ATP Roland Garros 1968 Draw, Results & Schedule

Ken Rosewall won the 1968 Roland Garros, defeating Rod Laver 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 27 to June 10, 1968. The match log contains 114 recorded singles results for this edition.

Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.

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Champion
def. Rod Laver , 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2
Dates
May 27 — Jun 10
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money

Results

Match type
Roland Garros 1968 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ken Rosewall 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 Rod Laver H2H Match data Jun 10, 1968* F
SF (2)
Ken Rosewall 3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3 Andres Gimeno H2H Match data Jun 9, 1968* SF
Rod Laver 6-3 6-3 6-1 Richard Gonzalez Match data Jun 9, 1968* SF
QF (4)
Rod Laver 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data Jun 7, 1968* QF
Ken Rosewall 8-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 Thomaz Koch H2H Match data Jun 7, 1968* QF
Richard Gonzalez 7-5 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 Roy Emerson Match data Jun 7, 1968* QF
Andres Gimeno 6-4 6-0 6-2 Boro Jovanovic Match data Jun 7, 1968* QF
R16 (8)
Richard Gonzalez 6-4 6-2 6-2 Istvan Gulyas Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Andres Gimeno 6-4 6-4 6-3 Ray Ruffels H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Rod Laver 6-0 6-1 6-1 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Roy Emerson 0-6 6-4 8-6 11-9 Cliff Richey H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Ion Tiriac 6-4 6-3 6-2 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Boro Jovanovic 6-1 6-1 6-4 Gerald Battrick Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Ken Rosewall 6-1 4-6 7-5 6-4 Herb Fitzgibbon H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
Thomaz Koch 6-1 6-1 6-1 Francois Jauffret H2H Match data Jun 5, 1968* R16
R32 (15)
Rod Laver 6-2 6-0 9-7 Peter Marmureanu Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Ion Tiriac 3-6 8-6 7-5 6-2 Milan Holecek H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Gerald Battrick 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-3 Dimitri Sturdza H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Boro Jovanovic 9-7 6-8 6-2 6-8 6-2 Dick Crealy Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Thomaz Koch 6-4 6-1 6-2 Terry Ryan Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Ken Rosewall 6-2 6-4 6-2 J. Mandarino H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Istvan Gulyas 3-6 8-6 6-2 6-2 Mark Cox H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Andres Gimeno 6-3 6-4 6-3 Ingo Buding Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Ray Ruffels 6-4 6-2 6-2 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Francois Jauffret 5-7 5-7 6-2 6-0 6-2 Wieslaw Gasiorek H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Cliff Richey 7-5 6-3 7-5 Allan Stone H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Bob Carmichael 6-3 6-1 2-6 2-6 6-3 John Alexander H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Roy Emerson 6-1 6-3 5-7 6-3 Robert Maud H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Herb Fitzgibbon 6-3 6-3 6-3 Paul Hutchins Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32
Zeljko Franulovic 6-2 8-6 2-6 5-7 6-4 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data Jun 2, 1968* R32 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R64 (29)
Francois Jauffret 3-6 6-4 6-0 8-6 Jan Kukal H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Ray Ruffels 5-7 7-5 6-4 8-6 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Ion Tiriac 6-1 6-2 6-1 Jean Loup Rouyer H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Milan Holecek (w/o) Raymond Moore H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Roy Emerson 12-10 6-1 6-1 Barry Phillips Moore Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Patricio Cornejo 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 Nicola Spear H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Bob Hewitt (w/o) Ashley Cooper H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Thomaz Koch 6-4 6-2 7-5 Gerard Pilet Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Bob Carmichael 6-4 6-3 6-3 Robert Wilson Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Dimitri Sturdza 3-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-5 Bernard Montrenaud H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Andres Gimeno 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-2 Sever Dron Match data May 31, 1968* R64
John Alexander 4-6 6-3 3-6 11-9 6-6 ABD Alan Fox Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Paul Hutchins 6-2 6-0 6-0 Fernando Gentil Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Terry Ryan 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 Tom Christensen Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Allan Stone 7-5 6-1 6-0 Michal Lewandowski H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Ken Rosewall 6-1 6-1 6-0 Colin Stubs H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Gerald Battrick 6-4 10-8 6-1 Jean Pierre Courcol Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Rod Laver 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
J. Mandarino 6-3 4-6 6-3 11-9 Jaime Pinto Bravo Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Herb Fitzgibbon 6-3 7-5 6-3 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Wieslaw Gasiorek 2-6 6-2 10-12 6-2 6-2 Michele Leclercq Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Richard Gonzalez 6-1 6-0 6-3 Bob Giltinan Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Zeljko Franulovic (w/o) Abe Segal H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Istvan Gulyas 6-2 6-1 6-1 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Dick Crealy 4-6 8-6 7-5 6-2 Ilie Nastase H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Boro Jovanovic 6-3 6-0 6-3 Fred Stolle Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Robert Maud 6-2 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-3 Brian Fairlie H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Cliff Richey 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-9 6-4 Georges Goven H2H Match data May 31, 1968* R64
Mark Cox 6-0 6-1 6-8 6-3 Eduardo Zuleta Match data May 31, 1968* R64
R128 (55)
