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.


 * 1) 🇦🇺 Rod Laver (first round)
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe (champion)
 * 4)  Tom Okker (first round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey (second round)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Andrés Gimeno (second round)
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson (second round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Pancho Gonzales (quarterfinals)

Draw

 * NB: The Semifinals and Final were the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.