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Earl Butch Buchholz def. Nikola Pilic

9-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 1968*
Tournament	Johannesburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Earl Butch Buchholz
Score	9-7 6-4
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Earl Butch Buchholz	Nikola Pilic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	—	Aug 27, 1939
Age	—	29
Height	188	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,674	1,664
Career W-L	98–81	301–248

Pre-match H2H

Earl Butch Buchholz 5 – 5 Nikola Pilic

Path

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Earl Butch Buchholz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1968	SF	John Newcombe	6-4 3-6 12-10	W	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 1968	R16	Raymond Moore	6-3 15-13	W	H2H	Match data