Rod Laver #10 def. Paul Gerken #45

6-2 7-5

Rod Laver defeated Paul Gerken 6-2 7-5 in the 1973 Sydney Indoor round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 15, 1973*
Tournament: Sydney Indoor
Edition: 1973
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Paul Gerken
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Mar 15, 1950
Age	35	23
Height	175 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	45
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,046	1,795
Current career W-L	570–145	122–127
Current career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver #10 1 – 0 Paul Gerken #45

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kenneth McMillan #219	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 1973	R32

Rod Laver's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Raul Ramirez #32	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 16, 1973	QF

Paul Gerken's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martin Mulligan	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data	Nov 14, 1973	R32