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Rod Laver#7 def. Tom Edlefsen#116

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1974*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Tom Edlefsen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tom Edlefsen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Dec 12, 1941
Age	35	32
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	116
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,103	1,575
Career W-L	576–147	109–147
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 1 Tom Edlefsen

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Antonio Munoz	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	Colin Dibley	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Edlefsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Jimmy Parker	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data