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R. Taylor def. Bob Lutz

1-6 2-6 6-4 12-10 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1970*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	R. Taylor
Score	1-6 2-6 6-4 12-10 6-3
Loser	Bob Lutz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Taylor	Bob Lutz
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Aug 29, 1947
Age	28	22
Height	183	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,806	1,846
Career W-L	369–296	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Taylor 1 – 0 Bob Lutz

Path

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1970	R32	Lenny Schloss	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

R. Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1970	QF	T. Roche	9-7 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Bob Lutz's path

No prior matches in this tournament.