Tom Gorman def. Rod Laver

9-7 8-6 6-3

Tom Gorman defeated Rod Laver 9-7 8-6 6-3 in the 1971 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 2, 1971*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1971
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Tom Gorman	Rod Laver
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Aug 9, 1938
Age	25	32
Height	180 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,914	2,233
Current career W-L	415–291	570–145
Current career earnings	$10,000	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gorman 1 – 1 Rod Laver

Path

Tom Gorman's path

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

Tom Gorman's next match

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

Rod Laver's path

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