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Tony Roche def. Cliff Drysdale

9-7 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 1968*
Tournament	Johannesburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	9-7 3-6 6-2
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	May 26, 1941
Age	23	27
Height	178	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,710	1,744
Career W-L	360–191	402–253
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 2 – 6 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Tony Roche's path

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

Tony Roche's next match

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

Cliff Drysdale's path

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