Roger Taylor def. John Newcombe

27-31 31-24 5-4

Roger Taylor defeated John Newcombe 27-31 31-24 5-4 in the 1968 Orlando Wct round robin on carpet courts on February 20, 1968.

Match Information

Date: Feb 20, 1968
Tournament: Orlando Wct
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: RR

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	John Newcombe
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	26	23
Height	183	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,379	1,478
Career W-L	369–296	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Roger Taylor 0 – 1 John Newcombe

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.