1962 French Championships – Men's singles

First-seeded Rod Laver defeated second seed Roy Emerson 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1962 French Championships. Laver saved a match point en route to the title, in the quarterfinals against Martin Mulligan.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Rod Laver is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇦🇺 Rod Laver (champion)
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson (final)
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Manuel Santana (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇮🇹 Nicola Pietrangeli (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Neale Fraser (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Whitney Reed (third round)
 * 7)  Boro Jovanović (fourth round)
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Warren Jacques (second round)
 * 9) 🇸🇪 Jan-Erik Lundqvist (third round)
 * 10) 🇮🇳 Ramanathan Krishnan (quarterfinals)
 * 11) 🇫🇷 Pierre Darmon (quarterfinals)
 * 12) 🇬🇧 Michael Sangster (second round)
 * 13)  Ingo Buding (second round)
 * 14) 🇬🇧 Billy Knight (fourth round)
 * 15)  Wilhelm Bungert (fourth round)
 * 16)  Gordon Forbes (second round)

Key

 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Wild card
 * LL = Lucky loser
 * r = Retired