ATP Wimbledon 1968 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Rod Laver won the 1968 Wimbledon, defeating Tony Roche 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in London, United Kingdom, from June 24 to July 8, 1968.

Champion
Rod Laver
def. Tony Roche , 6-3 6-4 6-2
Dates
Jun 24 — Jul 8
Location
London, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jul 8, 1968* F Rod Laver 6-3 6-4 6-2 Tony Roche H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jul 7, 1968* SF Tony Roche 9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6 Clark Graebner H2H Match data
Jul 7, 1968* SF Rod Laver 7-5 6-2 6-4 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jul 5, 1968* QF Clark Graebner 6-2 6-0 9-7 Raymond Moore H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1968* QF Arthur Ashe 7-9 9-7 9-7 6-2 Tom Okker H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1968* QF Tony Roche 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 Earl Butch Buchholz H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1968* QF Rod Laver 4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2 Dennis Ralston H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Raymond Moore 6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 Tom Edlefsen H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Earl Butch Buchholz 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Tom Okker 6-3 9-11 7-5 7-5 Roy Emerson H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3 John Newcombe H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Dennis Ralston 6-3 7-5 6-2 Alex Metreveli — Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Clark Graebner 6-1 7-5 7-5 Fred Stolle H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Tony Roche 9-7 6-3 6-2 Ken Rosewall H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1968* R16 Rod Laver 9-7 5-7 6-2 6-0 Mark Cox H2H Match data
R32 (15)
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Raymond Moore 4-6 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-2 Andres Gimeno H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Mark Cox 6-3 6-4 6-4 Daniel Contet H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Fred Stolle 6-3 8-6 6-2 Terry Addison H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Earl Butch Buchholz 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-1 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Rod Laver 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3 Marty Riessen H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Tom Okker 8-10 6-2 6-1 6-2 Vladimir Korotkov H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Arthur Ashe 11-9 6-4 6-1 Ove Bengtson H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Ken Rosewall 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 Onny Parun H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 John Newcombe 7-5 6-0 6-1 David Lloyd H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Clark Graebner 9-7 6-2 6-1 Manuel Santana H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Roy Emerson 7-5 6-1 6-1 Alejandro Olmedo — Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Bob Hewitt 6-3 9-11 1-6 6-3 6-3 Lew Hoad — Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Tom Edlefsen 9-7 4-6 1-6 6-4 6-4 Cliff Drysdale H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Tony Roche 6-4 6-1 6-3 Ray Ruffels H2H Match data
Jun 30, 1968* R32 Dennis Ralston 6-2 6-4 6-2 J. Mandarino H2H Match data
R64 (30)
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Ray Ruffels 6-4 6-2 6-3 Clay Iles — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Alex Metreveli 6-1 6-1 6-1 Patrice Beust — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Daniel Contet (w/o) Alan Fox — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Torben Ulrich 6-3 6-3 8-6 Georges Goven H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Fred Stolle 6-1 6-1 6-1 Bob Howe — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-2 9-7 Ismail El Shafei — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Vladimir Korotkov 2-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-5 Pierre Barthes H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Bob Hewitt 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 12-10 Thomaz Koch H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 6-3 John Alexander H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Clark Graebner 6-2 6-0 6-4 Jorgen Ulrich — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 J. Mandarino 11-9 10-8 6-3 Jan Leschly — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Dennis Ralston 6-3 3-6 7-9 6-3 13-11 Cliff Richey H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Rod Laver 6-3 6-4 6-4 Stan Smith — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Roy Emerson 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-0 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Manuel Santana 5-7 10-8 6-0 6-4 Graham Stilwell H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Tom Edlefsen 7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2 Geoff Bluett — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Richard Gonzalez 6-2 6-4 9-7 Robert Maud — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Cliff Drysdale 6-2 7-5 8-6 Graydon Garner H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Andres Gimeno 6-2 4-6 9-7 6-3 Bill Bowrey H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Marty Riessen (w/o) Brian Fairlie H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Raymond Moore 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 Dick Crealy H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Earl Butch Buchholz 11-13 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-2 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Tom Okker 6-3 6-0 7-5 Michael Sangster — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Ove Bengtson 6-0 5-7 6-4 6-3 12-10 Jose Luis Arillla — Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Tony Roche 6-4 6-0 6-2 Jim Osborne H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Ken Rosewall 7-9 6-1 6-8 6-2 6-3 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Mark Cox 4-6 6-3 7-9 9-7 12-10 Herb Fitzgibbon H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Terry Addison 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 Onny Parun 2-6 3-6 14-12 6-4 6-4 Roger Taylor H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1968* R64 David Lloyd 6-4 3-6 0-6 6-3 7-5 Terry Ryan — Match data
