Frank Parker defeated

Budge Patty Edward John Patty (February 11, 1924 – October 4, 2021), better known as Budge Patty, was an American world no. 1 tennis player whose career spanned a period of 15 years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950. He wa ...

6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1949 French Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Frank Parker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Frank Parker ''(champion)'' # Richard Gonzales ''(semifinals)'' # Giovanni Cucelli ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Eric Sturgess Eric William Sturgess (10 May 1920 – 14 January 2004) was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles. He also reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament three times but never won. Sturgess was ra ...

''(semifinals)'' # Lennart Bergelin ''(fourth round)'' #

''(finalist)'' #

Marcel Bernard Marcel Bernard (; 18 May 1914 – 29 April 1994) was a French tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946 (reaching the semifinals a further three times). Bernard initially intended to play only in the dou ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Dragutin Mitić Dragutin Mitić ( sh-Cyrl, Драгутин Митић, ; 16 September 1917 – 27 August 1986) was a tennis player from Yugoslavia. He defected to the West in 1952 and afterwards lived in the United States. Early life and family Dragutin Mitić ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Paul Remy ''(fourth round)'' # Josip Pallada ''(fourth round)'' #

Felicisimo Ampon Felicisimo Ampon (October 27, 1920 – October 7, 1997) was a tennis player from the Philippines. He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only 5 foot 3 inches tall, though closer to 4 ft 11, was once con ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Robert Abdesselam Robert Abdesselam (27 January 1920 – 26 July 2006)Robert Abdesselam
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''(quarterfinals)'' # Jacques Thomas ''(fourth round)'' #

Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec (; 25 November 1913 – 5 January 1985) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1933 to 1946. Early life and family Punčec started to play tennis at the ...

''(fourth round)'' # Torsten Johansson ''(fourth round)'' #

Ricardo Balbiers Ricardo Balbiers is a former tennis player active in the 1940s and 1950s. Balbiers played soccer in his youth and didn't pick up tennis until the age of 13, when his sister needed someone to compete against. In 1947 he came to the United States ...

''(fourth round)''

Draw

Key

* Q =

Qualifier In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...

* WC = Wild card * LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...

* r =

Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

* on the French Open website {{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Men's Singles,1949 1949 in French tennis 1949