ATP Roland Garros 1970 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Jan Kodes won the 1970 Roland Garros, defeating Zeljko Franulovic 6-2 6-4 6-0 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 1 to May 15, 1970.

Champion
Jan Kodes
def. Zeljko Franulovic , 6-2 6-4 6-0
Dates
May 1 — May 15
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
May 15, 1970* F Jan Kodes 6-2 6-4 6-0 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data
SF (2)
May 14, 1970* SF Zeljko Franulovic 6-4 4-6 1-6 7-5 7-5 Cliff Richey H2H Match data
May 14, 1970* SF Jan Kodes 2-6 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-3 Georges Goven H2H Match data
QF (4)
May 12, 1970* QF Cliff Richey 7-5 9-7 4-6 6-3 Ilie Nastase H2H Match data
May 12, 1970* QF Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 3-6 10-8 4-6 6-3 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data
May 12, 1970* QF Jan Kodes 6-1 6-3 7-5 Martin Mulligan — Match data
May 12, 1970* QF Georges Goven 8-6 6-8 6-2 6-1 Francois Jauffret H2H Match data
R16 (8)
May 10, 1970* R16 Cliff Richey 8-6 6-4 8-6 Alex Metreveli — Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Martin Mulligan 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-5 8-6 Jaime Fillol — Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Francois Jauffret 6-3 6-4 6-0 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-3 6-4 Dick Crealy H2H Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 6-3 6-4 Lew Hoad — Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 Manuel Orantes H2H Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Georges Goven 3-6 6-4 6-3 1-6 6-0 Manuel Santana H2H Match data
May 10, 1970* R16 Jan Kodes 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-2 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data
R32 (16)
May 7, 1970* R32 Lew Hoad 6-4 7-5 6-4 Jean Loup Rouyer — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Zeljko Franulovic 6-1 6-2 6-2 Joaquin Loyo Mayo — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Martin Mulligan 11-9 6-3 1-6 6-0 Ray Ruffels — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Manuel Orantes 6-3 6-3 6-0 Allan Stone H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Manuel Santana 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Szabolcz Baranyi H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Georges Goven 7-5 8-6 6-3 Peter Marmureanu — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Jaime Fillol 6-2 6-3 11-9 Peter Szoke H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Alex Metreveli 6-4 6-2 7-9 4-6 6-1 Frantisek Pala — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Dick Crealy 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-1 Nicola Spear H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Adriano Panatta 6-4 9-7 3-6 4-3 (ret.) Vladimir Zednik H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Arthur Ashe 8-6 6-4 6-4 Nicola Pietrangeli H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Jan Kodes 6-0 6-1 6-2 Stepan Koudelka — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Ion Tiriac 6-2 9-7 6-3 Gerald Battrick H2H Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Cliff Richey 6-2 6-2 6-0 Patricio Rodriguez Chi — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-1 6-4 Michele Leclercq — Match data
May 7, 1970* R32 Francois Jauffret 6-1 5-7 7-5 6-3 Phil Dent H2H Match data
R64 (29)
May 5, 1970* R64 Adriano Panatta 7-5 1-6 6-0 2-6 12-10 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-0 6-3 Bill Freer H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Peter Szoke 6-1 6-2 6-4 Jean Paul Meyer H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Ion Tiriac 6-4 2-6 7-5 6-1 Ezio Di Matteo — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Manuel Orantes 6-2 6-4 6-3 Juan Gisbert — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Nicola Pietrangeli 1-6 6-1 6-3 6-2 Patrick Hombergen H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Zeljko Franulovic 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-8 9-7 Wieslaw Gasiorek H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Szabolcz Baranyi 6-2 2-6 8-10 6-2 6-1 Barry Mackay H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Dick Crealy 9-7 6-1 5-7 6-8 6-3 Istvan Gulyas H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Jean Loup Rouyer 2-6 8-6 6-1 6-4 Jan Kukal H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Stepan Koudelka (w/o) Hans Kary — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Phil Dent 6-1 6-2 6-3 Terry Ryan — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-1 6-0 Ian Fletcher H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Jan Kodes 6-4 6-1 6-2 Bob Howe — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Allan Stone 6-4 10-12 2-6 6-3 6-2 Bernard Montrenaud H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Vladimir Zednik 6-8 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-4 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Jaime Fillol 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-4 10-8 Terry Addison H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Frantisek Pala 6-1 6-2 6-1 Tadeusz Nowicki H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Ray Ruffels 7-5 6-4 6-2 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Cliff Richey 6-2 6-2 6-4 Derek Schroder H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Georges Goven 6-3 6-2 6-0 Hans Joachim Ploetz H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Michele Leclercq 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-3 Hans Jurgen Pohmann — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Alex Metreveli 7-5 6-3 6-2 Geoff Masters — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Nicola Spear 6-2 6-4 6-2 Eric Drossart — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Lew Hoad 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4 Charlie Pasarell — Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Francois Jauffret 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-1 Patrice Beust H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Gerald Battrick 6-3 6-2 6-4 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Manuel Santana 6-1 6-2 7-5 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data
May 5, 1970* R64 Martin Mulligan 6-4 6-3 6-3 Tom Gorman — Match data
R128 (59)
