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Rod Laver def. Roger Taylor

6-1 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 11, 1971*
Tournament	Bristol
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-1 3-6 6-2
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Roger Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Oct 14, 1941
Age	32	29
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,220	1,841
Career W-L	576–147	369–296
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 6 – 1 Roger Taylor

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1971	R32	Fred Stolle	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1971	QF	Marty Riessen	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1971	R32	Allan Stone	1-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data