R128 (56)
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Dennis Ralston 6-1 7-5 8-6 John Brown — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Terry Addison 11-9 6-3 6-2 Robert Haillet — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-2 6-3 Eduardo Zuleta — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Fred Stolle 6-1 6-2 6-2 Jean Claude Barclay H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2 Premjit Lall — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Roger Taylor 6-4 6-2 6-3 Alan Mills — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Pierre Barthes 9-11 6-2 6-4 8-6 Luis Ayala H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Mark Cox 7-9 8-6 6-3 6-4 Gordon Forbes — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Jan Leschly 6-3 4-6 8-6 6-1 Colin Stubs — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Bill Bowrey 6-3 6-1 7-5 Wieslaw Gasiorek H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-1 6-4 6-3 Raul Peralta — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Herb Fitzgibbon 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Andres Gimeno 6-3 7-5 6-4 Istvan Gulyas H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Stan Smith 6-4 6-3 6-0 Giuseppe Merlo — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Raymond Moore 6-1 6-2 9-7 Nicola Spear H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Cliff Richey 6-2 8-6 7-5 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Patrice Beust 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Phil Dent H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Daniel Contet 3-6 7-5 7-5 7-9 6-2 Haroon Rahim H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Roy Emerson 6-2 6-2 6-4 Ron Holmberg — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Rod Laver 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2 Gene Scott H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Jim Osborne 4-6 7-9 10-8 6-1 6-3 Michael Davies — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Cliff Drysdale 9-7 6-3 6-2 Robert Wilson — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Robert Maud 6-3 6-2 6-2 Derek Schroder H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Brian Fairlie 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Donald Dell — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Onny Parun 6-3 9-7 12-10 Paul Hutchins — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 John Alexander 5-7 9-7 6-3 9-7 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Charlie Pasarell 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3 Patrick Hombergen H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ken Fletcher 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-3 Jim Mcmanus — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Bob Hewitt 6-3 8-6 6-4 John Barrett — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Earl Butch Buchholz 6-4 6-2 10-12 6-4 Allan Stone H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 J. Mandarino 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-4 Tony Palafox — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ove Bengtson 6-1 6-4 6-2 Warren Jacques — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ray Ruffels 6-2 6-1 6-2 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Thomaz Koch 6-3 6-2 11-13 6-0 Gaetano Di Maso — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Bob Howe 6-4 8-6 7-5 Gerald Battrick — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Tom Edlefsen 6-2 7-5 7-5 Jurgen Fassbender H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Graham Stilwell 3-6 5-7 6-2 6-1 6-2 Sergei Likhachev H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Geoff Bluett 6-4 6-2 2-6 2-6 6-4 Nicola Pietrangeli — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Tony Roche 6-3 6-1 7-5 Ray Keldie H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Lew Hoad 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jaidip Mukerjea — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Manuel Santana 6-0 6-4 6-2 Hans Joachim Ploetz H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Dick Crealy 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jan Kukal H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ken Rosewall 6-3 6-4 6-4 Abe Segal H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Clark Graebner 6-4 6-3 6-8 6-8 11-9 Roy Barth H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Georges Goven 9-7 6-4 6-2 Pancho Castillo — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 John Newcombe 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Owen Davidson H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Vladimir Korotkov 6-4 7-9 6-4 6-4 Stanley Matthews H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Jorgen Ulrich 6-2 6-4 7-5 Koji Watanabe — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Ion Tiriac 7-5 6-2 8-6 Richard Russell H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Marty Riessen 6-2 6-3 6-2 Jan Kodes H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Alex Metreveli 6-2 6-2 4-6 10-8 Manuel Orantes — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Torben Ulrich 4-6 6-1 10-8 6-2 Thomas Lejus — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 David Lloyd 6-4 6-4 10-12 6-1 Pierre Darmon — Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Bob Carmichael 6-8 4-6 6-4 6-2 7-5 Milan Holecek H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Tom Okker 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2 Peter Curtis H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1968* R128 Graydon Garner 2-6 6-2 6-4 7-5 Lance Lumsden — Match data

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