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Rod Laver def. Marty Riessen

2-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 1971*
Tournament	Fort Worth Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	2-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Marty Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Marty Riessen
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Dec 4, 1941
Age	33	29
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,127	2,037
Career W-L	576–147	533–316
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$465

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 6 – 4 Marty Riessen

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1971	SF	Roy Emerson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1971	QF	Ken Rosewall	7-5 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1971	R16	Bob Lutz	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 25, 1971	R32	Graham Stilwell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver'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
Aug 27, 1971	SF	Cliff Drysdale	5-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1971	QF	John Alexander	7-6 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1971	R16	Owen Davidson	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1971	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data