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Ken Rosewall #6 def. Cliff Drysdale #37

6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1975*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	May 26, 1941
Age	40	33
Height	170	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	37
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,133	1,918
Career W-L	541–195	402–253
Career earnings	$1,602,700	—

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 9 – 5 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1975	SF	Harold Solomon	6-4 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1975	QF	John Alexander	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1975	R16	Cliff Richey	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1975	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	7-5 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1975	SF	Vijay Amritraj	3-6 7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1975	QF	Phil Dent	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1975	R16	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1975	R32	Mike Estep	2-6 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data