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1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships – Men's singles

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Men's singles
1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships
Final
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia Tony Roche
Score6–4, 6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1968 · Wembley Championships · 1970 →

The 1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships – Men's singles was an event of the 1969 Wills Open British Covered Court Championships tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom between 17 November and 22 November 1969. The draw consisted of 32 players. Ken Rosewall was the reigning singles champion but did not take part in this edition. Rod Laver won the singles title by defeating Tony Roche in the final, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3.[1][2][3][4]

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
  Australia Rod Laver 8 6
  Netherlands Tom Okker 6 2
  Australia Rod Laver 6 6 6
  Australia Tony Roche 4 1 3
  United States Butch Buchholz 3 9 13
  Australia Tony Roche 6 7 15

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Australia Rod Laver 6 6
United States Marty Riessen 4 4 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
United Kingdom John Clifton 7 6 6 United Kingdom John Clifton 0 1
Denmark Torben Ulrich 9 3 2 Australia Rod Laver 16 10
United Kingdom Roger Taylor 7 6 19 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 14 8
Australia Fred Stolle 9 4 17 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 3 6 6
Australia Owen Davidson 6 6 Australia Owen Davidson 6 3 4
United States Charlie Pasarell 4 1 Australia Rod Laver 8 6
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 19 6 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 2
United Kingdom Mark Cox 2 21 4 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
United Kingdom Stephen Warboys 6 6 United Kingdom Stephen Warboys 1 1
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 3 4 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
United States Pancho Gonzales 6 6 United States Pancho Gonzales 1 2
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 3 2 United States Pancho Gonzales 7 5 6
United Kingdom David Lloyd 3 6 6 United Kingdom David Lloyd 5 7 4
United States Ronald Holmberg 6 3 2

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
United States Butch Buchholz 7 8
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 5 6 United States Butch Buchholz 6 7
Australia Roy Emerson 11 6 Australia Roy Emerson 2 5
Romania Ion Țiriac 9 3 United States Butch Buchholz 3 6 6
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 6 6 United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 6 1 4
South Africa Raymond Moore 2 2 United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 3 6 6
Egypt Ismail El Shafei w/o Egypt Ismail El Shafei 6 3 4
Australia John Newcombe United States Butch Buchholz 3 9 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 11 11 Australia Tony Roche 6 7 15
Spain Andrés Gimeno 9 9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 6 3 4
United States Stan Smith 3 6 6 United States Stan Smith 3 6 6
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6 3 4 United States Stan Smith 3 10 4
South Africa Bob Hewitt 6 7 Australia Tony Roche 6 8 6
France Pierre Barthès 4 5 South Africa Bob Hewitt 5 2
Australia Tony Roche 6 6 Australia Tony Roche 7 6
Romania Ilie Năstase 4 3

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1970). BP year book of World Tennis 1970. London: Clipper Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 0851080049. OCLC 502255545. OL 21635829M.
  2. ^ "Laver top title seed". The Age. 19 November 1969 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Laver's win praised". Canberra Times. 26 November 1969. p. 36 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "1969 Wembley – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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