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Tony Roche def. Marty Riessen

3-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Marty 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

Tony Roche 8 – 7 Marty Riessen

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	SF	Ray Ruffels	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	John Alexander	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	Fred 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

Tony Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	SF	John Newcombe	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	Arthur Ashe	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	R32	Gerald Battrick	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R64	Steve Turner	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data