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Gene Scott #126 def. Herb Fitzgibbon #128

6-3 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1973*
Tournament	Merion
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Gene Scott
Score	6-3 7-6 6-3
Loser	Herb Fitzgibbon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Scott	Herb Fitzgibbon
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1937	Jul 14, 1942
Age	35	31
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	126	128
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,601	1,656
Career W-L	47–47	46–38

Pre-match H2H

Gene Scott 0 – 0 Herb Fitzgibbon

Path

Gene Scott's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1973	QF	Anand Amritraj	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R16	John Feaver	5-7 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Aug 22, 1973	R32	Bob Mckinley	7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Aug 21, 1973	R64	Bob Kreiss	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data

Gene Scott's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	F	Mike Estep	5-7 6-3 6-7 6-3 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Herb Fitzgibbon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1973	QF	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	6-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R16	Victor Amaya	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1973	R32	Frew Mcmillan	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1973	R64	Pat Cramer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data