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Rod Laver def. Cliff Drysdale

6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1969*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 26, 1941
Age	30	28
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,126	1,820
Career W-L	576–147	402–253
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Jan Leschly	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Premjit Lall	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1969	SF	Arthur Ashe	2-6 6-2 9-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Roy Emerson	6-4 6-8 0-6 6-3 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Mark Cox	6-2 11-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Owen Davidson	6-4 6-4 11-13 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Patrick Hombergen	7-5 7-5 9-7	W	H2H	Match data