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John Newcombe def. Cliff Drysdale

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 1968*
Tournament	Hamburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 26, 1941
Age	24	27
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,775
Career W-L	556–224	402–253
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 3 Cliff Drysdale

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1968	SF	Nikola Pilic	3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1968	QF	Marty Riessen	3-6 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1968	R16	Mal Anderson	4-6 4-6 8-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1968	R32	John Alexander	6-4 8-10 10-8 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1968	SF	Wilhelm Bungert	6-4 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1968	QF	Tony Roche	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1968	R16	Mark Cox	6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1968	R32	Dick Crealy	10-8 7-5 6-8 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1968	R64	Steve Tidball	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data