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Tony Roche def. Roger Taylor

6-3 14-12 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 1969*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	6-3 14-12 6-4
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Roger Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Oct 14, 1941
Age	23	27
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,854	1,641
Career W-L	360–191	369–296
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 7 – 2 Roger Taylor

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	QF	Frank Sedgman	6-4 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1969	R16	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1969	R32	Kevin Keele	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1969	F	Fred Stolle	3-6 6-0 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	QF	Bill Bowrey	3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1969	R16	Geoff Masters	4-6 6-4 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1969	R32	Jeff Twist	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1969	R64	William Durham	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data