1969 Australian Open – Men's singles

{{GrandSlamEvents|1969|Australian Open|

| champ = {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver

| runner = {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno

| score = 6–3, 6–4, 7–5

| draw = 48

| seeds = 16

| type = grand slam

| before_name = Australian Championships – Men's singles

| after_name = Australian Open – Men's singles

}}

Rod Laver defeated Andrés Gimeno in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1969 Australian Open. It was his eighth Grand Slam tournament singles title, and the first step in an eventual Grand Slam for Laver. This was the first edition of the Australian Open to be open to professional players, marking a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.

Bill Bowrey was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ray Ruffels.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107073257 |title=Laver comes back from edge of defeat |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=16 January 1969 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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{{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver (champion)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall (third round)
{{flagicon|NLD}} Tom Okker (first round)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Roche (semifinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|USA}} Pancho Gonzales (third round)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen (third round)
{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno (final)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bill Bowrey (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson (third round)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Ruffels (semifinals)
{{flagicon|USA}} Butch Buchholz (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mal Anderson (third round)
{{flagicon|GBR}} Roger Taylor (second round)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Allan Stone (third round)

}}

Draw

=Final eight=

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| RD1=Quarterfinals

| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| team-width=175

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score1-2=6

| RD3-score1-3=7

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno

| RD3-seed2=9

| RD3-score2-1=3

| RD3-score2-2=4

| RD3-score2-3=5

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-score1-1=7

| RD2-score1-2=22

| RD2-score1-3=9

| RD2-score1-4=1

| RD2-score1-5=6

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Roche

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-score2-1=5

| RD2-score2-2=20

| RD2-score2-3=11

| RD2-score2-4=6

| RD2-score2-5=3

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Ruffels

| RD2-seed3=12

| RD2-score3-1=2

| RD2-score3-2=9

| RD2-score3-3=2

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno

| RD2-seed4=9

| RD2-score4-1=6

| RD2-score4-2=11

| RD2-score4-3=6

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Laver

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score1-2=18

| RD1-score1-3=6

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle

| RD1-seed2=7

| RD1-score2-1=4

| RD1-score2-2=16

| RD1-score2-3=4

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe

| RD1-seed3=5

| RD1-score3-1=8

| RD1-score3-2=6

| RD1-score3-3=8

| RD1-score3-4=5

| RD1-score3-5=3

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Roche

| RD1-seed4=4

| RD1-score4-1=10

| RD1-score4-2=4

| RD1-score4-3=6

| RD1-score4-4=7

| RD1-score4-5=6

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Ruffels

| RD1-seed5=12

| RD1-score5-1=9

| RD1-score5-2=2

| RD1-score5-3=6

| RD1-score5-4=6

| RD1-score5-5=6

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|AUS}} Bill Bowrey

| RD1-seed6=10

| RD1-score6-1=11

| RD1-score6-2=6

| RD1-score6-3=0

| RD1-score6-4=3

| RD1-score6-5=4

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA}} Butch Buchholz

| RD1-seed7=13

| RD1-score7-1=1

| RD1-score7-2=2

| RD1-score7-3=2

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés Gimeno

| RD1-seed8=9

| RD1-score8-1=6

| RD1-score8-2=6

| RD1-score8-3=6

}}

=Section 1=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} R Laver

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=18

| RD4-score01-3=6

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} F Stolle

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-score02-1=4

| RD4-score02-2=16

| RD4-score02-3=4

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} R Laver

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score01-4=9

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} R Emerson

| RD3-seed02=11

| RD3-score02-1=2

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-score02-4=7

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} A Stone

| RD3-seed03=16

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=4

| RD3-score03-3=2

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} F Stolle

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-score04-1=8

