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Tony Roche def. Earl Butch Buchholz

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1968*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4
Loser	Earl Butch Buchholz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	—
Age	23	—
Height	178	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,618	1,694
Career W-L	360–191	98–81
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 1 – 5 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Tony Roche's path

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

Tony Roche's next match

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

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

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