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Tony Roche def. Clark Graebner

9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1968*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6
Loser	Clark Graebner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Clark Graebner
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Nov 4, 1943
Age	23	24
Height	178	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,647	1,865
Career W-L	360–191	342–162
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,500

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 0 – 0 Clark Graebner

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1968	QF	Earl Butch Buchholz	3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1968	R16	Ken Rosewall	9-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1968	R32	Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1968	R64	Jim Osborne	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1968	R128	Ray Keldie	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1968	F	Rod Laver	6-3 6-4 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Clark Graebner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1968	QF	Raymond Moore	6-2 6-0 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1968	R16	Fred Stolle	6-1 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1968	R32	Manuel Santana	9-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1968	R64	Jorgen Ulrich	6-2 6-0 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 26, 1968	R128	Roy Barth	6-4 6-3 6-8 6-8 11-9	W	H2H	Match data