John Newcombe def. Roger Taylor

31-23 31-25

John Newcombe defeated Roger Taylor 31-23 31-25 in the 1968 Wct World Cup round robin on carpet courts on February 1, 1968.

Match Information

Date: Feb 1, 1968
Tournament: Wct World Cup
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: RR

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Roger Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Oct 14, 1941
Age	23	26
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,517	1,486
Career W-L	556–224	369–296
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Roger Taylor

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.