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1969 French Open – Women's singles

{{GrandSlamEvents|1969|French Open|

| champ = {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court

| runner = {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones

| score = 6–1, 4–6, 6–3

| seeds = 8

}}

{{main|1969 French Open}}

Margaret Court defeated Ann Jones in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1969 French Open. It was her third French Open singles title and her 15th major title overall.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=396}}

Nancy Richey was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Court.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Court is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court (champion)
  2. {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King (quarterfinals)
  3. {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones (finalist)
  4. {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Richey (semifinals)
  5. {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman (quarterfinals)
  6. {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade (second round)
  7. {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr (third round)
  8. {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville (quarterfinals)

Qualifying

{{Main|1969 French Open – Women's singles qualifying}}

Draw

=Key=

=Finals=

{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3

| team-width=150

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones

| RD3-seed2=3

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score2-1=1

| RD3-score1-2=4

| RD3-score2-2=6

| RD3-score1-3=6

| RD3-score2-3=3

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Richey

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score2-1=3

| RD2-score1-2=4

| RD2-score2-2=6

| RD2-score1-3=7

| RD2-score2-3=5

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Bowrey

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-score3-1=6

| RD2-score4-1=1

| RD2-score3-2=6

| RD2-score4-2=2

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-score1-1=9

| RD1-score2-1=7

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Richey

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-score3-1=6

| RD1-score4-1=3

| RD1-score3-2=9

| RD1-score4-2=7

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Rosie Casals

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Jones

| RD1-seed6=3

| RD1-score5-1=2

| RD1-score6-1=6

| RD1-score5-2=0

| RD1-score6-2=6

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Bowrey

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King

| RD1-seed8=2

| RD1-score7-1=6

| RD1-score8-1=3

| RD1-score7-2=6

| RD1-score8-2=3

}}

=Earlier rounds=

==Section 1==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Court

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD4-seed02=8

| RD4-score01-1=9

| RD4-score02-1=7

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Court

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Walkden

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=0

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD3-seed03=8

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ECU}} Guzmán

| RD3-seed04=Q

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score04-1=1

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=3

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Court

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} Di Maso

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=1

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Fretz

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Walkden

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=8

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=4

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=3

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD2-seed05=8

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Bartkowicz

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=4

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ECU}} Guzmán

| RD2-seed07=Q

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|INA}} Kaligis

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=1

| RD2-score07-2=2

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=6

| RD2-score08-3=4

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ARG}} Arias

| RD1-seed01=Q

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Court

| RD1-seed02=1

| RD1-score01-1=1

| RD1-score02-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=2

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|FRA}} Cazaux

| RD1-seed03=Q

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ITA}} Di Maso

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=2

| RD1-score04-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=4

| RD1-score04-2=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|TCH}} Neumannová

