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Rod Laver def. Ion 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	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ion 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

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

Rod Laver's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rod 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

Ion Tiriac's path

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