Rod Laver defeated countryman Tony Roche 7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1969 US Open, becoming the only man in the Open Era to win a Calendar Year Grand Slam. Laver also became the second man in history to win a Double Career Grand Slam, after Roy Emerson at the 1967 French Championships.