Tony Roche def. Brian Fairlie

6-3 7-5 7-6

Tony Roche defeated Brian Fairlie 6-3 7-5 7-6 in the 1970 US Open quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 13, 1970*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1970
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Brian Fairlie
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Jun 13, 1948
Age	25	22
Height	178 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,105	1,852
Current career W-L	360–191	233–220
Current career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 1 – 0 Brian Fairlie

Path

Tony Roche's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Gorman	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1970	R16
Peter Curtis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1970	R32
Mark Cox	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1970	R64
Erik Van Dillen	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data	Sep 4, 1970	R128

Tony Roche's next match

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

Brian Fairlie's path

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