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R. Laver def. T. Roche

7-9 6-1 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	7-9 6-1 6-2 6-2
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	T. Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 17, 1945
Age	31	24
Height	175	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,260	2,067
Career W-L	576–147	360–191
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 3 – 6 T. Roche

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1969	SF	A. Ashe	8-6 6-3 14-12	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	R. Emerson	4-6 8-6 13-11 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	D. Ralston	6-4 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	J. Fillol	8-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-4 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Luis Garcia	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1969	SF	J. Newcombe	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	E. Buchholz	6-1 9-7 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	Richard Gonzalez	6-3 10-12 7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	L. Ayala	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	T. Koch	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Bob Lutz	9-11 6-4 6-4 9-7	W	—	Match data