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Earl Butch Buchholz def. Tony Roche

12-10 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 17, 1969*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Earl Butch Buchholz
Score	12-10 6-2
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Earl Butch Buchholz	Tony Roche
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	—	May 17, 1945
Age	—	24
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,853	2,013
Career W-L	98–81	360–191
Career earnings	—	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Earl Butch Buchholz 6 – 9 Tony Roche

Path

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1969	QF	Marty Riessen	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Earl Butch Buchholz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1969	F	John Newcombe	6-4 5-7 6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1969	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data