John Newcombe def. Nikola Pilic

6-4 6-2

John Newcombe defeated Nikola Pilic 6-4 6-2 in the 1968 Pretoria Wct quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 1, 1968*
Tournament: Pretoria Wct
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Nikola Pilic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 27, 1939
Age	24	29
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,781	1,656
Career W-L	556–224	301–248
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 8 – 3 Nikola Pilic

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