SF Johannesburg Wct 1968

Tony Roche def. Cliff Drysdale

9-7 3-6 6-2

Tony Roche defeated Cliff Drysdale 9-7 3-6 6-2 in the 1968 Johannesburg Wct semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 7, 1968*
Tournament: Johannesburg 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	Tony Roche	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	May 26, 1941
Age	23	27
Height	178 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,709	1,757
Current career W-L	360–191	397–251
Current career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 2 – 6 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marty Riessen	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1968	QF

Tony Roche's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Earl Butch Buchholz	6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1968	F

Cliff Drysdale's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pierre Barthes	6-0 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1968	QF