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R. Emerson def. R. Laver

9-7 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 17, 1968*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	R. Emerson
Score	9-7 6-4 6-4
Loser	R. Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Emerson	R. Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 3, 1936	Aug 9, 1938
Age	32	30
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,898
Career W-L	275–174	576–147
Career earnings	—	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

R. Emerson 3 – 5 R. Laver

Path

R. Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 1968	SF	A. Gimeno	6-4 8-10 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 1968	QF	J. Kodes	11-9 9-11 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 15, 1968	R16	T. Edlefsen	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1968	R32	Oscar Valdivieso	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

R. Emerson's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 1968	SF	T. Koch	6-2 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 1968	QF	H. Fitzgibbon	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 15, 1968	R16	Patricio Rodriguez Chi	6-3 3-6 6-0 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 14, 1968	R32	Juan Carlos Martinez	6-0 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data