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German International Championships 1968

General Date1968-08-05 - 1968-08-11
Tournament type
SurfaceClay
Rounds6
CityHamburg
CountryGermany

Source Tennis de France/World Tennis/Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Media

Winner Player John David Newcombe

Players

John Gillient Alexander
Malcolm James (Mal) Anderson
Roy R. Barth
Pierre Barthes
Gerald Battrick
Ingo Dietmar Buding
Wilhelm Paul Bungert
Mark M. Cox
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Eric Clifford (Cliff) Drysdale
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Harald Elschenbroich
Brian E. Fairlie
Jurgen Fassbender
Graydon C. Garner
Robert G. (Bob) Giltinan

Uwe Gottschalk
Istvan Pecs Gulyas
Milan Holecek
Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
Jan Kodes (Kodeš)
Bernd Kube
Jan Kukal
Alex Kurucz
Lothar Lanz
Lancelot E. (Lance) Lumsden
Robert (Bob) Maud
Frew Donald McMillan
John David Newcombe
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Onny Parun
Lothar Pawlik
Barry Phillips-Moore

Nikola (Niki) Pilic
Hans Joachim Ploetz (Plötz)
Hans Jurgen Pohmann
Martin Claire (Marty) Riessen
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Raymond Owen (Ray) Ruffels
Graham Rodney Stilwell
Allan James Stone
Jaime Subirats
Roger Taylor
Steven James (Steve) Tidball
Isao Watanabe
Koji Watanabe
Matthias Werren

Rounds
Round 1

Jurgen Fassbender*
Lancelot E. (Lance) Lumsden

6-3 2-6 8-6 6-3

Dick Crealy*
Ismail El Shafei

6-4 6-2 9-7

Cliff Drysdale*
Steven James (Steve) Tidball

6-3 6-4 6-0

Harald Elschenbroich*
Bob Giltinan

6-2 5-7 6-4 6-1

Jan Kodes*
Onny Parun

3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2

Roger Taylor*
Phil Dent

3-6 6-2 7-5 9-7

Frew McMillan*
Brian E. Fairlie

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

Koji Watanabe*
Uwe Gottschalk

6-4 7-5 6-2

Bernd Kube*
Jaime Subirats

6-2 6-3 7-5

John Alexander*
Hans Jurgen Pohmann

8-6 6-1 6-4

Mal Anderson*
Bob Howe

6-3 15-13 6-3

Marty Riessen*
Graydon C. Garner

6-3 6-3 6-4

Milan Holecek*
Lothar Pawlik

6-2 6-3 6-4

Alex Kurucz*
Isao Watanabe

6-0 6-3 7-5

Matthias Werren*
Graham Stilwell

6-1 5-7 6-1 2-6 6-4

Jan Kukal*
Lothar Lanz

6-3 6-3 6-1

Round 2

Pierre Barthes*
Ray Ruffels

6-2 6-4 5-7 6-3

Mark M. Cox*
Jurgen Fassbender

6-1 6-4 6-2

Cliff Drysdale*
Dick Crealy

10-8 7-5 6-8 8-6

Harald Elschenbroich*
Jan Kodes

6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-4

Robert Maud*
Roger Taylor

13-11 6-4 6-1

Koji Watanabe*
Frew McMillan

6-1 7-5 1-6 6-4

Wilhelm Bungert*
Bernd Kube

6-3 6-4 7-5

John Newcombe*
John Alexander

6-4 8-10 10-8 6-1

Mal Anderson*
Barry Phillips-Moore

8-6 5-7 7-5 6-3

Marty Riessen*
Milan Holecek

7-5 6-3 8-6

Ingo Buding*
Alex Kurucz

6-4 6-2 6-4

Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Jan Kukal

6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4

Istvan Gulyas*
Matthias Werren

6-1 6-1 7-5

Tom Okker*
Roy R. Barth

3-6 6-0 2-6 6-3 6-0

Tony Roche*
Gerald Battrick

6-0 6-3 6-3

Hans Joachim Plotz*
Allan Stone

w.o.

Round 3

Cliff Drysdale*
Mark M. Cox

6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1

Robert Maud*
Harald Elschenbroich

2-6 0-6 6-3 12-10 ret.

Wilhelm Bungert*
Koji Watanabe

6-3 6-3 7-5

John Newcombe*
Mal Anderson

4-6 4-6 8-6 6-4 6-1

Marty Riessen*
Ingo Buding

7-5 8-6 6-1

Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Istvan Gulyas

4-6 6-3 6-4 6-1

Pierre Barthes*
Tom Okker

6-4 10-8 6-2

Tony Roche*
Hans Joachim Plotz

6-1 6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals

Wilhelm Bungert*
Robert Maud

4-6 6-1 7-9 11-9 9-7

John Newcombe*
Marty Riessen

3-6 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1

Nikola (Niki) Pilic*
Pierre Barthes

7-5 6-1 6-3

Cliff Drysdale*
Tony Roche

6-1 6-3 6-2

Semifinals

Cliff Drysdale*
Wilhelm Bungert

6-4 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-1

John Newcombe*
Nikola (Niki) Pilic

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

Final

John Newcombe*
Cliff Drysdale

6-3 6-2 6-4

Tournament

Round 1