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Rod Laver def. Ken Rosewall

4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 14, 1972*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 2, 1934
Age	33	37
Height	175	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,221	2,207
Career W-L	576–147	541–195
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 20 – 4 Ken Rosewall

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1972	SF	Tom Okker	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1972	QF	Bob Lutz	7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Feb 12, 1972	R16	Tony Roche	6-1 0-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	R32	Robert Maud	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1972	SF	Arthur Ashe	2-6 7-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1972	QF	Marty Riessen	6-1 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1972	R16	Roger Taylor	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	R32	Nikola Pilic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data