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Rod Laver def. Fred Stolle

9-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 1968*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	9-7 6-3
Loser	Fred Stolle

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Fred Stolle
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Oct 8, 1938
Age	30	29
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,891	1,689
Career W-L	576–147	177–168
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$328

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 2 Fred Stolle

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Clark Graebner	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Jim Osborne	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Bob Lutz	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	John Norgauer	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1968	F	Ken Rosewall	4-6 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Fred Stolle's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Andres Gimeno	6-3 16-18 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Marty Riessen	10-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Pancho Segura	2-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Rafael Osuna	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data