First-seeded William Bowrey won in the final 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4 against Juan Gisbert Sr. to win the men's singles tennis title at the

1968 Australian Championships The 1968 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place in the outdoor Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 19 to 29 January. It was the 56th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as Australian Open), the 16t ...

Roy Emerson Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a caree ...

was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The joint first seeds received a bye to the second round. # William Bowrey (champion) / Juan Gisbert Sr. ''(final)'' # n/a #

Ray Ruffels Raymond Owen "Ray" Ruffels (born 23 March 1946) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. Playing career Ruffels was an Australian Open semi-finalist in 1968, 1969 and 1975, and a quarter-finalist in 1970 and 1977. In 1978 ...

''(semifinals)'' /

Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes Corral (; born 6 February 1949) is a former tennis player from Spain who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open men's singles title in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # n/a # Graham Stilwell ''(second round)'' /

Barry Phillips-Moore Barry Phillips-Moore (born 9 June 1938) is an Australian former tennis player of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In singles, Phillips-Moore twice reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships, in 1961 and 1968. In doubles, he was a q ...

''(semifinals)'' # n/a #

Dick Crealy Richard Crealy (born 18 September 1944) is an Australian former tennis player most notable for reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1970, being a member of the 1970 Australian Davis Cup Team, and winning three Grand Slam titles in do ...

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Mike Belkin Michael I. Belkin (born June 29, 1945) is a former top-ranked Canadian tennis player. Canada's top-ranked player five times between 1966 and 1972, Belkin had a career 17–12 Davis Cup record, including a 14–7 record in singles. The right- ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # n/a # Peter Curtis ''(first round)'' /

Allan Stone Allan Stone (born 14 October 1945) is a former tennis player from Australia. He played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles and world No. 12 in doubles on the ATP rankings. S ...

''(third round)'' # n/a # Sutarjo Sugiarto ''(second round)'' / n/a # n/a #

Phil Dent Philip Clive Dent (born 14 February 1950) is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men ...

''(quarterfinals)'' / Gondo Widjojo ''(first round)'' # n/a # Ray Keldie ''(third round)'' /

Jun Kamiwazumi is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player. A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kamiwazumi competed in sixteen Grand Slam tennis events between 1972 and 1976. His best singles result was reaching the final 32 in the 1973 U ...

''(second round)'' # n/a

Draw

Finals

Main draw

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

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