1968 French Open - Men's Singles
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Roy Emerson
was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales
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Ken Rosewall
won in the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver
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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...
was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales
Ricardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...
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Ken Rosewall
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
won in the final 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 against Rod Laver
Rod Laver
Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...
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Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
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Finals
Preliminary Round
| Winning Player | Score | Losing Player |
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 Eric Drossart |
7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |  John BartlettJohn Bartlett (tennis) John Bartlett was born John David Bartlett on 17 March 1948 in Woonona, NSW, Australia.John Bartlett was an Australian Davis Cup Squad Member and top ten player in the 1970's. His career highlights include winning the "All Japan Indoors" in 1969 and the Egyptian Open Doubles with John Marks and... |
 Dimitri Sturdza |
6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–2 |  Gaetano di Maso |
 Carlos Fernandes |
10–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |  Bernard Boutboul (Q) |
| Bernard Montrenaud |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6 | Phil Dent Phil Dent Phillip "Phil" Dent, born on 14 February 1950, in Sydney, Australia, is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3... |
 Eduardo Zuleta |
2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |  Peter SzokePeter Szoke Péter Szőke , is a former Hungarian tennis player. Szőke did not win any top-level titles during his professional career, finishing runner-up once in singles and four times in doubles... |
 Richard Hawkes |
6–3, 6–2, 6–0 |  Richard Russell |
| Bernard Paul |
6–0, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 | Colin Dibley Colin Dibley Colin Dibley is a former tennis player from Australia.Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles... |