SF South African Open 1971

Ken Rosewall def. Andres Gimeno

6-1 6-3 6-1

Ken Rosewall defeated Andres Gimeno 6-1 6-3 6-1 in the 1971 South African Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 10, 1971*
Tournament: South African Open
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Andres Gimeno
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Aug 3, 1937
Age	36	33
Height	170 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,083	1,896
Current career W-L	535–193	247–132
Current career earnings	$1,602,700	$2,500

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 12 – 3 Andres Gimeno

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Owen Davidson	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Colin Rees	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Bernard Mignot	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Julian Mayers	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64

Ken Rosewall's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fred Stolle	6-4 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1971	F

Andres Gimeno's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Drysdale	6-2 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Jan Leschly	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Pat Cramer	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Alfred Schwartz	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64