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Earl Butch Buchholz def. Roger Taylor

31-14

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1968*
Tournament	Minneapolis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Earl Butch Buchholz
Score	31-14
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Earl Butch Buchholz	Roger Taylor
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	—	Oct 14, 1941
Age	—	26
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,597	1,379
Career W-L	98–81	369–296

Pre-match H2H

Earl Butch Buchholz 3 – 0 Roger Taylor

Path

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1968	BR	Nikola Pilic	31-22 31-25	W	H2H	Match data

Earl Butch Buchholz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1968	SF	Dennis Ralston	28-31 31-27 5-4	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

No prior matches in this tournament.