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Rod Laver def. Ken Rosewall

4-6 6-0 6-0

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ken 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

Rod Laver 3 – 2 Ken Rosewall

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	SF	Fred Stolle	9-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Clark Graebner	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Jim 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

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	SF	Arthur 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	Roger Taylor	7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Jim Mcmanus	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Joe Rush	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data