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Roger Taylor def. Mal Anderson

6-4 6-0 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	Mal 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

Roger Taylor 2 – 1 Mal Anderson

Path

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	SF	Jimmy 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	Pat Cramer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1972	R32	Vijay Amritraj	6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1972	R64	Rick Fisher	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mal Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	SF	Mark Cox	3-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	QF	Harold Solomon	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1972	R16	Andres Gimeno	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1972	R32	Steve 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