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R. Taylor def. J. Connors

7-6 6-1 4-6 1-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1972*
Tournament	Merion
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	R. Taylor
Score	7-6 6-1 4-6 1-6 7-6
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Taylor	J. Connors
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Sep 2, 1952
Age	30	19
Height	183	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,960	1,932
Career W-L	369–296	1,262–294
Career earnings	—	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

R. Taylor 0 – 0 J. Connors

Path

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	QF	John Cooper	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1972	R16	P. Cramer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1972	R32	V. Amritraj	6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1972	R64	R. Fisher	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1972	F	M. Anderson	6-4 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	QF	C. Dibley	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1972	R16	A. Panatta	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1972	R32	P. Cornejo	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1972	R64	John Andrews	6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data