ATP Roland Garros 1969 Draw, Results & Schedule

Rod Laver won the 1969 Roland Garros, defeating Ken Rosewall 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 28 to June 11, 1969. The match log contains 116 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. Ken Rosewall , 6-4 6-3 6-4
Dates
May 28 — Jun 11
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money

Results

Roland Garros 1969 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Rod Laver 6-4 6-3 6-4 Ken Rosewall DEF H2H Match data Jun 11, 1969* F
SF (2)
Ken Rosewall DEF 7-5 6-2 6-2 Tony Roche H2H Match data Jun 10, 1969* SF
Rod Laver 4-6 6-0 6-0 6-4 Tom Okker H2H Match data Jun 10, 1969* SF
QF (4)
Tom Okker 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2 John Newcombe H2H Match data Jun 8, 1969* QF
Ken Rosewall DEF 12-10 4-6 7-5 6-2 Fred Stolle H2H Match data Jun 8, 1969* QF
Tony Roche 4-6 7-5 6-0 4-6 6-1 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data Jun 8, 1969* QF
Rod Laver 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Andres Gimeno H2H Match data Jun 8, 1969* QF
R16 (8)
Tom Okker 9-7 6-3 6-3 Cliff Richey H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Rod Laver 6-4 6-2 6-4 Stan Smith H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Tony Roche 6-4 8-6 6-2 Wieslaw Gasiorek H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Fred Stolle 6-2 6-0 6-4 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Zeljko Franulovic 1-6 6-3 6-0 6-2 Roy Emerson H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 0-6 8-10 11-9 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Ken Rosewall DEF 6-1 6-2 6-1 Istvan Gulyas H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
Andres Gimeno 4-6 2-6 6-4 6-4 1-0 ABD Manuel Santana H2H Match data Jun 6, 1969* R16
R32 (16)
Stan Smith 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-0 Premjit Lall H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Cliff Richey 6-2 7-5 6-8 6-1 Ismail El Shafei Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Wieslaw Gasiorek 6-2 6-1 6-3 Stepan Koudelka Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-3 6-1 Barry Phillips Moore Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
John Newcombe 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3 Manuel Orantes H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Manuel Santana 6-2 6-2 6-1 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Istvan Gulyas 11-9 6-0 0-6 7-5 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Andres Gimeno 6-4 6-1 6-0 Peter Marmureanu Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Zeljko Franulovic 6-2 6-0 6-1 Dennis Ralston H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Tony Roche 6-3 6-4 6-4 Allan Stone H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Roy Emerson 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4 Massimo Di Domenico Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Ken Rosewall DEF 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-1 Martin Mulligan Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Tom Okker 6-2 6-2 7-5 Georges Goven H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Jan Kodes 6-2 4-6 11-9 6-3 Robert Maud H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Fred Stolle 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-4 Jan Kukal H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
Rod Laver 6-1 6-0 8-6 Pietro Marzano H2H Match data Jun 3, 1969* R32
R64 (31)
Jan Kukal 6-2 6-2 6-1 Sergio Palmieri Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Zeljko Franulovic 6-0 6-2 6-0 Hans Nerell Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Allan Stone 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Robert Maud 6-3 6-4 6-1 Patrice Beust H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Premjit Lall 6-1 6-2 6-3 Terry Ryan Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Andres Gimeno 6-1 6-3 8-6 Ingo Buding Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Jan Kodes 6-0 6-2 8-6 Bob Howe Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Cliff Richey 6-4 6-3 8-10 9-7 Luis Ayala H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Barry Phillips Moore 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 Jean Loup Rouyer Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Manuel Orantes 6-1 6-3 6-3 Zan Guerry H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Massimo Di Domenico 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 John Bartlett Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Martin Mulligan 6-0 9-7 4-6 6-2 Francois Jauffret Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Bob Hewitt 6-4 6-4 6-2 Jean Claude Barclay H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Pietro Marzano 6-3 6-4 6-4 Jairo Velasco Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Georges Goven 8-6 6-8 6-3 6-1 Stanley Matthews H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Rod Laver 3-6 7-9 6-2 6-2 6-4 Dick Crealy H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
John Newcombe 6-3 6-2 6-2 Bill Bowrey H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Arthur Ashe 6-2 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 Jean Pierre Courcol Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Stepan Koudelka 1-6 6-0 8-6 6-0 Phil Dent Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Ismail El Shafei 6-0 6-1 6-2 Vladimir Zednik Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Dennis Ralston 6-2 6-4 0-6 0-6 6-4 Patricio Rodriguez Chi Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Manuel Santana 6-3 7-5 6-3 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Tony Roche 7-5 6-2 6-1 Hans Jurgen Pohmann H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Bob Carmichael 6-3 6-1 6-2 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Fred Stolle 6-2 4-6 6-8 6-2 6-3 Marty Riessen H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Wieslaw Gasiorek 6-1 6-0 6-4 Earl Butch Buchholz H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Tom Okker 6-3 6-0 6-4 Pierre Barthes H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Ken Rosewall DEF 6-0 6-3 6-1 Milan Holecek H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Istvan Gulyas 6-4 8-6 6-3 Piero Toci H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Stan Smith 6-3 6-1 6-2 Patrick Hombergen H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
