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Cliff Drysdale #23 def. Tom Gorman #11

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1974*
Tournament	Miami Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Tom Gorman
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jan 19, 1946
Age	32	28
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	11
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,935	1,981
Career W-L	402–253	418–293
Career earnings	—	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 3 – 2 Tom Gorman

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	Tom Okker	6-0 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Patrick Proisy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Bob Hewitt	6-2 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Marty Riessen	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	John Alexander	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Ray Ruffels	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Georges Goven	3-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data