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Rod Laver def. Bob Carmichael

6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1970*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser	Bob Carmichael

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Bob Carmichael
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 4, 1940
Age	32	30
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,212	1,858
Career W-L	576–147	215–256
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$414

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Bob Carmichael

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	SF	Alex Metreveli	6-3 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	QF	Onny Parun	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R16	Richard Russell	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R32	Premjit Lall	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bob Carmichael's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	SF	Ken Rosewall	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	QF	Brian Fairlie	6-1 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R16	Cliff Drysdale	4-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R32	Raymond Moore	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1970	R64	Torben Ulrich	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data