1964 French Championships - Men's Singles
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Manuel Santana
Manuel Santana
Manuel Martínez Santana, best known as Manolo Santana, is a former tennis champion from Spain. He was born in Madrid....

 defeated Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....

 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-5 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1964 French Championships
1964 French Championships (tennis)
List of Champions of the 1964 French Championships :-Men's singles: Manuel Santana defeated Nicola Pietrangeli 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-5-Women's singles: Margaret Court defeated Maria Bueno 5-7 6-1 6-2...

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See also:
1964 French Championships - Women's Singles
1964 French Championships - Women's Singles
Margaret Smith defeated Maria Bueno 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1964 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:...


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Manuel Santana
Manuel Santana
Manuel Martínez Santana, best known as Manolo Santana, is a former tennis champion from Spain. He was born in Madrid....

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Roy Emerson
    Roy Emerson
    Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  2.   Pierre Darmon
    Pierre Darmon
    Pierre Darmon was a French tennis player.In 1963, he reached his highest world ranking, # 8. He was also ranked in the top 10 worldwide in 1958 and 1964.-Tennis career:...

     (Semifinalist)

  3.   Manuel Santana
    Manuel Santana
    Manuel Martínez Santana, best known as Manolo Santana, is a former tennis champion from Spain. He was born in Madrid....

     (Champion)

  4.   Jan-Erik Lundquist (Semifinalist)

  5.   Rafael Osuna
    Rafael Osuna
    Rafael Osuna Herrera is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning Wimbledon Doubles championships twice, the U.S...

     (Fourth round)

  6.   Fred Stolle
    Fred Stolle
    Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle....

     (Fourth round)

  7.   Martin Mulligan (Fourth round)

  8.   Nicola Pietrangeli
    Nicola Pietrangeli
    Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former tennis player from Italy. He is considered by many to be Italy's greatest-ever tennis champion....

     (Finalist)



  1.   Michael Sangster (Third round)

  2.   Eugene Scott
    Gene Scott (tennis)
    Eugene Lytton Scott was an American tennis player of the 1960s.Scott was the grandson of Dr. Eugene C. Sullivan, one of the inventors of Pyrex and chair and president of Corning Glass Works. He graduated with a BA in history from Yale University in 1960, where he was a member of Skull and Bones...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  3.   Tony Roche
    Tony Roche
    Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and twelve Grand Slam doubles titles. He is also very well known for coaching...

     (Second round)

  4.   Cliff Drysdale
    Cliff Drysdale
    Cliff Drysdale is a former top-ranked professional tennis player of the 1960s and early 1970s who became a well-known tennis announcer. He was one of the Handsome Eight, signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed World Championship Tennis group...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  5.   John Newcombe
    John Newcombe
    John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...

     (Second round)

  6.   Robert Keith Wilson
    Bobby Wilson (tennis)
    Robert Keith Wilson is a former top-ranking English tennis player. Wilson reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon four times, Forest Hills twice, and Roland Garros once during the late 1950s and early 1960s...

     (Third round)

  7.   Ken Fletcher
    Ken Fletcher
    Kenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles....

     (Fourth round)

  8.   Nikola Pilić
    Nikola Pilic
    Nikola "Niki" Pilić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight.-Biography:...

     (Fourth round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Final Eight

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