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Rod Laver def. Cliff Richey

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1972*
Tournament	Denver Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Cliff Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Dec 31, 1946
Age	33	25
Height	175	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,187	2,023
Career W-L	576–147	488–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 1 Cliff Richey

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1972	R32	Roy Barth	5-7 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1972	QF	John Alexander	UNK	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1972	R32	Terry Addison	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data