May 3, 1970* R128 Bill Freer 8-6 6-2 11-9 Keith Wooldridge — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Dick Crealy 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Manuel Orantes 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 J. Mandarino H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Charlie Pasarell 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0 Christian Duxin — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Bob Hewitt 6-2 7-5 6-3 David Lloyd H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Teimuraz Kakulia (w/o) Karl Meiler — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jean Loup Rouyer 7-5 4-6 2-6 7-5 6-4 Jaime Pinto Bravo — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Patricio Cornejo 6-3 6-3 1-6 3-6 6-2 Keith Diepraam — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Lew Hoad 2-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5 Harald Elschenbroich — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Bob Carmichael 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 Jaidip Mukerjea H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jaime Fillol 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-0 6-3 Sergio Palmieri — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Cliff Richey 6-0 6-1 6-4 Jacques Thamin H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Hans Jurgen Pohmann 6-3 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-4 Richard Russell H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Michele Leclercq 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 Robert Machan — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Eric Drossart 6-3 9-7 6-0 Jean Francois Caujolle — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Manuel Santana 6-2 6-1 6-1 Daniel Contet H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Patrick Hombergen 6-0 6-0 6-4 Jean Lovera — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Gerald Battrick 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-4 Francois Matheu — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Allan Stone 7-5 6-4 6-3 Andrew Pattison — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jean Paul Meyer (w/o) Stan Smith — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Bob Howe 6-1 8-10 6-2 8-6 Jim Osborne — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Barry Mackay 6-3 5-7 6-3 7-5 Jurgen Fassbender H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Peter Marmureanu 6-3 6-3 6-2 Ray Keldie — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jan Kukal 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1 William Alvarez — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Ezio Di Matteo 3-6 6-0 6-1 6-1 Abe Segal — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Nicola Spear 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-2 Eugenio Castigliano H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Istvan Gulyas 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-3 Jun Kuki H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Adriano Panatta 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 John Alexander H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Ray Ruffels 6-2 6-2 6-2 Pierre Joly H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Francois Jauffret 7-5 6-3 6-1 Koji Watanabe H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Derek Schroder 6-2 6-4 6-0 Robert Rheinberger H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Wieslaw Gasiorek 8-6 6-4 2-6 6-3 Peter Doerner H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Nicola Pietrangeli 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-1 Sergei Likhachev H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Martin Mulligan 9-7 6-0 6-1 Butch Seewagen — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jim Mcmanus 6-4 6-2 6-3 Rauty Krog — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Peter Szoke 4-6 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-3 Boro Jovanovic — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Georges Goven 6-2 6-3 6-2 Colin Dibley H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Szabolcz Baranyi 6-4 6-1 6-1 Claude De Gronckel — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Jan Kodes 6-0 6-1 6-3 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Barry Phillips Moore 6-1 6-0 6-3 Wanaro N'Godrella — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Bernard Montrenaud 7-5 7-9 6-3 1-6 6-4 Julian Krinsky — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Hans Joachim Ploetz 6-2 5-7 6-2 3-6 6-3 Stanley Matthews H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Patrice Beust 6-4 6-4 9-7 Alexander Volkov H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Ian Fletcher 5-7 6-2 6-1 1-6 6-4 Geza Varga H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Ion Tiriac 6-1 6-0 6-4 Jean Pierre Courcol — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Arthur Ashe 6-0 6-2 6-0 Miecyslav Rybarczyk H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Geoff Masters 6-1 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 Peter Pokorny H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Hans Kary (w/o) Onny Parun H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Vladimir Zednik 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-5 Pietro Marzano H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Joaquin Loyo Mayo 3-6 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 John Bartlett — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Tom Gorman (w/o) Pancho Guzman — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Terry Ryan 2-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 Greg Perkins — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Tadeusz Nowicki 6-3 6-3 6-4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-3 6-2 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Juan Gisbert 6-3 6-3 5-7 1-6 6-1 Jean Claude Barclay — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Phil Dent (w/o) Jose Luis Arillla — Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 6-4 6-3 Roy Barth H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Frantisek Pala 6-1 7-5 6-2 Rayno Seegers H2H Match data
May 3, 1970* R128 Terry Addison 6-2 6-1 6-2 Dimitri Sturdza H2H Match data

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