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Rod Laver def. Cliff Richey

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 20, 1970*
Tournament	London / Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Cliff Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Dec 31, 1946
Age	31	23
Height	175	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,959
Career W-L	576–147	488–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 1 Cliff Richey

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	QF	Dick Crealy	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1970	R16	Bob Lutz	6-1 8-6	W	—	Match data
Jun 18, 1970	R32	Premjit Lall	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1970	R64	Jim Osborne	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1970	F	John Newcombe	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	QF	Georges Goven	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1970	R16	Jaidip Mukerjea	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1970	R32	Pancho Guzman	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Jun 17, 1970	R64	Buster C Mottram	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data