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Rod Laver def. Dick Crealy

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 1971*
Tournament	Miami Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Dick Crealy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Dick Crealy
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Sep 18, 1944
Age	32	26
Height	175	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,289	1,711
Career W-L	576–147	335–317
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 0 Dick Crealy

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1971	R32	Robert Maud	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1971	QF	Tom Okker	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Dick Crealy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1971	R32	Roger Taylor	1-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data