# Wimbledon 1968

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/256/wimbledon?season=1968
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: grass
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Start date: 1968-06-24
- End date: 1968-07-08

## Champion
- Winner: Rod Laver
- Runner-up: Tony Roche
- Final score: 6-3 6-4 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Rod Laver d. Tony Roche 6-3 6-4 6-2

### SF
- Tony Roche d. Clark Graebner 9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6
- Rod Laver d. Arthur Ashe 7-5 6-2 6-4

### QF
- Clark Graebner d. Raymond Moore 6-2 6-0 9-7
- Arthur Ashe d. Tom Okker 7-9 9-7 9-7 6-2
- Tony Roche d. Earl Butch Buchholz 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4
- Rod Laver d. Dennis Ralston 4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2

### R16
- Raymond Moore d. Tom Edlefsen 6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-4
- Earl Butch Buchholz d. Bob Hewitt 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2
- Tom Okker d. Roy Emerson 6-3 9-11 7-5 7-5
- Arthur Ashe d. John Newcombe 6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3
- Dennis Ralston d. Alex Metreveli 6-3 7-5 6-2
- Clark Graebner d. Fred Stolle 6-1 7-5 7-5
- Tony Roche d. Ken Rosewall 9-7 6-3 6-2
- Rod Laver d. Mark Cox 9-7 5-7 6-2 6-0

### R32
- Raymond Moore d. Andres Gimeno 4-6 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-2
- Mark Cox d. Daniel Contet 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Fred Stolle d. Terry Addison 6-3 8-6 6-2
- Earl Butch Buchholz d. Torben Ulrich 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-1
- Rod Laver d. Marty Riessen 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
- Tom Okker d. Vladimir Korotkov 8-10 6-2 6-1 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Ove Bengtson 11-9 6-4 6-1
- Ken Rosewall d. Onny Parun 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2
- John Newcombe d. David Lloyd 7-5 6-0 6-1
- Clark Graebner d. Manuel Santana 9-7 6-2 6-1
- Roy Emerson d. Alejandro Olmedo 7-5 6-1 6-1
- Bob Hewitt d. Lew Hoad 6-3 9-11 1-6 6-3 6-3
- Tom Edlefsen d. Cliff Drysdale 9-7 4-6 1-6 6-4 6-4
- Tony Roche d. Ray Ruffels 6-4 6-1 6-3
- Dennis Ralston d. J. Mandarino 6-2 6-4 6-2

### R64
- Ray Ruffels d. Clay Iles 6-4 6-2 6-3
- Alex Metreveli d. Patrice Beust 6-1 6-1 6-1
- Daniel Contet d. Alan Fox W/O
- Torben Ulrich d. Georges Goven 6-3 6-3 8-6
- Fred Stolle d. Bob Howe 6-1 6-1 6-1
- Arthur Ashe d. Ismail El Shafei 6-1 6-2 9-7
- Vladimir Korotkov d. Pierre Barthes 2-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-5
- Bob Hewitt d. Thomaz Koch 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 12-10
- John Newcombe d. John Alexander 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Clark Graebner d. Jorgen Ulrich 6-2 6-0 6-4
- J. Mandarino d. Jan Leschly 11-9 10-8 6-3
- Dennis Ralston d. Cliff Richey 6-3 3-6 7-9 6-3 13-11
- Rod Laver d. Stan Smith 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Roy Emerson d. Ion Tiriac 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-0
- Manuel Santana d. Graham Stilwell 5-7 10-8 6-0 6-4
- Tom Edlefsen d. Geoff Bluett 7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Richard Gonzalez d. Robert Maud 6-2 6-4 9-7
- Cliff Drysdale d. Graydon Garner 6-2 7-5 8-6
- Andres Gimeno d. Bill Bowrey 6-2 4-6 9-7 6-3
- Marty Riessen d. Brian Fairlie W/O
- Raymond Moore d. Dick Crealy 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
- Earl Butch Buchholz d. Bob Carmichael 11-13 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-2
- Tom Okker d. Michael Sangster 6-3 6-0 7-5
- Ove Bengtson d. Jose Luis Arillla 6-0 5-7 6-4 6-3 12-10
- Tony Roche d. Jim Osborne 6-4 6-0 6-2
- Ken Rosewall d. Charlie Pasarell 7-9 6-1 6-8 6-2 6-3
- Mark Cox d. Herb Fitzgibbon 4-6 6-3 7-9 9-7 12-10
- Terry Addison d. Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-3
- Onny Parun d. Roger Taylor 2-6 3-6 14-12 6-4 6-4
- David Lloyd d. Terry Ryan 6-4 3-6 0-6 6-3 7-5

