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E. Buchholz def. J. Newcombe

31-29

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1968*
Tournament	Shreveport Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	E. Buchholz
Score	31-29
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	E. Buchholz	J. Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	—	May 23, 1944
Age	—	23
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,520	1,482
Career W-L	98–81	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

E. Buchholz 1 – 1 J. Newcombe

Path

E. Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1968	QF	R. Taylor	31-22	W	H2H	Match data

E. Buchholz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1968	F	D. Ralston	23-31 25-31	L	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1968	QF	N. Pilic	31-28	W	H2H	Match data