Rod Laver def. Tony Roche

6-3 6-4 6-2

Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the 1968 Wimbledon final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 8, 1968*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1968
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tony Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 17, 1945
Age	29	23
Height	175 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,683
Current career W-L	570–145	360–191
Current career earnings	$1,565,413	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 0 Tony Roche

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arthur Ashe	7-5 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1968	SF
Dennis Ralston	4-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1968	QF
Mark Cox	9-7 5-7 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1968	R16
Marty Riessen	6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1968	R32
Stan Smith	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1968	R64
Gene Scott	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1968	R128

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Clark Graebner	9-7 8-10 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1968	SF
Earl Butch Buchholz	3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1968	QF
Ken Rosewall	9-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 3, 1968	R16
Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1968	R32
Jim Osborne	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1968	R64
Ray Keldie	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1968	R128