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Earl Butch Buchholz def. Cliff Drysdale

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 1, 1968*
Tournament	Pretoria Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Earl Butch Buchholz
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Earl Butch Buchholz	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	—	May 26, 1941
Age	—	27
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,771
Career W-L	98–81	402–253

Pre-match H2H

Earl Butch Buchholz 4 – 4 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1968	BR	Marty Riessen	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Earl Butch Buchholz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1968	SF	Tony Roche	6-4 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

No prior matches in this tournament.