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Rod Laver def. Roy Emerson

4-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1968*
Tournament	Paris Ntl
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 3, 1936
Age	29	31
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,556	1,605
Career W-L	576–147	275–174
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 1 Roy Emerson

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1968	BR	Richard Gonzalez	6-4 14-12	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1968	SF	Andres Gimeno	9-7 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.