1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1970 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	John Newcombe
Runner-up	Ken Rosewall
Score	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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John Newcombe defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was his second Wimbledon singles title and his third major singles title overall. Rosewall was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam.

Rod Laver was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Roger Taylor.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	16	Roger Taylor	6	11	12
	9	Clark Graebner	3	9	10
										16	Roger Taylor	3	6	3	3
										5	Ken Rosewall	6	4	6	6
	4	Tony Roche	8	1	6	2
	5	Ken Rosewall	10	6	4	6
																			5	Ken Rosewall	7	3	2	6	1
																			2	John Newcombe	5	6	6	3	6
		Bob Carmichael	1	2	4
	14	Andrés Gimeno	6	6	6
										14	Andrés Gimeno	3	6	0
										2	John Newcombe	6	8	6
	10	Roy Emerson	1	7	6	2	9
	2	John Newcombe	6	5	3	6	11

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Rod Laver	6	6	6
		Butch Seewagen	2	0	2					1	R Laver	6	6	6
		Hans Kary	5	6	3	4					J Alexander	1	3	3
		John Alexander	7	3	6	6													1	R Laver	6	3	6	6
		Herb Fitzgibbon	6	6	7	4														F McMillan	2	6	0	2
		Bob Giltinan	8	8	5	6					R Giltinan	6	7	4	1	2
		Frew McMillan	7	6	11						F McMillan	3	5	6	6	6
		Jean-Loup Rouyer	5	4	9																							1	R Laver	6	4	2	1
	16	Roger Taylor	1	6	8	3	6																					16	R Taylor	4	6	6	6
		Brian Fairlie	6	3	6	6	4			16	R Taylor	3	6	6	6
		Haroon Rahim	w/o								J Mukherjea	6	3	2	4
		Jaidip Mukerjea																	16	R Taylor	8	17	6
	Q	John Paish	2	2	6	5														C Pasarell	6	15	4
		Milan Holeček	6	6	4	7					M Holeček	1	2	4
		Antonio Muñoz	4	5	3						C Pasarell	6	6	6
		Charlie Pasarell	6	7	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Ilie Năstase	6	6	7	8
		Onny Parun	8	0	5	6				8	I Năstase	7	1	2	6	6
		István Gulyás	2	8	4	4					C Richey	5	6	6	4	3
		Cliff Richey	6	6	6	6													8	I Năstase	6	6	6	4	6
		Terry Ryan	9	6	3	6														T Ryan	3	1	8	6	1
	Q	Peter Doerner	7	4	6	3					T Ryan	4	6	6	3	6
		Szabolcs Baranyi	5	3	2						Š Koudelka	6	2	4	6	3
		Štěpán Koudelka	7	6	6																							8	I Năstase	3	0	6	3
	9	Clark Graebner	6	6	3	6																						9	C Graebner	6	6	4	6
		Harald Elschenbroich	3	2	6	1				9	C Graebner	4	14	6	0
		Sergei Likhachev	6	2	4						I Țiriac	6	12	2	0r
		Ion Țiriac	8	6	6														9	C Graebner	6	6	6
		Derek Schroder	6	6	6															P Lall	0	2	1
		Pancho Guzmán	2	2	0						D Schroder	4	4	9	2
		Guillermo Vilas	1	2	4						P Lall	6	6	7	6
		Premjit Lall	6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Tony Roche	6	6	6
		Bob Maud	1	4	2					4	A Roche	6	6	6
	Q	Roger Dowdeswell	7	1	6	1	5				R Ruffels	4	3	2
		Ray Ruffels	5	6	3	6	7												4	A Roche	6	9	6
		Andrew Pattison	8	6	4	3	6													M Cox	2	7	3
		Erik van Dillen	6	1	6	6	3				A Pattison	3	4	7
		Hank Irvine	2	6	3	4					M Cox	6	6	9
		Mark Cox	6	4	6	6																						4	A Roche	6	8	6	6
	13	Jan Kodeš	2	5	6	6	5																						M Riessen	4	10	4	2
		Alex Metreveli	6	7	3	2	7				A Metreveli	7	4	4	4
		František Pála	4	4	2						JE Mandarino	5	6	6	6
		José Edison Mandarino	6	6	6															JE Mandarino	6	5	5	1
		Gene Scott	8	6	14															M Riessen	4	7	7	6
	Q	Rauty Krog	6	2	12						E Scott	4	2	3
		Jim McManus	0	2	2						M Riessen	6	6	6
		Marty Riessen	6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Ken Rosewall	6	7	6
	Q	Colin Dibley	3	5	4					5	K Rosewall	6	6	6
		Patrick Proisy	8	10	3	4					J-C Barclay	2	1	3
		Jean-Claude Barclay	6	12	6	6													5	K Rosewall	6	6	6
		Patricio Cornejo	8	4	18	5	6													T Addison	2	4	0
		Bill Bowrey	6	6	16	7	8				W Bowrey	8	1	3	6	3
		Terry Addison	3	10	12	6					T Addison	6	6	6	4	6
		Barry Phillips-Moore	6	8	10	3																						5	K Rosewall	6	6	3	7
