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Rod Laver def. Tom Gorman

6-1 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 6, 1971*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-1 3-6 6-2
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tom Gorman
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jan 19, 1946
Age	32	25
Height	175	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,202	1,790
Career W-L	576–147	418–293
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 0 Tom Gorman

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
May 8, 1971	R16	Ezio Di Matteo	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1971	R64	Torben Ulrich	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data