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Rod Laver def. Cliff Drysdale

2-6 6-3 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 12, 1972*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	2-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 26, 1941
Age	33	30
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,188	2,047
Career W-L	576–147	402–253
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 8 – 3 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	QF	Bob Lutz	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Feb 10, 1972	R16	Nikola Pilic	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	Roy Barth	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver'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
Feb 11, 1972	SF	John Newcombe	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	QF	Charlie Pasarell	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1972	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data