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T. Roche def. B. Fairlie

6-3 7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 1970*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	T. Roche
Score	6-3 7-5 7-6
Loser	B. Fairlie

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	B. Fairlie
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Jun 13, 1948
Age	25	22
Height	178	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,102	1,838
Career W-L	360–191	233–220
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 1 – 0 B. Fairlie

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	T. Gorman	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	P. Curtis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	M. Cox	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

T. Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1970	SF	C. Richey	6-2 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Fairlie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	Tito Vazquez	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	R. Ruffels	4-6 6-7 6-2 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	C. Drysdale	3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Ron Holmberg	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data