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R. Laver#6 def. M. Riessen#20

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1974*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	M. Riessen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Dec 4, 1941
Age	35	32
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	20
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,104	1,941
Career W-L	576–147	533–316
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$465

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 9 – 7 M. Riessen

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1974	SF	T. Okker	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1974	QF	Bob Lutz	6-7 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 17, 1974	R16	D. Stockton	6-4 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1974	R32	W. Brown	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1974	SF	J. Newcombe	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1974	QF	A. Ashe	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1974	R16	T. Gorman	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1974	R32	J. Borowiak	6-3 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data