ATP Roland Garros 1968 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

Champion
Ken Rosewall
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
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jun 10, 1968* F Ken Rosewall 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 Rod Laver H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jun 9, 1968* SF 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
QF (4)
Jun 7, 1968* QF 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
R16 (8)
Jun 5, 1968* R16 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
R32 (15)
Jun 2, 1968* R32 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
R64 (29)
May 31, 1968* R64 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
R128 (55)
May 29, 1968* R128 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

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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 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.