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Fretz

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=2

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=0

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|JPN}} Sawamatsu

| RD1-seed07=LL

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Walkden

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-score07-1=5

| RD1-score08-1=7

| RD1-score07-2=1

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|SWE}} Sandberg

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|AUS}} Melville

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-score09-1=6

| RD1-score10-1=4

| RD1-score09-2=3

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=4

| RD1-score10-3=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|INA}} Liem

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Bartkowicz

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=1

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=1

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Kirk

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ECU}} Guzmán

| RD1-seed14=Q

| RD1-score13-1=3

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=8

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|BRA}} Petersen

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|INA}} Kaligis

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-score15-1=w/o

}}

==Section 2==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Richey

| RD4-seed01=4

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Heldman

| RD4-seed02=5

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=3

| RD4-score01-2=9

| RD4-score02-2=7

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Richey

| RD3-seed01=4

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|SWE}} Lundquist

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=0

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Heldman

| RD3-seed03=5

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ARG}} Giscafré

| RD3-seed04=Q

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score04-1=0

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=0

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Richey

| RD2-seed01=4

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|FRA}} Chanfreau

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=4

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=4

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|SWE}} Lundquist

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|FRG}} Seelbach

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=5

| RD2-score04-1=7

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=0

| RD2-score03-3=6

| RD2-score04-3=0

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Heldman

| RD2-seed05=5

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Tuero

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|BEL}} Loeys

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ARG}} Giscafré

| RD2-seed08=Q

| RD2-score07-1=9

| RD2-score08-1=11

| RD2-score07-2=1

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Krantzcke

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Richey

| RD1-seed02=4

| RD1-score01-1=9

| RD1-score02-1=11

| RD1-score01-2=0

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ITA}} Pericoli

| RD1-seed03=

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

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=2

| RD1-score04-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=5

| RD1-score04-2=7

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|NED}} Salomé

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|SWE}} Lundquist

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=7

| RD1-score06-1=9

| RD1-score05-2=1

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|FRA}} de Roubin

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|FRG}} Seelbach

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-score07-1=6

| RD1-score08-1=4

| RD1-score07-2=3

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score07-3=2

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} Young

| RD1-seed09=Q

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|USA}} Heldman

| RD1-seed10=5

| RD1-score09-1=0

| RD1-score10-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=2

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|AUS}} Hunt

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Tuero

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=4

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=9

| RD1-score12-2=11

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Segal

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|BEL}} Loeys

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=w/o

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|GRE|old}} Kalogeropoulos

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ARG}} Giscafré

| RD1-seed16=Q

| RD1-score15-1=2

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score15-2=2

| RD1-score16-2=6

}}

==Section 3==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Casals

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|GBR}} Jones

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-score01-1=2

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=0

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|URS}} Morozova

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Casals

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=2

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=4

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|URS}} Kivi

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|GBR}} Jones

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-score03-1=4

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=0

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|URS}} Morozova

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Moore

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=4

| RD2-score01-2=7

| RD2-score02-2=5

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Casals

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|GBR}} Wade

| RD2-seed04=6

| RD2-score03-1=5

| RD2-score04-1=7

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=3

| RD2-score03-3=9

| RD2-score04-3=7

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|URS}} Kivi

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|URS}} Jansone

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=7

| RD2-score06-1=5

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=4

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Ziegenfuss

| RD2-seed07=Q

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|GBR}} Jones

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-score07-1=1

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=2

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|FRA}} Terras

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|URS}} Morozova

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-score01-1=4

| RD1-score02-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=3

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|FRA}} Darmon

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Moore

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=1

| RD1-score04-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=1

| RD1-score04-2=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|FRG}} Ebbinghaus

| RD1-seed05=Q

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Casals

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=2

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=5

| RD1-score06-2=7

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|FRA}} Rouchon

| RD1-seed07=Q

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|GBR}} Wade

| RD1-seed08=6

| RD1-score07-1=0

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=2

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Dibar

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|URS}} Kivi

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score09-1=4

| RD1-score10-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=1

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Lieffrig

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|URS}} Jansone

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=5

| RD1-score12-1=7

| RD1-score11-2=3

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|JPN}} Matsuda

| RD1-seed13=LL

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|USA}} Ziegenfuss

| RD1-seed14=Q

| RD1-score13-1=0

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=4

| RD1-score14-2=6

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|USA}} Pigeon

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|GBR}} Jones

| RD1-seed16=3

| RD1-score15-1=2

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score15-2=0

| RD1-score16-2=6

}}

==Section 4==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Bowrey

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} King

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=3

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=3

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Bowrey

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|FRA}} Dürr

| RD3-seed02=7

| RD3-score01-1=4

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=1

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-score02-3=0

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgi

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} King

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-score03-1=w/o

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Bowrey

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|JPN}} Sawamatsu

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=2

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=8

| RD2-score01-3=6

| RD2-score02-3=0

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Gourlay

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|FRA}} Dürr

| RD2-seed04=7

| RD2-score03-1=9

| RD2-score04-1=7

| RD2-score03-2=4

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=7

| RD2-score04-3=9

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgi

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ARG}} Cavadini

| RD2-seed06=LL

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=4

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rossouw

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} King

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-score07-1=4

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score08-2=4

| RD2-score07-3=2

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|POL}} Wieczorek

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Bowrey

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-score01-1=1

| RD1-score02-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=3

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|BEL}} Van Haver

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|JPN}} Sawamatsu

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=0

| RD1-score04-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=0

| RD1-score04-2=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Proctor

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Gourlay

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=0

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=3

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Knode

| RD1-seed07=LL

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|FRA}} Dürr

| RD1-seed08=7

| RD1-score07-1=4

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=6

| RD1-score08-2=8

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Tomlinson

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgi

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score09-1=2

| RD1-score10-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=5

| RD1-score10-2=7

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|HUN}} Polgár

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ARG}} Cavadini

| RD1-seed12=LL

| RD1-score11-1=7

| RD1-score12-1=9

| RD1-score11-2=4

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|ITA}} Nasuelli

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rossouw

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=2

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=8

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|TCH}} Vopičková

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|USA}} King

| RD1-seed16=2

| RD1-score15-1=3

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score15-2=6

| RD1-score16-2=3

| RD1-score15-3=5

| RD1-score16-3=7

}}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/french-open/fra/1969/w-sl-fra-01a-1969/draws-and-results/ 1969 French Open – Women's draws and results] at the International Tennis Federation

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