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R. Laver def. I. Tiriac

4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 1970*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	R. Laver
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2
Loser	I. Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	I. Tiriac
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 9, 1939
Age	31	30
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,755
Career W-L	576–147	228–190
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 1 – 0 I. Tiriac

Path

R. Laver's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1970	QF	John Cooper	10-8 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

I. Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1970	R32	E. Buchholz	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data