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Rod Laver def. Bob Hewitt

6-4 8-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 29, 1970*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 8-6 6-1
Loser	Bob Hewitt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Bob Hewitt
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jan 12, 1940
Age	31	30
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,144	1,918
Career W-L	576–147	285–178
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$613,837

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Bob Hewitt

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1970	QF	Raymond Moore	6-4 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1970	R16	Pierre Barthes	6-2 6-8 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1970	R32	Bill Freer	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1970	R64	Peter Doerner	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1970	F	Frew Mcmillan	4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bob Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1970	QF	Cliff Drysdale	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1970	R16	Roger Taylor	6-4 4-6 1-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1970	R32	Harald Elschenbroich	6-2 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1970	R64	Mel Baleson	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data