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Rod Laver def. Earl Butch Buchholz

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 3, 1968*
Tournament	New York 3
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Earl Butch Buchholz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Earl Butch Buchholz
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	—
Age	30	—
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,619
Career W-L	576–147	98–81
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Earl Butch Buchholz

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 28, 1968	BR	Andres Gimeno	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1968	SF	Tony Roche	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Earl Butch Buchholz's path

No prior matches in this tournament.