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R. Laver def. T. Roche

7-5 22-20 9-11 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1969*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	R. Laver
Score	7-5 22-20 9-11 1-6 6-3
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	T. Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 17, 1945
Age	30	23
Height	175	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,944	1,968
Career W-L	576–147	360–191
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 1 – 2 T. Roche

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	F. Stolle	6-4 18-16 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	R. Emerson	6-2 6-4 3-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1969	R32	Massimo Di Domenico	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	F	A. Gimeno	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	J. Newcombe	10-8 4-6 6-8 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	M. Anderson	8-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1969	R32	R. Keldie	8-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1969	R64	Barry Phillips Moore	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data