R16 Philadelphia Wct 1969

Rod Laver def. Earl Butch Buchholz

6-1 7-5

Rod Laver defeated Earl Butch Buchholz 6-1 7-5 in the 1969 Philadelphia Wct round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 9, 1969*
Tournament: Philadelphia Wct
Edition: 1969
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	—
Age	30	—
Height	175 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,969	1,639
Current career W-L	570–145	98–81
Current career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 3 – 0 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pierre Barthes	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 1969	R32

Rod Laver's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Charlie Pasarell	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 1969	QF

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Herb Fitzgibbon	6-4 14-12	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 1969	R32