# 1970 Paris Open – Singles

The 1970 Paris Open – Singles was an event of the 1970 Paris Open men's tennis tournament that was played at the Palais Omnisports in Paris, France from 9 November until 15 November 1970. The draw comprised 32 players and eight were seeded. Third-seeded Arthur Ashe won the singles title, defeating unseeded Marty Riessen in the final, 7–6, 6–4, 6–3.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Rod Laver (first round)
* Ken Rosewall (quarterfinals)
* Arthur Ashe (champion)
* Tom Okker (first round)
* Cliff Richey (second round)
* Andrés Gimeno (second round)
* Roy Emerson (second round)
* Pancho Gonzales (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NB: The Semifinals and Final were the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Arthur Ashe | 7 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | Marty Riessen | 6 | 4 | 3 | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 2 | K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Proisy | 1 | 2 | | 2 | K Rosewall | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Graebner | 7 | 3 | 6 | | C Graebner | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jauffret | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | K Rosewall | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | G Goven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Goven | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N Pilić | 3 | 4 | | | G Goven | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ruffels | 2 | 4 | | 7 | R Emerson | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Emerson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Goven | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | A Ashe | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Ashe | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| | O Davidson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | A Ashe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Drysdale | 6 | 6 | | | C Drysdale | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | A Ashe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Taylor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Taylor | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei | 3 | 2 | | | R Taylor | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Špear | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | A Gimeno | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Gimeno | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | C Richey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Barthès | 3 | 2 | | 5 | C Richey | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Smith | 6 | 6 | | | S Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Carmichael | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | S Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Ralston | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Ralston | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | R Moore | 7 | 4 | 2 | | D Ralston | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-B Chanfreau | 6 | 7 | 6 | | J-B Chanfreau | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Okker | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | S Smith | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | P Gonzales | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | M Riessen | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Q | M Leclercq | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | P Gonzales | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Franulović | 6 | 6 | 6 | | Z Franulović | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Dominguez | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | P Gonzales | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | M Riessen | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | M Riessen | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Cox | 2 | 6 | 3 | | M Riessen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Stilwell | 6 | 6 | | Q | G Stilwell | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | R Laver | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |