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Earl Butch Buchholz def. John Newcombe

31-29

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Earl Butch Buchholz	John 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

Earl Butch Buchholz 1 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

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

Earl Butch Buchholz's next match

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

John Newcombe's path

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