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Cliff Richey def. Earl Butch Buchholz

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 1969*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Earl Butch Buchholz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	—
Age	22	—
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,935	1,941
Career W-L	488–224	98–81
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 1 – 0 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1969	QF	Thomaz Koch	8-6 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1969	R16	Roger Taylor	5-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1969	R32	Marcello Lara	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1969	R64	Wanaro N'Godrella	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1969	F	Richard Gonzalez	6-0 7-5	L	—	Match data

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1969	QF	Bob Lutz	6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 24, 1969	R16	Fred Stolle	6-4 3-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1969	R32	John Yeomans	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1969	R64	Tom Edlefsen	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data