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T. Roche def. R. Laver

6-4 4-6 9-7 12-10

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1969*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	T. Roche
Score	6-4 4-6 9-7 12-10
Loser	R. Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	R. Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Aug 9, 1938
Age	23	30
Height	178	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,927
Career W-L	360–191	576–147
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 1 – 1 R. Laver

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1969	SF	K. Rosewall	5-7 7-9 6-4 11-9 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1969	QF	A. Gimeno	4-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1969	R16	M. Orantes	8-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1969	R32	T. Addison	9-7 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

T. Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1969	SF	J. Newcombe	6-1 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1969	QF	R. Taylor	5-7 8-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1969	R16	R. Moore	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1969	R32	J. Rouyer	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data