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Tony Roche def. Rod Laver

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1970*
Tournament	Dublin
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Aug 9, 1938
Age	25	31
Height	178	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,992	2,122
Career W-L	360–191	576–147
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 6 – 6 Rod Laver

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1970	SF	Marty Riessen	6-8 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1970	QF	Bill Bowrey	5-7 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1970	R16	Harry Sheridan	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jul 9, 1970	R32	Jim Buckley	6-0 6-0	W	—	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1970	SF	Tom Okker	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1970	QF	Graham Stilwell	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1970	R16	Desmond Early	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data