John Newcombe def. Roger Taylor

8-2

John Newcombe defeated Roger Taylor 8-2 in the 1968 Kimberley Wct quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 21, 1968*
Tournament: Kimberley Wct
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Roger Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Oct 14, 1941
Age	24	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,819	1,570
Career W-L	556–224	369–296
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 8 – 3 Roger Taylor

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