Roy Emerson 6-3 6-2 6-2 Tadeusz Nowicki H2H Match data Jun 1, 1969* R64
R128 (54)
Andres Gimeno (w/o) Nicola Spear H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Tom Okker 6-3 6-2 6-0 Bernard Paul Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Fred Stolle 6-4 6-0 6-3 Claude De Gronckel Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-4 6-4 Onny Parun H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Francois Jauffret 2-6 8-6 6-4 6-2 Tom Edlefsen H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Dick Crealy 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-2 Dimitri Sturdza H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Vladimir Zednik 6-0 6-3 6-4 Anton Ivanov H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Phil Dent 0-6 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-5 Taghi Akbari H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Peter Marmureanu 6-3 6-3 6-2 Nicola Pietrangeli Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Jan Kukal 6-1 8-6 0-15 ABD Robert Haillet Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Bob Carmichael 9-7 6-4 6-0 Alejandro Olmedo Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Manuel Santana 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-0 Cliff Drysdale H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Tony Roche (w/o) Chiradip Mukerjea Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Patrick Hombergen 6-2 8-6 4-6 4-6 8-6 John Alexander H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Premjit Lall 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 Sever Dron Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Stanley Matthews 6-3 0-6 0-6 6-4 8-6 Ilie Nastase H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ion Tiriac 6-2 7-5 6-0 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Arthur Ashe 6-2 6-0 6-3 Harry Fauquier Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Hans Jurgen Pohmann 6-2 6-2 6-3 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Wieslaw Gasiorek 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-2 Daniel Contet H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Jean Claude Barclay 6-4 6-3 6-2 Geoff Masters H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Dennis Ralston 1-6 6-1 5-7 7-5 6-2 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Robert Maud 6-2 6-0 6-0 Zlatko Ivancic H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
John Newcombe 6-1 6-2 7-5 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Earl Butch Buchholz 6-1 6-0 6-2 Gaetano Di Maso Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Roy Emerson 3-6 6-2 5-7 6-0 6-3 Raymond Moore H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Patrice Beust 6-2 6-0 6-8 6-1 Miecyslav Rybarczyk H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Marty Riessen 6-4 6-0 6-0 Bernard Montrenaud H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Ingo Buding 6-3 6-0 6-4 Alvin Gardiner Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Bill Bowrey 6-4 8-6 6-1 Vittorio Crotta Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Rod Laver 6-1 6-1 6-1 Koji Watanabe H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Jean Loup Rouyer 6-2 6-2 6-2 Abe Segal H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Manuel Orantes 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Stepan Koudelka 6-4 7-5 7-5 Jurgen Fassbender Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Cliff Richey 6-2 6-3 6-1 David Lloyd H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Georges Goven 4-6 5-7 3-0 ABD Mike Belkin H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Hans Nerell 6-0 6-1 3-6 6-4 Ray Ruffels Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Allan Stone 6-4 6-4 6-0 M. Akbari H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Pietro Marzano 6-1 6-3 6-2 Michael Hickey Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Bob Hewitt 8-6 6-2 6-4 Ron Holmberg Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Jan Kodes 6-1 6-3 6-3 Eric Drossart Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Tadeusz Nowicki (w/o) Pancho Guzman Match data May 30, 1969* R128
John Bartlett 6-4 1-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 Ivan Molina H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Istvan Gulyas 6-3 5-7 6-1 8-6 Tom Gorman H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Piero Toci 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-4 Giuseppe Merlo H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Ken Rosewall DEF 7-5 6-4 6-2 Michele Leclercq Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Pierre Barthes 6-4 6-4 8-6 Jose Luis Arillla Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Massimo Di Domenico 6-1 6-4 6-3 Eugenio Castigliano Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Nikola Pilic 6-3 6-4 6-2 Keith Wooldridge Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Zeljko Franulovic 6-1 6-3 6-2 Bernard De Troye Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Sergio Palmieri 3-6 10-8 6-3 7-5 Peter Pokorny Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Luis Ayala 6-2 6-3 6-1 Mike Estep H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Milan Holecek (w/o) Roger Taylor H2H Match data May 30, 1969* R128
Zan Guerry 6-0 2-6 1-6 6-2 8-6 Hans Joachim Ploetz H2H Match data May 30, 1969* 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.