# Hamburg 1968

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/247/hamburg?season=1968
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Start date: 1968-08-13
- End date: 1968-08-19

## Champion
- Winner: John Newcombe
- Runner-up: Cliff Drysdale
- Final score: 6-3 6-2 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- John Newcombe d. Cliff Drysdale 6-3 6-2 6-4

### SF
- Cliff Drysdale d. Wilhelm Bungert 6-4 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-1
- John Newcombe d. Nikola Pilic 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3

### QF
- John Newcombe d. Marty Riessen 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1
- Nikola Pilic d. Pierre Barthes 7-5 6-1 6-3
- Cliff Drysdale d. Tony Roche 6-1 6-3 6-2
- Wilhelm Bungert d. Robert Maud 4-6 6-1 7-9 11-9 9-7

### R16
- John Newcombe d. Mal Anderson 4-6 4-6 8-6 6-4 6-1
- Wilhelm Bungert d. Koji Watanabe 6-3 6-3 7-5
- Cliff Drysdale d. Mark Cox 6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1
- Nikola Pilic d. Istvan Gulyas 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-1
- Marty Riessen d. Ingo Buding 7-5 8-6 6-1
- Pierre Barthes d. Tom Okker 7-5 6-1 6-3
- Tony Roche d. Hans Joachim Ploetz 6-1 6-1 6-1
- Robert Maud d. Harald Elschenbroich 2-6 0-6 6-3 12-10 RET

### R32
- Tom Okker d. Roy Barth 3-6 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-0
- Wilhelm Bungert d. Bernd Kube 6-3 6-4 7-5
- Marty Riessen d. Milan Holecek 7-5 6-3 8-6
- Pierre Barthes d. Ray Ruffels 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3
- John Newcombe d. John Alexander 6-4 8-10 10-8 6-1
- Mal Anderson d. Barry Phillips Moore 6-8 7-5 7-5 6-3
- Koji Watanabe d. Frew Mcmillan 6-1 7-5 1-6 6-4
- Istvan Gulyas d. Mathias Werren 6-1 6-1 7-5
- Tony Roche d. Gerald Battrick 6-0 6-3 6-3
- Nikola Pilic d. Jan Kukal 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-4
- Mark Cox d. Jurgen Fassbender 6-1 6-4 6-2
- Hans Joachim Ploetz d. Allan Stone W/O
- Robert Maud d. Roger Taylor 13-11 6-4 6-1
- Harald Elschenbroich d. Jan Kodes 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-4
- Cliff Drysdale d. Dick Crealy 10-8 7-5 6-8 8-6

### R64
- Jan Kodes d. Onny Parun 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Frew Mcmillan d. Brian Fairlie 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-0
- Jurgen Fassbender d. Lance Lumsden 6-3 2-6 8-6 6-3
- Marty Riessen d. Graydon Garner 6-3 6-3 6-4
- Cliff Drysdale d. Steve Tidball 6-3 6-4 6-0
- Jan Kukal d. Lothar Lanz 6-3 6-3 6-1
- Roger Taylor d. Phil Dent 3-6 6-2 7-5 9-7
- Harald Elschenbroich d. Bob Giltinan 6-2 5-7 6-4 6-1
- John Alexander d. Hans Jurgen Pohmann 8-6 6-1 6-4
- Dick Crealy d. Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 7-5
- Milan Holecek d. Lothar Pawlik 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Alex Kurucz d. Isao Watanabe 6-0 6-3 7-5
- Mal Anderson d. Bob Howe 6-3 15-13 6-3
- Mathias Werren d. Graham Stilwell 6-1 5-7 6-1 2-6 6-2
- Koji Watanabe d. Uwe Gottschalk 6-4 7-5 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 45
- Players: 47

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/247/hamburg?season=1968
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