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M. Riessen def. K. Rosewall

6-3 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1969*
Tournament	Perth
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	M. Riessen
Score	6-3 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-1
Loser	K. Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Riessen	K. Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Nov 2, 1934
Age	27	34
Height	185	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,721	1,882
Career W-L	533–316	541–195
Career earnings	$465	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

M. Riessen 0 – 0 K. Rosewall

Path

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	SF	J. Alexander	7-5 6-4 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	QF	Tony Hammond	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jan 3, 1969	R16	Trevor Baker	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jan 2, 1969	R32	K Tobin	6-3 6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data

M. Riessen's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	SF	P. Dent	6-0 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1969	QF	Philip Holton	6-0 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jan 3, 1969	R16	Brian Bowman	6-2 7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jan 2, 1969	R32	Allan Wall	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data