Michal Lewandowski (w/o) Joseph Mateo H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Gerald Battrick (w/o) Nicola Pietrangeli H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Herb Fitzgibbon (w/o) Sergio Tacchini Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ashley Cooper (w/o) Isao Watanabe H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Dick Crealy 9-7 3-6 4-6 8-6 6-0 Michael Sangster Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Brian Fairlie 6-3 6-1 6-1 Bernard De Troye Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 Bob Howe Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Fernando Gentil (w/o) Jan Kodes H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ion Tiriac 6-1 6-1 6-1 Georges Deniau Match data May 29, 1968* R128
J. Mandarino 6-4 6-3 7-5 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Tom Christensen (w/o) Wilhelm Bungert H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Barry Phillips Moore 6-3 6-1 6-3 Patrice Beust Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Milan Holecek 6-1 2-6 6-1 6-4 Terry Addison H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Robert Maud 9-7 6-4 6-4 Sergio Palmieri Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Bob Hewitt 6-1 7-5 6-0 Jacques Thamin H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Petr Strobl (w/o) Ivan Molina Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ken Rosewall 10-8 6-1 6-1 Tom Edlefsen H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Bob Giltinan (w/o) Sergei Likhachev H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Colin Stubs 6-4 6-8 1-6 6-2 6-2 Jean Claude Barclay H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Francois Jauffret 8-6 6-4 6-2 John Barrett Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Jan Kukal (w/o) Pancho Guzman Match data May 29, 1968* R128
John Alexander (w/o) Alex Metreveli Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Mark Cox 6-1 6-1 6-1 Bernard Paul Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Cliff Richey (w/o) Jairo Velasco Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Richard Gonzalez 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-3 Ray Keldie Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Georges Goven (w/o) Giuseppe Merlo H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Andres Gimeno (w/o) Eddie Cruz H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Frew Mcmillan 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3 Ference Komaromi Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Bob Carmichael 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-0 Patrick Hombergen H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Raymond Moore (w/o) Marty Riessen H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Istvan Gulyas 6-2 6-1 6-4 Frank Tutvin Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Jean Pierre Courcol (w/o) Eduardo Gorostiaga Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Jean Loup Rouyer (w/o) Manuel Orantes H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Fred Stolle 3-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4 Christian Duxin Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-1 6-2 Jean Pierre Olivier H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Terry Ryan (w/o) Alexander Marcial Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Wieslaw Gasiorek (w/o) Lew Hoad Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Patrick Proisy (w/o) Ramanathan Krishnan Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Rod Laver 6-1 6-1 6-4 Lance Lumsden Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Nicola Spear 6-0 6-0 6-0 Daniel Contet H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ingo Buding 6-4 6-4 6-0 Pierre Joly Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Paul Hutchins (w/o) Tadeusz Nowicki Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Roy Emerson 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2 Onny Parun H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Zeljko Franulovic (w/o) Juan Gisbert Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Dimitri Sturdza 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-1 Eric Drossart Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Torben Ulrich (w/o) Marco Gilardelli Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Abe Segal 7-5 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 Jimmy Moore H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Boro Jovanovic 6-1 6-0 6-1 David Lloyd Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Ray Ruffels (w/o) V Kazarevitch Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Bernard Montrenaud 6-2 11-9 6-1 Carlos Fernandes Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Thomaz Koch (w/o) Zlatko Ivancic H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Patricio Cornejo (w/o) Detler Herdy Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Allan Stone (w/o) Peter Pokorny H2H Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Eduardo Zuleta 3-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-0 Richard Hawkes Match data May 29, 1968* R128
Gerard Pilet (w/o) Jaidip Mukerjea Match data May 29, 1968* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Roland Garros.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Rafael Nadal 112 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Novak Djokovic 22 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Roland Garros finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Alexander Zverev #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Flavio Cobolli #14 H2H Match data 2026 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #1 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data 2025 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 H2H Match data 2024 Clay
Novak Djokovic #3 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 Casper Ruud #4 H2H Match data 2023 Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-3 6-0 Casper Ruud #8 H2H Match data 2022 Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Roland Garros held?
Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who won the most recent Roland Garros?
The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev, who defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles?
Rafael Nadal has won 14 Roland Garros titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Roland Garros played?
The first edition of Roland Garros was held in 1891.
What surface is Roland Garros played on?
Roland Garros is played on clay courts.