SF Port Elizabeth Wct 1968

Roger Taylor def. John Newcombe

10-4

Roger Taylor defeated John Newcombe 10-4 in the 1968 Port Elizabeth Wct semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 15, 1968*
Tournament: Port Elizabeth Wct
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	John Newcombe
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	27	24
Height	183 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,516	1,864
Current career W-L	369–297	544–220
Current career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Roger Taylor 2 – 8 John Newcombe

Path

Roger Taylor's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Drysdale	7-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1968	QF

Roger Taylor's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tony Roche	10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1968	F

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pierre Barthes	7-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1968	QF