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Rod Laver def. Dennis Ralston

2-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1969*
Tournament	Oakland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	2-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Dennis Ralston

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Dennis Ralston
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 27, 1942
Age	30	26
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,680
Career W-L	576–147	157–136
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 0 Dennis Ralston

Path

Rod Laver's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1969	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Ralston's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1969	R16	Roy Emerson	6-4 6-8 6-3	W	H2H	Match data