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Tony Roche def. Rod Laver

6-1 6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 4, 1969*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	6-1 6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Aug 9, 1938
Age	23	30
Height	178	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,960	1,995
Career W-L	360–191	576–147
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 2 – 2 Rod Laver

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	SF	Raymond Moore	6-3 9-11 6-4 6-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	QF	Roger Taylor	6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1969	R16	Allan Stone	6-3 6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1969	R32	Tony Parun	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	SF	Brian Fairlie	6-3 6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	QF	Thomas Lejus	6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data
Feb 2, 1969	R16	Dave Simmonds	12-10 7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 1, 1969	R32	Howard Broun	6-4 6-0 6-4	W	—	Match data