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T. Roche def. M. Riessen

3-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 18, 1972*
Tournament	Washington Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	T. Roche
Score	3-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	M. Riessen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Dec 4, 1941
Age	27	30
Height	178	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,905	2,085
Career W-L	360–191	533–316
Career earnings	$529,199	$465

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 8 – 7 M. Riessen

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	SF	R. Ruffels	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	J. Alexander	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	F. Stolle	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	R32	Jasjit Singh	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R64	Bill Monan	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

T. Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	SF	J. Newcombe	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	A. Ashe	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	B. Carmichael	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	R32	G. Battrick	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R64	S. Turner	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data