John Newcombe def. Cliff Drysdale

31-30 25-31 5-2

John Newcombe defeated Cliff Drysdale 31-30 25-31 5-2 in the 1968 Wct World Cup round robin on carpet courts on February 1, 1968.

Match Information

Date: Feb 1, 1968
Tournament: Wct World Cup
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: RR

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 26, 1941
Age	23	26
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,513	1,512
Career W-L	556–224	402–253
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.