbon 4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-2
- Tom Okker d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 9-7 4-6 6-3 6-3
- Ion Tiriac d. Dick Crealy 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-2
- Bob Hewitt d. Manuel Orantes 7-9 6-4 6-1 5-7 6-3
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Gaetano Di Maso 6-2 6-3 6-4

### R64
- Tom Okker d. Michael Hickey 6-1 6-1 6-0
- Raymond Moore d. Sergio Tacchini W/O
- Dick Crealy d. Bronislaw Lewandowski 4-6 6-1 2-6 6-1 6-2
- Ezio Di Matteo d. Jose Edison Mandarino 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Cliff Richey d. Andras Szikszay 6-3 7-5 6-4
- Bob Hewitt d. Alan Fox 7-5 6-3 6-3
- Thomaz Koch d. Bob Giltinan 6-0 6-1 6-2
- Eugenio Castigliano d. Bill Bowrey 8-6 6-1 6-1
- Ray Ruffels d. Adriano Panatta 8-10 6-4 6-2 6-1
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Gerald Battrick 6-4 8-6 6-4
- Herb Fitzgibbon d. Phil Dent 3-6 6-4 6-4 10-8
- Robert Maud d. Ciccio Gorla 6-3 4-6 6-0 6-4
- Harald Elschenbroich d. Ray Keldie 6-3 6-2 6-1
- Georges Goven d. Roberto Saya 3-6 10-8 4-6 6-2 6-0
- Manuel Orantes d. Brian Fairlie 6-0 6-3 6-3
- Jaime Pinto Bravo d. Geza Varga 6-4 6-3 6-2
- Jan Kukal d. Michele Pirro 6-1 6-1 6-3
- Ion Tiriac d. Frew Mcmillan 6-2 6-3 6-1
- Juan Gisbert d. Wieslaw Gasiorek 9-7 9-7 6-1
- Marty Riessen d. Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-2 6-3 7-9 6-2
- Patricio Rodriguez Chi d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 6-2 6-0 7-5
- Milan Holecek d. Vladimir Korotkov 6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3
- John Alexander d. Sergei Likhachev 4-6 6-3 7-9 6-1 6-2
- Mark Cox d. Francesco Giordano W/O
- Boro Jovanovic d. Richard Hawkes 6-2 6-1 6-0
- Ilie Nastase d. Piero Toci 6-0 6-3 3-6 1-6 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Giuseppe Merlo 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3

### R128
- Manuel Orantes d. Patrice Beust 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-3
- Gerald Battrick d. Pancho Castillo 7-5 6-0 6-2
- Patricio Rodriguez Chi d. Zeljko Franulovic 8-10 6-4 8-6 8-6
- Herb Fitzgibbon d. Ingo Buding 6-2 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Peter Curtis 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Geza Varga d. Carlos Fernandes 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-5
- Thomaz Koch d. Eduardo Zuleta 6-2 6-3 6-2
- Georges Goven d. Paolo Bertolucci W/O
- Sergei Likhachev d. Frank Tutvin 6-4 6-3 6-4
- Bob Giltinan d. Vincenzo Franchitti 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-2
- Marty Riessen d. Guiliano Fanfani W/O
- John Alexander d. Peter Szoke 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Jaime Pinto Bravo d. Daniel Contet 1-6 6-2 6-8 6-3 6-3
- Jose Edison Mandarino d. Allan Skelton 6-2 6-0 6-1
- Giordano Majoli d. Allan Stone 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-4
- Nicholas Kalogeropoulos d. Franco Bartoni 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-3
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Tomas Gonzalez 6-0 6-1 6-2
- Jean Baptiste Chanfreau d. Giorgio Bologna UNK
- Piero Toci d. Terry Addison 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4
- Phil Dent d. Roberto Lombardi 6-2 6-4 6-2
- Gaetano Di Maso d. Fernando Gentil 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Wieslaw Gasiorek d. Thedy Stalder 6-1 6-4 6-1
- Jan Kodes d. Onny Parun 6-3 4-6 6-2 2-6 6-1
- Brian Fairlie d. Gianni Capozza 6-0 6-1 6-2
- Ray Ruffels d. Tadeusz Nowicki W/O
- Eugenio Castigliano d. Raul Peralta W/O
- Ezio Di Matteo d. John McDonald 3-6 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4
- Juan Gisbert d. Patricio Cornejo 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1
- Tom Okker d. Jimmy Moore 6-1 6-0 6-2
- Bill Bowrey d. Peter Pokorny 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2
- Giuseppe Merlo d. Ernst Blanke 6-1 6-0 7-5
- Jean Pierre Courcol d. Nicola Spear 5-7 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4
- Adriano Panatta d. Al Pena 6-1 6-3 6-3
- Bob Hewitt d. Sergio Palmieri 7-5 6-3 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 89
- Players: 95

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/rome?season=1968
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)