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Rod Laver def. Ken Rosewall

6-4 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1971*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 6-4 7-6
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 2, 1934
Age	33	36
Height	175	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,203	2,176
Career W-L	576–147	541–195
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 19 – 3 Ken Rosewall

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	SF	Tom Okker	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	QF	Bob Lutz	7-6 2-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 1, 1971	R16	Roy Emerson	6-7 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1971	R32	Alejandro Olmedo	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 29, 1971	R64	Frew Mcmillan	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	SF	Arthur Ashe	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	QF	Marty Riessen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1971	R16	Andres Gimeno	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1971	R32	Tom Brown	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1971	R64	Tom Edlefsen	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data