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J. Newcombe def. M. Riessen

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 1, 1968*
Tournament	Pretoria Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	M. Riessen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 4, 1941
Age	24	26
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,793	1,768
Career W-L	556–224	533–316
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$465

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 2 – 2 M. Riessen

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1968	QF	N. Pilic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1968	F	T. Roche	11-9 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1968	QF	R. Moore	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data