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Marty Riessen def. Cliff Richey

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1972*
Tournament	Fort Worth Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	Cliff Richey
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Dec 31, 1946
Age	30	25
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,063	2,026
Career W-L	533–316	488–224
Career earnings	$465	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 2 – 2 Cliff Richey

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1972	R32	Allan Stone	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1972	QF	Arthur Ashe	6-1 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1972	R32	Phil Dent	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data