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R. Laver def. T. Roche

7-5 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 11, 1969*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	7-5 6-4 6-4
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	T. Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 17, 1945
Age	30	23
Height	175	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,992	2,008
Career W-L	576–147	360–191
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 2 – 3 T. Roche

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1969	SF	K. Rosewall	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1969	QF	C. Pasarell	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1969	R16	E. Buchholz	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1969	R32	P. Barthes	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1969	SF	T. Okker	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1969	QF	Richard Gonzalez	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 9, 1969	R16	M. Riessen	9-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1969	R32	P. Segura	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data