### R128
- Dennis Ralston d. John Brown 6-1 7-5 8-6
- Terry Addison d. Robert Haillet 11-9 6-3 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Eduardo Zuleta 6-1 6-2 6-3
- Fred Stolle d. Jean Claude Barclay 6-1 6-2 6-2
- Ismail El Shafei d. Premjit Lall 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
- Roger Taylor d. Alan Mills 6-4 6-2 6-3
- Pierre Barthes d. Luis Ayala 9-11 6-2 6-4 8-6
- Mark Cox d. Gordon Forbes 7-9 8-6 6-3 6-4
- Jan Leschly d. Colin Stubs 6-3 4-6 8-6 6-1
- Bill Bowrey d. Wieslaw Gasiorek 6-3 6-1 7-5
- Nicholas Kalogeropoulos d. Raul Peralta 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Herb Fitzgibbon d. Nikola Pilic 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2
- Andres Gimeno d. Istvan Gulyas 6-3 7-5 6-4
- Stan Smith d. Giuseppe Merlo 6-4 6-3 6-0
- Raymond Moore d. Nicola Spear 6-1 6-2 9-7
- Cliff Richey d. Barry Phillips Moore 6-2 8-6 7-5
- Patrice Beust d. Phil Dent 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
- Daniel Contet d. Haroon Rahim 3-6 7-5 7-5 7-9 6-2
- Roy Emerson d. Ron Holmberg 6-2 6-2 6-4
- Rod Laver d. Gene Scott 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Jim Osborne d. Michael Davies 4-6 7-9 10-8 6-1 6-3
- Cliff Drysdale d. Robert Wilson 9-7 6-3 6-2
- Robert Maud d. Derek Schroder 6-3 6-2 6-2
- Brian Fairlie d. Donald Dell 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Onny Parun d. Paul Hutchins 6-3 9-7 12-10
- John Alexander d. Frew Mcmillan 5-7 9-7 6-3 9-7
- Charlie Pasarell d. Patrick Hombergen 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3
- Ken Fletcher d. Jim Mcmanus 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-3
- Bob Hewitt d. John Barrett 6-3 8-6 6-4
- Earl Butch Buchholz d. Allan Stone 6-4 6-2 10-12 6-4
- J. Mandarino d. Tony Palafox 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4
- Ove Bengtson d. Warren Jacques 6-1 6-4 6-2
- Ray Ruffels d. Patricio Cornejo 6-2 6-1 6-2
- Thomaz Koch d. Gaetano Di Maso 6-3 6-2 11-13 6-0
- Bob Howe d. Gerald Battrick 6-4 8-6 7-5
- Tom Edlefsen d. Jurgen Fassbender 6-2 7-5 7-5
- Graham Stilwell d. Sergei Likhachev 3-6 5-7 6-2 6-1 6-2
- Geoff Bluett d. Nicola Pietrangeli 6-4 6-2 2-6 2-6 6-4
- Tony Roche d. Ray Keldie 6-3 6-1 7-5
- Lew Hoad d. Jaidip Mukerjea 6-3 6-4 6-2
- Manuel Santana d. Hans Joachim Ploetz 6-0 6-4 6-2
- Dick Crealy d. Jan Kukal 6-3 6-4 6-2
- Ken Rosewall d. Abe Segal 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Clark Graebner d. Roy Barth 6-4 6-3 6-8 6-8 11-9
- Georges Goven d. Pancho Castillo 9-7 6-4 6-2
- John Newcombe d. Owen Davidson 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
- Vladimir Korotkov d. Stanley Matthews 6-4 7-9 6-4 6-4
- Jorgen Ulrich d. Koji Watanabe 6-2 6-4 7-5
- Ion Tiriac d. Richard Russell 7-5 6-2 8-6
- Marty Riessen d. Jan Kodes 6-2 6-3 6-2
- Alex Metreveli d. Manuel Orantes 6-2 6-2 4-6 10-8
- Torben Ulrich d. Thomas Lejus 4-6 6-1 10-8 6-2
- David Lloyd d. Pierre Darmon 6-4 6-4 10-12 6-1
- Bob Carmichael d. Milan Holecek 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2 7-5
- Tom Okker d. Peter Curtis 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2
- Graydon Garner d. Lance Lumsden 2-6 6-2 6-4 7-5

## Stats
- Total matches: 116
- Players: 119

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