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Cliff Drysdale def. Tony Roche

4-6 6-4 6-7 7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 1971*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	4-6 6-4 6-7 7-6 6-1
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Tony Roche
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 26, 1941	May 17, 1945
Age	29	25
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,941	2,049
Career W-L	402–253	360–191
Career earnings	—	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 8 – 6 Tony Roche

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1971	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-1 6-7 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1971	QF	Arthur Ashe	7-6 7-6 2-6 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1971	R32	Raymond Moore	6-3 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data