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Tony Roche def. John Newcombe

31-28 31-28

Match Information

Date	Apr 2, 1968*
Tournament	Los Altos Hills Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	31-28 31-28
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	May 23, 1944
Age	22	23
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,461	1,485
Career W-L	360–191	556–224
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 1 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1968	BR	Pierre Barthes	31-24 31-23	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1968	SF	Dennis Ralston	31-25 28-31 5-4	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.