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K. Rosewall def. M. Riessen

6-2 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1971*
Tournament	Washington Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	6-2 7-5 6-1
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	M. Riessen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Dec 4, 1941
Age	36	29
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,125	2,036
Career W-L	541–195	533–316
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$465

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 6 – 2 M. Riessen

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1971	SF	Stan Smith	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 22, 1971	QF	D. Ralston	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1971	R16	R. Laver	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1971	R32	J. Alexander	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1971	R64	J. Osborne	3-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1971	SF	J. Newcombe	4-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1971	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-1 6-7 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 21, 1971	R16	F. Froehling	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1971	R32	R. Ruffels	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1971	R64	T. Addison	6-0 0-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data