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Marty Riessen def. Roger Taylor

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1972*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	Roger Taylor
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Oct 14, 1941
Age	30	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,075	1,979
Career W-L	533–316	369–296
Career earnings	$465	—

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 10 – 2 Roger Taylor

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1972	R32	Tom Leonard	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1972	QF	John Newcombe	6-7 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1972	R32	Ken Rosewall	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data