Champions' hall
Tournament
Durban WCT
Hard · Main tour · 1 edition
Period1968ATP + WTA
Editions1with results
Matches9in the database
Champions1different players
Participants9different players
Record book
1968 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 John Newcombe3 matches · 100% win rate3
- 2 Tony Roche3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 3 Raymond Moore3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 4 Marty Riessen4 matches · 50% win rate2
- 5 Nikola Pilic1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 6 Earl Butch Buchholz1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 7 Cliff Drysdale1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 8 Pierre Barthes1 matches · 0% win rate0
- 9 Roger Taylor1 matches · 0% win rate0
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest John Newcombe24 years, 4 months1968
ATP · oldest John Newcombe24 years, 4 months1968
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Marty Riessen defeated Cliff Drysdale
1-6 6-3 8-6John Newcombe defeated Pierre Barthes
6-8 6-3 6-1Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1968 · ATP and WTA1968ATP
Champion
John NewcombeFinal: John Newcombe × Tony Roche
6-3 6-4
October 6, 1968 · 9 matchesSee all results →