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Rod Laver def. Tony 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	Rod Laver
Score	7-5 22-20 9-11 1-6 6-3
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tony 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

Rod Laver 1 – 2 Tony Roche

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	Fred Stolle	6-4 18-16 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	Roy 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

Rod Laver's next match

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

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	John Newcombe	10-8 4-6 6-8 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	Mal Anderson	8-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1969	R32	Ray 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