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John Whitlinger #167 def. Ferdi Taygan

7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1974*
Tournament	Merion
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Whitlinger
Score	7-6 6-0
Loser	Ferdi Taygan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Whitlinger	Ferdi Taygan
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 4, 1954	Dec 5, 1956
Age	20	17
Height	180	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	167	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,593	1,555
Career W-L	45–77	74–121
Career earnings	—	$668,104

Pre-match H2H

John Whitlinger 0 – 0 Ferdi Taygan

Path

John Whitlinger's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	QF	Brian Teacher	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1974	R16	John Yuill	2-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1974	R32	Roy Barth	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1974	R64	Perry Wright	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

John Whitlinger's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1974	F	John Lloyd	0-6 6-4 3-6 5-7	L	—	Match data

Ferdi Taygan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	QF	Jim Delaney	2-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1974	R16	George Amaya	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 28, 1974	R32	Henry Bunis	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1974	R64	Sashi Menon	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data