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John Newcombe def. Fred Stolle

6-4 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1968*
Tournament	Paris 2
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-1
Loser	Fred Stolle

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Fred Stolle
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Oct 8, 1938
Age	24	29
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,676	1,671
Career W-L	556–224	177–168
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$328

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Fred Stolle

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1968	QF	Ken Rosewall	6-4 6-1 5-7 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1968	R16	Pancho Segura	4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1968	F	Rod Laver	6-2 6-2 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Fred Stolle's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1968	QF	Nikola Pilic	2-6 9-11 6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1968	R16	Andres Gimeno	5-7 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1968	R32	Jean Claude Molinari	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 7, 1968	BR	Richard Gonzalez	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data