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J. Newcombe def. J. Alexander

6-4 8-10 10-8 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1968*
Tournament	Hamburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-4 8-10 10-8 6-1
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	J. Alexander
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 4, 1951
Age	24	17
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,674	1,649
Career W-L	556–224	579–422
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 1 – 0 J. Alexander

Path

J. Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1968	R16	M. Anderson	4-6 4-6 8-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1968	R64	H. Pohmann	8-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data