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Ken Rosewall def. Rod Laver

6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 10, 1968*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Aug 9, 1938
Age	33	29
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,757	1,804
Career W-L	541–195	576–147
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 1 – 3 Rod Laver

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1968	SF	Andres Gimeno	3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1968	QF	Thomaz Koch	8-6 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1968	R16	Herb Fitzgibbon	6-1 4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1968	R32	Jose Edison Mandarino	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1968	R64	Colin Stubs	6-1 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1968	R128	Tom Edlefsen	10-8 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1968	SF	Richard Gonzalez	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 7, 1968	QF	Ion Tiriac	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1968	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1968	R32	Peter Marmureanu	6-2 6-0 9-7	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1968	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1968	R128	Lance Lumsden	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data