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Cliff Richey def. Roy Emerson

6-0 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1973*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-0 2-6 6-4
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Roy Emerson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Nov 3, 1936
Age	26	36
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,881
Career W-L	488–224	275–174
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 1 – 3 Roy Emerson

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1973	R32	Nikola Pilic	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1973	QF	Raymond Moore	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1973	R32	Phil Dent	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data