1970 US Open – Men's Singles


defeated Tony Roche 2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1970 US Open. Rod Laver was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Dennis Ralston.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Ken Rosewall is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Rod Laver, '
  2. John Newcombe, '
  3. Ken Rosewall,
  4. Tony Roche, '
  5. Roy Emerson, '
  6. Andrés Gimeno, '
  7. Arthur Ashe, '
  8. Roger Taylor, '
  9. Tom Okker, '
  10. Cliff Richey, '
  11. Stan Smith, '
  12. Cliff Drysdale, '
  13. -
  14. Richard Pancho Gonzales, '
  15. Fred Stolle, '
  16. Clark Graebner, '
  17. Marty Riessen, '
  18. Nikola Pilić, '
  19. Dennis Ralston, '
  20. Bob Hewitt, '

    Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8