1962 French Championships – Men's singles explained

First-seeded Rod Laver defeated second seed Roy Emerson 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1962 French Championships. Laver saved a match point en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Martin Mulligan.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Rod Laver (champion)
2. Roy Emerson (final)
3. Manuel Santana (semifinals)
4. Nicola Pietrangeli (quarterfinals)
5. Neale Fraser (semifinals)
6. Whitney Reed (third round)
7. Boro Jovanović (fourth round)
8. Warren Jacques (second round)
9. Jan-Erik Lundqvist (third round)
10. Ramanathan Krishnan (quarterfinals)
11. Pierre Darmon (quarterfinals)
12. Michael Sangster (second round)
13. Ingo Buding (second round)
14. Billy Knight (fourth round)
15. Wilhelm Bungert (fourth round)
16. Gordon Forbes (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Earlier rounds

Section 8

External links

• Web site: Official 1962 Men's Draw . 2007-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180528/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1962_en.pdf . 2007-09-30 . dead .   on the French Open website