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Ken Rosewall def. Dick Crealy

6-3 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 6, 1972*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundQF
Winner Ken Rosewall
Score6-3 6-1 6-3
Loser Dick Crealy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKen RosewallDick Crealy
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateNov 2, 1934Sep 18, 1944
Age3727
Height170191
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1561,667
Career W-L541–195335–317
Career earnings$1,602,700
Pre-match H2H
Ken Rosewall 1 0 Dick Crealy

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 4, 1972R16 Jean Paul Meyer 6-4 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 1, 1972R32 Jun Kuki 6-3 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data

Ken Rosewall's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 8, 1972SF Allan Stone 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch data

Dick Crealy's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 4, 1972R16 Colin Dibley 6-4 7-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 1, 1972R32 Bob Giltinan 7-6 7-5 6-7 4-6 13-11WH2HMatch data