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Cliff Drysdale def. Tony Roche

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 11, 1968*
Tournament	Paris 2
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Tony Roche
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 26, 1941	May 17, 1945
Age	27	23
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,532	1,674
Career W-L	402–253	360–191
Career earnings	—	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 4 – 2 Tony Roche

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1968	R32	Alejandro Olmedo	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1968	QF	Richard Gonzalez	9-7 6-1 6-2	L	—	Match data

Tony Roche's path

No prior matches in this tournament.