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R. Laver def. C. Drysdale

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 1969*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-1 1-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	C. Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	C. Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 26, 1941
Age	30	27
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,019	1,748
Career W-L	576–147	402–253
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 0 – 1 C. Drysdale

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1969	QF	B. Hewitt	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1969	R16	F. McMillan	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1969	R32	Alfred Schwartz	6-0 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Apr 6, 1969	R64	Rauty Krog	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1969	F	T. Okker	6-3 10-8 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1969	QF	Richard Gonzalez	3-6 3-6 10-8 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Apr 8, 1969	R16	R. Maud	5-7 6-2 2-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1969	R32	Keith Brebnor	6-3 6-4 8-6	W	—	Match data
Apr 6, 1969	R64	R. Dowdeswell	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data