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Rod Laver def. Phil Dent

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1971*
Tournament	Cologne Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Phil Dent
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Feb 14, 1950
Age	33	21
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,211	1,701
Career W-L	576–147	418–351
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1971	R32	Bill Bowrey	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1971	QF	Bob Lutz	4-6 6-7	L	—	Match data

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1971	R32	Dick Crealy	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data