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Cliff Richey def. Ion Tiriac

4-6 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1972*
Tournament	London Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	4-6 6-1 6-3
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Ion Tiriac
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	May 9, 1939
Age	25	32
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,784
Career W-L	488–224	228–190
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 2 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1972	R16	Jan Leschly	2-6 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1972	SF	Lew Hoad	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1972	R16	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data