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T. Roche def. C. Richey

6-2 7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 15, 1970*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	T. Roche
Score	6-2 7-6 6-1
Loser	C. Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	C. Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Dec 31, 1946
Age	25	23
Height	178	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,110	2,112
Career W-L	360–191	488–224
Career earnings	$529,199	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 1 – 0 C. Richey

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	B. Fairlie	6-3 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	T. Gorman	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	P. Curtis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	M. Cox	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

T. Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1970	F	K. Rosewall	6-2 4-6 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

C. Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	D. Ralston	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	M. Santana	2-6 7-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	P. Barthes	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	Alan Fox	6-1 7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Chum Steele Iii	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data