# 1969 Paris Open

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Tennis tournament

1969 Paris Open Date 5–11 November [1] Edition 1st Draw 24S Surface Carpet / indoor Location Paris, France Venue Stade Coubertin Champions Singles Tom Okker Doubles John Newcombe / Tony Roche Paris Open · 1970 →

The **1969 Paris Open**, also known as the **French Open Covered Court Championships**, was a professional men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) at the [Stade Coubertin](/source/Stade_Pierre_de_Coubertin_(Paris)) in Paris, France. It was the 1st edition of the Paris Open (later known as the [Paris Masters](/source/Paris_Masters)) and was held from 5 November until 11 November 1969. Third-seeded [Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) won the singles title.[2][1]

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [1969 Paris Open – Singles](/source/1969_Paris_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) defeated [Butch Buchholz](/source/Butch_Buchholz) 8–6, 6–2, 6–1

- It was Okker's 8th singles title of the year and the 12th of his career in the open era.

### Doubles

[John Newcombe](/source/John_Newcombe) / [Tony Roche](/source/Tony_Roche) defeated [Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) / [Marty Riessen](/source/Marty_Riessen) 10–8, 6–4, 6–2

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-detijd_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-detijd_1-1) ["Franse titel voor Okker"](https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110611988:mpeg21:a0097). *[De Tijd](/source/De_Tijd_(Netherlands))* (in Dutch). 12 November 1969. p. 4 – via [Delpher](/source/Delpher).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1970_2-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1970). *BP year book of World Tennis 1970*. London: Clipper Press. p. 160. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0851080049](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0851080049). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [502255545](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/502255545). [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [21635829M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21635829M).

## External links

- [ATP tournament details](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/7302/1969/draws?matchtype=singles)

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