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Rod Laver def. Roy Emerson

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Aug 25, 1970*
Tournament Fort Worth
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundF
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-3 7-5
Loser Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverRoy Emerson
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Nov 3, 1936
Age3233
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1961,974
Career W-L576–147275–174
Career earnings$1,565,413
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 12 6 Roy Emerson

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 24, 1970SF Andres Gimeno 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 24, 1970QF Roger Taylor 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roy Emerson's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 24, 1970SF John Newcombe 8-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
Aug 24, 1970QF Richard Gonzalez 7-9 6-1 6-1WMatch data