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Cliff Richey def. Richard Russell

6-1 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 1971*
Tournament	Sacramento
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-1 5-7 6-1
Loser	Richard Russell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Richard Russell
Country	USA	JAM
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Sep 8, 1945
Age	24	26
Height	175	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,916	1,480
Career W-L	488–224	56–100
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 3 – 0 Richard Russell

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1971	R64	Tom Brown	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1971	R16	Colin Dibley	6-2 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Russell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1971	R64	Tom Leonard	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data