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Rod Laver def. Alex Metreveli

6-3 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1970*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-3 7-6 6-3
Loser	Alex Metreveli

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Alex Metreveli
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 2, 1944
Age	32	25
Height	175	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,208	1,793
Career W-L	576–147	—
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 0 Alex Metreveli

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	QF	Onny Parun	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R16	Richard Russell	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R32	Premjit Lall	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1970	F	Bob Carmichael	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Metreveli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	QF	Dick Stockton	7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R16	Ray Keldie	7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R32	Jaime Fillol	7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1970	R64	Bill Bowrey	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data