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Ken Rosewall def. Tony Roche

2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 16, 1970*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Tony Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	May 17, 1945
Age	35	25
Height	170	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,116	2,135
Career W-L	541–195	360–191
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 5 – 4 Tony Roche

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1970	SF	John Newcombe	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	Stan Smith	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	Nikola Pilic	7-5 6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Charlie Pasarell	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	Stanley Pasarell	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Robert Potthast	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1970	SF	Cliff Richey	6-2 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	Brian Fairlie	6-3 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	Tom Gorman	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Peter Curtis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	Mark Cox	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data