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} R Laver

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=6

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} M Di Domenico

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score02-1=2

| RD2-score02-2=2

| RD2-score02-3=3

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} H Hunt

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-score03-1=1

| RD2-score03-2=3

| RD2-score03-3=3

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} R Emerson

| RD2-seed04=11

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} A Stone

| RD2-seed05=16

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=11

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|FRA}} J-L Rouyer

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score06-1=1

| RD2-score06-2=9

| RD2-score06-3=4

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} R Case

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-score07-1=5

| RD2-score07-2=4

| RD2-score07-3=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} F Stolle

| RD2-seed08=7

| RD2-score08-1=7

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3=6

}}

=Section 2=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} J Newcombe

| RD4-seed01=5

| RD4-score01-1=8

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=8

| RD4-score01-4=5

| RD4-score01-5=3

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} T Roche

| RD4-seed02=4

| RD4-score02-1=10

| RD4-score02-2=4

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD4-score02-4=7

| RD4-score02-5=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} J Newcombe

| RD3-seed01=5

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} R Moore

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score02-1=2

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-score02-3=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} M Anderson

| RD3-seed03=14

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=3

| RD3-score03-3=4

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} T Roche

| RD3-seed04=4

| RD3-score04-1=8

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} J Newcombe

| RD2-seed01=5

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=7

| RD2-score01-3=3

| RD2-score01-4=6

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} R Brent

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score02-1=2

| RD2-score02-2=5

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-score02-4=4

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} R Moore

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-score03-1=15

| RD2-score03-2=13

| RD2-score03-3=0

| RD2-score03-4=6

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|GBR}} R Taylor

| RD2-seed04=15

| RD2-score04-1=13

| RD2-score04-2=11

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-score04-4=4

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} M Anderson

| RD2-seed05=14

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=12

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} D Crealy

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score06-1=2

| RD2-score06-2=10

| RD2-score06-3=1

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} R Keldie

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=0

| RD2-score07-3=4

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} T Roche

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-score08-1=8

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} J Newcombe

| RD1-seed01=5

| RD1-score01-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=5

| RD1-score01-3=6

| RD1-score01-4=6

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} I Fletcher

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-score02-1=2

| RD1-score02-2=7

| RD1-score02-3=3

| RD1-score02-4=4

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} R Brent

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score03-3=4

| RD1-score03-4=8

| RD1-score03-5=6

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|FRA}} JB Chanfreau

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score04-1=3

| RD1-score04-2=8

| RD1-score04-3=6

| RD1-score04-4=6

| RD1-score04-5=4

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} R Moore

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=4

| RD1-score05-3=6

| RD1-score05-4=4

| RD1-score05-5=6

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} T Fancutt

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score06-1=4

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-score06-3=3

| RD1-score06-4=6

| RD1-score06-5=1

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ITA}} V Crotta

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-score07-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=4

| RD1-score07-3=3

| RD1-score07-4=4

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|GBR}} R Taylor

| RD1-seed08=15

| RD1-score08-1=4

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-score08-4=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} M Anderson

