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1969 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships – Singles

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Singles
1969 Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships
Final
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia Tony Roche
Score7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1968 · Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships · 1970 →

Manuel Santana was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

Rod Laver won the title, defeating Tony Roche 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

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  1. Australia Rod Laver (champion)
  2. United States Arthur Ashe (first round)
  3. Australia Tony Roche (final)
  4. Australia Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
  5. Australia John Newcombe (second round)
  6. Netherlands Tom Okker (semifinals)
  7. United States Pancho Gonzales (quarterfinals)
  8. Australia Roy Emerson (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
            
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6  
4 Australia Ken Rosewall 4 2  
1 Australia Rod Laver 7 6 6    
3 Australia Tony Roche 5 4 4    
3 Australia Tony Roche 6 6  
6 Netherlands Tom Okker 1 4  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia R Laver 6 6  
  France P Barthès 3 1   1 Australia R Laver 6 7  
  United States H Fitzgibbon 4 12     United States EB Buchholz 1 5  
  United States EB Buchholz 6 14   1 Australia R Laver 6 6  
  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Pilić 6 3 6   United States C Pasarell 1 3  
  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović 4 6 4   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Pilić 2 3  
  United States C Pasarell 6 6     United States C Pasarell 6 6  
8 Australia R Emerson 3 2   1 Australia R Laver 6 6  
5 Australia J Newcombe 6 5 6 4 Australia K Rosewall 4 2  
  United Kingdom Peter Curtis 2 7 2 5 Australia J Newcombe 5 3  
  United States J McManus 6 3 0   Spain A Gimeno 7 6  
  Spain A Gimeno 4 6 6   Spain A Gimeno 3 5  
  United States D Ralston 4 5   4 Australia K Rosewall 6 7  
  South Africa R Moore 6 7     South Africa R Moore 4 1  
  Romania I Năstase 1 4   4 Australia K Rosewall 6 6  
4 Australia K Rosewall 6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 Australia T Roche 6 6  
  United States P Segura 4 2   3 Australia T Roche 9 6  
  Australia K Fletcher 2 2     United States M Riessen 8 2  
  United States M Riessen 6 6   3 Australia T Roche 6 6  
  Brazil T Koch 7 3 9 7 United States RP Gonzales 3 3  
  United States R Holmberg 5 6 7   Brazil T Koch 3 5  
  Denmark T Ulrich 3 6 2 7 United States RP Gonzales 6 7  
7 United States RP Gonzales 6 3 6 3 Australia T Roche 6 6  
6 Netherlands T Okker 6 6   6 Netherlands T Okker 1 4  
  Sweden ON Bengtson 3 3   6 Netherlands T Okker 4 6 13
  United Kingdom R Taylor 6 6     United Kingdom R Taylor 6 3 11
  United States R Lutz 3 3   6 Netherlands T Okker 6 6  
  United States S Smith 6 6     Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 3 1  
  Jamaica R Russell 4 3     United States S Smith 2 6 2
  Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 6 4 6   Czechoslovakia J Kodeš 6 2 6
2 United States A Ashe 4 6 2
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