SF New York 3 1968

Tony Roche def. Rod Laver

6-4 6-3

Tony Roche defeated Rod Laver 6-4 6-3 in the 1968 New York 3 semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 3, 1968*
Tournament: New York 3
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Aug 9, 1938
Age	23	30
Height	178 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,808	1,850
Current career W-L	360–191	570–145
Current career earnings	$529,199	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 0 – 1 Rod Laver

Path

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dennis Ralston	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 3, 1968	QF

Tony Roche's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Gonzalez	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data	Dec 4, 1968	F

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Earl Butch Buchholz	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 3, 1968	QF