1965 French Championships – Men's singles explained

Fourth-seeded Fred Stolle defeated Tony Roche 3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1965 French Championships.

Seeds

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

1. Manuel Santana (second round)
2. Roy Emerson (semifinals)
3. Nicola Pietrangeli (fourth round)
4. Fred Stolle (champion)
5. Pierre Darmon (fourth round)
6. Martin Mulligan (third round)
7. Neale Fraser (second round)
8. Cliff Drysdale (semifinals)
9. Ramanathan Krishnan (fourth round)
10. Keith Diepraam (second round)
11. Frank A. Froehling (second round)
12. John Newcombe (quarterfinals)
13. István Gulyás (second round)
14. Tony Roche (final)
15. Jaidip Mukerjea (fourth round)
16. Michael Sangster (second round)

Draw

Key

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

Earlier rounds

Section 8

External links

• Web site: Official 1965 Men's Draw . 2007-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203550/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1965_en.pdf . 2007-09-30 . dead .   on the French Open website