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J. Connors def. P. Gerken

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1973*
Tournament	Salt Lake City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	P. Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	P. Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 15, 1950
Age	20	22
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,016	1,739
Career W-L	1,262–294	124–129
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 3 – 0 P. Gerken

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1973	SF	S. Baranyi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1973	QF	J. Hrebec	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1973	R16	K. Meiler	6-4 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

P. Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1973	SF	I. Nastase	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1973	QF	J. Fassbender	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1973	R16	I. Tiriac	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1973	R32	Jaime Pinto Bravo	7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data