	12	Cliff Drysdale	7	9	8	3	6																						T Gorman	2	2	6	5
		Fred Stolle	5	11	6	6	3			12	C Drysdale	6	6	6
		Nikola Špear	6	6	6						N Špear	4	4	4
		Taghi Akbari	2	3	3														12	C Drysdale	3	3	2
		Tom Gorman	6	8	7															T Gorman	6	6	6
		Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	2	6	5						T Gorman	6	4	6	6
	Q	Peter Curtis	6	6	1	6				Q	P Curtis	2	6	4	1
		Jim Osborne	3	3	6	4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Bob Lutz	4	6	6	6
		Georges Goven	6	3	3	4					R Lutz	6	6	6
		Patrick Hombergen	2	3	2						P Dent	2	1	2
		Phil Dent	6	6	6															R Lutz	6	7	5	7	3
		Bob Hewitt	6	6	6															R Hewitt	1	5	7	9	6
		Daniel Contet	2	3	4						R Hewitt	6	6	6
		Jørgen Ulrich	9	6	1	3				11	T Okker	3	4	3
	11	Tom Okker	11	4	6	6																							R Hewitt	4	7	2
		Bob Carmichael	3	10	6	6																							R Carmichael	6	9	6
		Chauncey Steele	6	8	3	1					R Carmichael	4	6	6	3	6
		Dick Crealy	6	6	6						R Crealy	6	3	4	6	3
	LL	Eduardo Zuleta	3	2	2															R Carmichael	6	6	6
		Keith Diepraam	7	13	6														6	Z Franulović	3	2	0
		Richard Russell	5	11	2						K Diepraam	3	4	6	1
		David Lloyd	2	4	4					6	Z Franulović	6	6	2	6
	6	Željko Franulović	6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Petre Mărmureanu	2	5	4
		Torben Ulrich	6	7	6						T Ulrich	6	6	6
		Koji Watanabe	5	3	6	3					I Buding	2	3	3
		Ingo Buding	7	6	4	6														T Ulrich	6	1	2	2
		Bobby Wilson	3	4	2														14	A Gimeno	4	6	6	6
		Allan Stone	6	6	6						A Stone	5	6	3	4
		Pierre Barthès	6	1	4	2				14	A Gimeno	7	4	6	6
	14	Andrés Gimeno	4	6	6	6																						14	A Gimeno	7	7	6
		Stanley Matthews	4	10	6																							3	A Ashe	5	5	2
		Ismail El Shafei	6	12	8						I El Shafei	6	6	4	4	6
		Dimitri Sturdza	4	4	9	4					L Hoad	3	3	6	6	1
		Lew Hoad	6	6	7	6														I El Shafei	3	1	6	0
		Nikola Pilić	4	6	6	4	6												3	A Ashe	6	6	2	6
		Gerald Battrick	6	1	1	6	3				N Pilić	7	13	4	3
		Graham Stilwell	3	2	1					3	A Ashe	9	11	6	6
	3	Arthur Ashe	6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	John Bartlett	7	2	4	4
		Jack Saul	5	6	6	6					J Saul	3	1	4
		Byron Bertram	6	1	6	6					B Bertram	6	6	6
		François Jauffret	4	6	3	3														B Bertram	10	0	3	1
		Toomas Leius	3	4	9														10	R Emerson	8	6	6	6
		Jan Leschly	6	6	11						J Leschly	3	3	4
		Anatoli Volkov	4	2	0					10	R Emerson	6	6	6
	10	Roy Emerson	6	6	6																							10	R Emerson	2	6	6	6
	Q	Syd Ball	2	2	9	4																						7	S Smith	6	3	4	2
		Manuel Orantes	6	6	7	6					M Orantes	3	11	6	6
		Bernard Montrenaud	2	5	9	6	5				J Kukal	6	9	3	4
		Jan Kukal	6	7	7	3	7													M Orantes	6	3	6	3
		Hans-Joachim Plötz	6	6	6														7	S Smith	4	6	8	6
	Q	Stephen Warboys	4	4	4						H-J Plötz	2	2	4
		Jaime Fillol	5	6	3	4				7	S Smith	6	6	6
	7	Stan Smith	7	2	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Martin Mulligan	5	1	6
		Joaquín Loyo Mayo	7	6	8						J Loyo Mayo	3	6	6	2	6
	Q	Allan McDonald	7	10	3	4	4				V Korotkov	6	1	2	6	4
		Vladimir Korotkov	5	8	6	6	6													J Loyo Mayo	0	0	1
		John Clifton	4	2	3														15	D Ralston	6	6	6
		Ian Fletcher	6	6	6						I Fletcher	6	3	5	2
		Nicola Pietrangeli	w/o							15	D Ralston	4	6	7	6
	15	Dennis Ralston																										15	D Ralston	12	7	2
		Adriano Panatta	1	3	7	6																						2	J Newcombe	14	9	6
		Owen Davidson	6	6	5	8					O Davidson	6	6	6
		Ray Moore	9	4	6	1					R Holmberg	4	4	2
		Ronnie Holmberg	11	6	2	6														O Davidson	7	3	5
		Ray Keldie	6	2	3	1													2	J Newcombe	9	6	7
		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	4	6	6	6					N Kalogeropoulos	1	2	1
		Roy Barth	2	3	4					2	J Newcombe	6	6	6
	2	John Newcombe	6	6	6

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1970 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
• 1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation