QF Wimbledon 1968

Tony Roche def. Earl Butch Buchholz

3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4

Tony Roche defeated Earl Butch Buchholz 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 in the 1968 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 5, 1968*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1968
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	—
Age	23	—
Height	178 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,616	1,695
Current career W-L	360–191	98–81
Current career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 1 – 5 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ken Rosewall	9-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1968	R16
Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1968	R32
Jim Osborne	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1968	R64
Ray Keldie	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1968	R128

Tony Roche's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Clark Graebner	9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1968	SF

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bob Hewitt	6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1968	R16
Torben Ulrich	5-7 6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1968	R32
Bob Carmichael	11-13 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1968	R64
Allan Stone	6-4 6-2 10-12 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1968	R128