Champions' hall
Tournament
Houston WCT
Carpet · Main tour · 1 edition
Period1968ATP + WTA
Editions1with results
Matches13in the database
Champions1different players
Participants8different players
Record book
1968 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Pierre Barthes3 matches · 100% win rate3
- 2 Earl Butch Buchholz4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 3 Dennis Ralston4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 4 Cliff Drysdale3 matches · 66.7% win rate2
- 5 Nikola Pilic3 matches · 33.3% win rate1
- 6 Tony Roche3 matches · 33.3% win rate1
- 7 Roger Taylor3 matches · 0% win rate0
- 8 John Newcombe3 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 Earl Butch Buchholz27 years, 4 months1968
ATP · oldest Earl Butch Buchholz27 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
Pierre Barthes defeated John Newcombe
25-31 31-17Tony Roche defeated Roger Taylor
17-31 31-13Nikola Pilic defeated John Newcombe
27-31 31-22Pierre Barthes defeated Nikola Pilic
28-31 31-26Only 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
Earl Butch BuchholzFinal: Earl Butch Buchholz × Dennis Ralston
31-28
February 13, 1968 · 13 matchesSee all results →