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J. Newcombe def. Ramanathan Krishnan

6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1968*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	Ramanathan Krishnan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	Ramanathan Krishnan
Country	AUS	IND
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Apr 11, 1937
Age	24	31
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,645
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 0 Ramanathan Krishnan

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1968	R128	Allen Quay	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1968	R32	Chuck Mckinley	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Ramanathan Krishnan's path

No prior matches in this tournament.