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Singles (Mexico), Men

Date24 – 26 October 1968
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationCentro Deportivo Chapultepec, Ciudad de México
Participants15 from 9 countries

The two best known players in this event were Mexican Rafael Osuna and Italy’s Nicola Pietrangeli. Osuna ended up meeting West German Ingo Buding in the final, defeating him in three sets in a best-of-three final. Osuna had won the 1963 US Championship but was better known as a doubles player. Buding had won the 1958-59 French Boys’ titles, but never won a major title at the senior level.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Rafael OsunaMEX
2Ingo BudingFRG
=3Vladimir KorotkovURS
=3Nicola PietrangeliITA
=5Pierre DarmonFRA
=5Jun KamiwazumiJPN
=5Anatoly VolkovURS
=5Vicente ZarazúaMEX
=9Humberto CamarottiCUB
=9Joaquín Loyo MayoMEX
=9Toshiro SakaiJPN
=9Herb FitzgibbonUSA
=9Jim McManusUSA
=9Francisco GuzmánECU
=9Teimuraz K'ak'uliaURS
DNSYashvin ShrettaKEN
DNSAbdul Aziz MeghjiKEN
DNSJuan BritoCUB

Round One

Date—
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Herb FitzgibbonUSAbye
Match #2Vladimir KorotkovURSbye
Match #3Pierre DarmonFRAbye
Match #4Humberto CamarottiCUBbye
Match #5Jun KamiwazumiJPNbye
Match #6Jim McManusUSAbye
Match #7Teimuraz K'ak'uliaURSbye
Match #824 OctIngo BudingFRG6-4, 6-3Joaquín Loyo MayoMEX
Match #9Francisco GuzmánECU6-4, 6-3Juan BritoCUB
Match #10Nicola PietrangeliITAbye
Match #11Toshiro SakaiJPNbye
Match #12Vicente ZarazúaMEXbye
Match #13Anatoly VolkovURSbye
Match #14Yashvin ShrettaKENbye
Match #15Abdul Aziz MeghjiKENbye
Match #1624 OctRafael OsunaMEXbye

Round Two

Date24 October 1968
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #124 OctVladimir KorotkovURS6-4, 6-3Herb FitzgibbonUSA
Match #224 OctPierre DarmonFRA6-0, 6-0Humberto CamarottiCUB
Match #324 OctJun KamiwazumiJPN6-3, 6-3Jim McManusUSA
Match #424 OctIngo BudingFRG6-4, 6-2Teimuraz K'ak'uliaURS
Match #524 OctNicola PietrangeliITA6-4, 6-4Francisco GuzmánECU
Match #624 OctVicente ZarazúaMEX6-3, 8-6Toshiro SakaiJPN
Match #7Anatoly VolkovURS – Yashvin ShrettaKENwalkover
Match #8Rafael OsunaMEX – Abdul Aziz MeghjiKENwalkover

Quarter-Finals

Date25 October 1968
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 OctVladimir KorotkovURS6-4, 6-4Pierre DarmonFRA
Match #225 OctIngo BudingFRG6-0, 6-2Jun KamiwazumiJPN
Match #325 OctNicola PietrangeliITA6-4, 6-0Vicente ZarazúaMEX
Match #425 OctRafael OsunaMEX6-2, 7-5Anatoly VolkovURS

Semi-Finals

Date25 October 1968
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 OctIngo BudingFRG6-4, 4-6, 6-2Vladimir KorotkovURS
Match #225 OctRafael OsunaMEX6-4, 6-2Nicola PietrangeliITA

Final Round

Date26 October 1968
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/226 OctRafael OsunaMEX6-3, 3-6, 6-3Ingo BudingFRG