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Rod Laver def. Nikola Pilic

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 10, 1972*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Nikola Pilic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Aug 27, 1939
Age	33	32
Height	175	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,156	1,853
Career W-L	576–147	301–248
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 3 – 1 Nikola Pilic

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	Roy Barth	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	QF	Bob Lutz	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	Tony Roche	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data