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J. Newcombe def. P. Barthes

31-28

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1968*
Tournament	Bakersfield Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	31-28
Loser	P. Barthes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	P. Barthes
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 13, 1941
Age	23	26
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,486	1,450
Career W-L	556–224	185–190
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$8,040

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 2 – 2 P. Barthes

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1968	QF	N. Pilic	31-22	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1968	F	C. Drysdale	31-12 31-22	W	H2H	Match data

P. Barthes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1968	QF	D. Ralston	31-18	W	H2H	Match data