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K. Rosewall def. R. Taylor

6-1 9-8

Match Information

Date	Jul 16, 1971*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	6-1 9-8
Loser	R. Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	R. Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Oct 14, 1941
Age	36	29
Height	170	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,068	1,829
Career W-L	541–195	369–296
Career earnings	$1,602,700	—

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 6 – 0 R. Taylor

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1971	SF	G. Battrick	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1971	QF	O. Parun	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1971	R16	Terry Ryan	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 13, 1971	R32	J. Ward	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1971	SF	J. Chanfreau	9-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1971	QF	Andrew Pattison	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 14, 1971	R16	F. McMillan	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1971	R32	John Barrett	6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data