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Rod Laver def. Bob Carmichael

6-0 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date Jun 5, 1968*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-0 6-1 6-1
Loser Bob Carmichael

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverBob Carmichael
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Jul 4, 1940
Age2927
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,7531,598
Career W-L576–147215–256
Career earnings$1,565,413$414
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 0 0 Bob Carmichael

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 2, 1968R32 Peter Marmureanu 6-2 6-0 9-7WMatch data
May 31, 1968R64 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 29, 1968R128 Lance Lumsden 6-1 6-1 6-4WMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 7, 1968QF Ion Tiriac 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Bob Carmichael's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 2, 1968R32 John Alexander 6-3 6-1 2-6 2-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
May 31, 1968R64 Robert Wilson 6-4 6-3 6-3WMatch data
May 29, 1968R128 Patrick Hombergen 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch data