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Cliff Richey def. Earl Butch Buchholz

6-4 5-7 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 11, 1969*
Tournament	Toronto
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-0
Loser	Earl Butch Buchholz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	—
Age	22	—
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,880	1,782
Career W-L	488–224	98–81
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 0 – 0 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1969	SF	Mike Belkin	6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1969	QF	Raymond Moore	4-6 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1969	R16	Frank Tutvin	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1969	R32	William Brown	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1969	SF	John Newcombe	3-6 6-4 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1969	QF	Dick Crealy	6-4 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1969	R16	Ken Binns	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1969	R32	Rudy Hernando	1-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1969	R64	Joe Osadca	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data