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Rod Laver def. Andres Gimeno

9-7 8-6 11-9

Match Information

Date	May 7, 1968*
Tournament	Wembley Ntl 2
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	9-7 8-6 11-9
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	29	30
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,632	1,601
Career W-L	576–147	246–131
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$2,500

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 1 Andres Gimeno

Path

Rod Laver's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1968	F	Ken Rosewall	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andres Gimeno's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1968	QF	Roy Emerson	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1968	BR	Richard Gonzalez	16-14 17-15	W	—	Match data