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Rod Laver def. Roy Emerson

4-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date Jun 8, 1970*
Tournament St. Louis Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundSF
Winner Rod Laver
Score4-6 7-5 6-3
Loser Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverRoy Emerson
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Nov 3, 1936
Age3133
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1111,909
Career W-L576–147275–174
Career earnings$1,565,413
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 11 6 Roy Emerson

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 8, 1970QF Ismail El Shafei 6-2 5-7 6-1WMatch data
Jun 7, 1970R16 Ron Holmberg 6-4 6-2WMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 9, 1970F Ken Rosewall 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data

Roy Emerson's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 8, 1970QF Dennis Ralston 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 7, 1970R16 Torben Ulrich 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 6, 1970R32 Larry Miller 6-4 6-1WMatch data