| RD1-seed09=14

| RD1-score09-1=9

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=6

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|AUS}} J Bartlett

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score10-1=7

| RD1-score10-2=2

| RD1-score10-3=3

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|AUS}} D Crealy

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-score11-1=8

| RD1-score11-2=7

| RD1-score11-3=2

| RD1-score11-4=10

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|AUS}} A Hammond

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score12-2=5

| RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-score12-4=8

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} R Keldie

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=13

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} S Ball

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score14-1=1

| RD1-score14-2=11

| RD1-score14-3=r

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|AUS}} B Phillips-Moore

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-score15-1=3

| RD1-score15-2=3

| RD1-score15-3=4

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} T Roche

| RD1-seed16=4

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score16-2=6

| RD1-score16-3=6

}}

=Section 3=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} R Ruffels

| RD4-seed01=12

| RD4-score01-1=9

| RD4-score01-2=2

| RD4-score01-3=6

| RD4-score01-4=6

| RD4-score01-5=6

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} B Bowrey

| RD4-seed02=10

| RD4-score02-1=11

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score02-3=0

| RD4-score02-4=3

| RD4-score02-5=4

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|URS}} T Leius

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-score01-1=2

| RD3-score01-2=1

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} R Ruffels

| RD3-seed02=12

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} B Bowrey

| RD3-seed03=10

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=11

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} P Gonzales

| RD3-seed04=6

| RD3-score04-1=3

| RD3-score04-2=0

| RD3-score04-3=9

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ITA}} P Marzano

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-score01-1=4

| RD2-score01-2=1

| RD2-score01-3=2

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|URS}} T Leius

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} J Alexander

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-score03-1=2

| RD2-score03-2=8

| RD2-score03-3=4

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} R Ruffels

| RD2-seed04=12

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score04-2=10

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} B Bowrey

| RD2-seed05=10

| RD2-score05-1=5

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-score05-4=6

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} T Addison

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score06-1=7

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-score06-3=2

| RD2-score06-4=4

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|FRA}} P Barthès

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-score07-1=3

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score07-3=3

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} P Gonzales

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|NED}} T Okker

| RD1-seed01=3

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} P Marzano

| RD1-score02-1=w/o

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} J Brown

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-score03-1=7

| RD1-score03-2=12

| RD1-score03-3=4

| RD1-score03-4=3

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|URS}} T Leius

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score04-1=9

| RD1-score04-2=10

| RD1-score04-3=6

| RD1-score04-4=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} A Gardiner

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-score05-1=4

| RD1-score05-2=4

| RD1-score05-3=4

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} J Alexander

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-score06-3=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|INA}} S Sugiarto

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-score07-1=1

| RD1-score07-2=0

| RD1-score07-3=2

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} R Ruffels

| RD1-seed08=12

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} B Bowrey

| RD1-seed09=10

| RD1-score09-1=8

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=6

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|JPN}} K Watanabe

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score10-1=6

| RD1-score10-2=4

| RD1-score10-3=3

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ITA}} A Panatta

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-score11-1=0

| RD1-score11-2=5

| RD1-score11-3=1

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|AUS}} T Addison

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score12-2=7

| RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} B Giltinan

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-score13-1=0

| RD1-score13-2=2

| RD1-score13-3=4

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|FRA}} P Barthès

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score14-2=6

| RD1-score14-3=6

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|BEL}} M Bolle

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-score15-1=2

| RD1-score15-2=2

| RD1-score15-3=4

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|USA}} P Gonzales

| RD1-seed16=6

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score16-2=6

| RD1-score16-3=6

}}

=Section 4=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} B Buchholz

| RD4-seed01=13

| RD4-score01-1=1

| RD4-score01-2=2

| RD4-score01-3=2

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} A Gimeno

| RD4-seed02=9

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} M Riessen

| RD3-seed01=8

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=5

| RD3-score01-4=1

| RD3-score01-5=4

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} B Buchholz

| RD3-seed02=13

| RD3-score02-1=1

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-score02-3=7

| RD3-score02-4=6

| RD3-score02-5=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} A Gimeno

| RD3-seed03=9

| RD3-score03-1=7

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=6

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} K Rosewall

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-score04-1=5

| RD3-score04-2=1

| RD3-score04-3=4

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} M Riessen

| RD2-seed01=8

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=6

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} P Toci

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score02-1=1

| RD2-score02-2=2

| RD2-score02-3=1

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} J Cooper

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=2

| RD2-score03-4=2

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} B Buchholz

| RD2-seed04=13

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score04-2=3

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-score04-4=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} A Gimeno

| RD2-seed05=9

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} G Masters

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score06-1=1

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-score06-3=2

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} P Dent

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=2

| RD2-score07-3=1

| RD2-score07-4=4

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} K Rosewall

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-score08-1=3

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD2-score08-4=6

}}

References

External links

[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/australian-open/580/1969/draws?matchType=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1969 Australian Open Men's Singles draw]
[https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/australian-open/aus/1969/m-sl-aus-01a-1969/draws-and-results/ 1969 Australian Open – Men's draws and results] at the International Tennis Federation

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Men's Singles

1969