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...

 was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

William Bowrey

William Bowrey

William "Bill" Bowrey is a former Australian male tennis player.Bowrey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is best remembered as the last amateur to win the Australian Championships in 1968 before the tournament opened itself for professional tennis players in 1969.-Biography:Bowrey...

 won in the final 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4 against Juan Gisbert, Sr..

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The joint first seeds received a bye to the second round.

William Bowrey William Bowrey William "Bill" Bowrey is a former Australian male tennis player.Bowrey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is best remembered as the last amateur to win the Australian Championships in 1968 before the tournament opened itself for professional tennis players in 1969.-Biography:Bowrey...  (Champion) / Juan Gisbert, Sr. (Final) n/a   Ray Ruffels Ray Ruffels Ray Ruffels is a former professional tennis player.Ruffels was an Australian Open semi-finalist in 1969 and 1975, and a quarter-finalist in 1968, 1970 and 1977....  (Semifinals) / Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes Corral was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final.-Career:...  (Quarterfinals) n/a   Graham Stilwell Graham Stilwell Graham Stilwell is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. He was born in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England....  (Second Round) /   Barry Phillips-Moore Barry Phillips-Moore Barry Phillips-Moore was an Australian tennis player of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.In singles, Phillips-Moore twice reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships, in 1961 and 1968...  (Semifinals) n/a   Dick Crealy Dick Crealy Richard Crealy is a former Australian tennis player most notable for reaching the finals of the Australian Open in 1970, being a member of the 1970 Australian Davis Cup Team and winning four Grand Slam titles in doubles....  (Quarterfinals) /   Mike Belkin Mike Belkin Michael Belkin is a former top-ranked Canadian tennis player.Canada's top-ranked player five times between 1966 and 1972, Belkin had a career 17-12 Davis Cup record, including a 14-7 record in singles....  (Quarterfinals) n/a

Peter Curtis (First Round) /   Allan Stone Allan Stone ----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...  (Third Round) n/a   Sutarjo Sugiarto (Second Round) / n/a n/a   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...  (Quarterfinals) /   Gondo Widjojo (First Round) n/a   Ray Keldie (Third Round) /   Jun Kamiwazumi Jun Kamiwazumi is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player.A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kamiwazumi competed in sixteen Grand Slam tennis events between 1972 and 1976. His best singles result was reaching the final 32 in the 1973 U.S. Open. His biggest grand slam tourney win was a first...  (Second Round) n/a

Finals

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