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T. Gorman def. R. Laver

9-7 8-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1971*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	T. Gorman
Score	9-7 8-6 6-3
Loser	R. Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Gorman	R. Laver
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Aug 9, 1938
Age	25	32
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,915	2,230
Career W-L	418–293	576–147
Career earnings	$10,000	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

T. Gorman 1 – 1 R. Laver

Path

T. Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	R. Case	6-3 8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1971	R32	I. Tiriac	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	Ezio Di Matteo	2-6 6-2 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	C. Drysdale	2-6 6-8 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

T. Gorman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1971	SF	Stan Smith	3-6 6-8 2-6	L	—	Match data

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	T. Okker	7-5 6-1 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1971	R32	C. Graebner	9-8 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	R. Moore	6-8 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	Bob Howe	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data