John Newcombe def. Tony Roche

22-31 31-28 5-4

John Newcombe defeated Tony Roche 22-31 31-28 5-4 in the 1968 Tulsa Wct round robin on carpet courts on February 27, 1968.

Match Information

Date: Feb 27, 1968
Tournament: Tulsa Wct
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	Tony Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 17, 1945
Age	23	22
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,445	1,508
Career W-L	556–224	360–191
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 1 Tony Roche

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