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R. Laver def. K. Rosewall

4-6 6-0 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 20, 1968*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	4-6 6-0 6-0
Loser	K. Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	K. Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 2, 1934
Age	30	33
Height	175	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,898	1,842
Career W-L	576–147	541–195
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 3 – 2 K. Rosewall

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	SF	F. Stolle	9-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	C. Graebner	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	J. Osborne	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Bob Lutz	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	John Norgauer	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	SF	A. Ashe	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Richard Gonzalez	11-9 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	R. Taylor	7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	J. McManus	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Joe Rush	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data