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Clark Graebner def. John Newcombe

5-7 11-9 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1968*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Clark Graebner
Score	5-7 11-9 6-1 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Clark Graebner	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Nov 4, 1943	May 23, 1944
Age	24	24
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,879	1,826
Career W-L	342–162	556–224
Career earnings	$1,500	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Clark Graebner 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Clark Graebner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1968	R16	Gene Scott	7-5 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1968	R32	Roger Taylor	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1968	R64	Jim Mcmanus	6-1 6-4 14-12	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1968	R128	Premjit Lall	6-3 1-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Clark Graebner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1968	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-8 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1968	R16	Torben Ulrich	5-7 4-6 6-4 10-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1968	R32	Chuck Mckinley	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1968	R64	Ramanathan Krishnan	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1968	R128	Allen Quay	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data