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John Newcombe def. Marty Riessen

7-5 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Marty 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

John Newcombe 2 – 2 Marty Riessen

Path

John Newcombe's path

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

John Newcombe's next match

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

Marty Riessen's path

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