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Rod Laver def. Ion Tiriac

4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1968*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ion Tiriac
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 9, 1939
Age	29	29
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,767	1,822
Career W-L	576–147	228–190
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1968	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1968	R32	Peter Marmureanu	6-2 6-0 9-7	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1968	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-2 4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1968	R128	Lance Lumsden	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1968	SF	Richard Gonzalez	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1968	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1968	R32	Milan Holecek	3-6 8-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1968	R64	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1968	R128	Georges Deniau	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data