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Rod Laver def. Andres Gimeno

3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1969*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	Andres Gimeno

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Andres Gimeno
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Aug 3, 1937
Age	30	31
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,930
Career W-L	576–147	246–131
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$2,500

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 8 – 4 Andres Gimeno

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1969	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Pietro Marzano	6-1 6-0 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1969	R64	Dick Crealy	3-6 7-9 6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1969	R128	Koji Watanabe	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1969	SF	Tom Okker	4-6 6-0 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Andres Gimeno's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1969	R16	Manuel Santana	4-6 2-6 6-4 6-4 1-0 ABD	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Peter Marmureanu	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jun 1, 1969	R64	Ingo Buding	6-1 6-3 8-6	W	—	Match data
May 30, 1969	R128	Nicola Spear	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data