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R. Taylor def. M. Anderson

6-4 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1972*
Tournament	Merion
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	R. Taylor
Score	6-4 6-0 6-4
Loser	M. Anderson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Taylor	M. Anderson
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Mar 3, 1935
Age	30	37
Height	183	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,910
Career W-L	369–296	81–54

Pre-match H2H

R. Taylor 2 – 1 M. Anderson

Path

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	SF	J. Connors	7-6 6-1 4-6 1-6 7-6	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	SF	M. Cox	3-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	QF	H. Solomon	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1972	R16	A. Gimeno	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1972	R32	S. Faulk	3-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1972	R64	Dick Dell	3-6 6-1 7-6	W	—	Match data