1962 French Championships – Men's singles


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 '
  2. Roy Emerson '
  3. Manuel Santana '
  4. Nicola Pietrangeli '
  5. Neale Fraser '
  6. Whitney Reed '
  7. Boro Jovanović '
  8. Warren Jacques '
  9. Jan-Erik Lundqvist '
  10. Ramanathan Krishnan '
  11. Pierre Darmon '
  12. Michael Sangster '
  13. Ingo Buding '
  14. Billy Knight '
  15. Wilhelm Bungert
  16. Gordon Forbes ''''

Draw

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