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Pierre Barthes def. John Newcombe

4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 1968*
Tournament	Cape Town Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pierre Barthes
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pierre Barthes	John Newcombe
Country	FRA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	27	24
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,556	1,847
Career W-L	185–190	556–224
Career earnings	$8,040	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Pierre Barthes 2 – 8 John Newcombe

Path

Pierre Barthes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1968	R16	Roger Taylor	6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data

Pierre Barthes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1968	SF	Cliff Drysdale	2-8	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.