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Rod Laver def. Jim Osborne

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date Sep 18, 1968*
Tournament Los Angeles
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-2 7-5
Loser Jim Osborne

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverJim Osborne
Country AUS USA
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Feb 1, 1945
Age3023
Height175185
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,8671,624
Career W-L576–147118–121
Career earnings$1,565,413
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 0 0 Jim Osborne

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 17, 1968R32 Bob Lutz 6-3 6-4WMatch data
Sep 16, 1968R64 John Norgauer 6-0 6-3WMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 19, 1968QF Clark Graebner 2-6 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data

Jim Osborne's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 17, 1968R32 Cliff Drysdale 6-4 7-9 6-4WH2HMatch data
Sep 16, 1968R64 Bob Kreiss 3-6 6-3 6-4WMatch data