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Rod Laver def. Roy Emerson

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 1973*
Tournament	Toronto Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Nov 3, 1936
Age	34	36
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,095	1,950
Career W-L	576–147	275–174
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 22 – 6 Roy Emerson

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	SF	Stan Smith	4-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	QF	Cliff Richey	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1973	R16	Frew Mcmillan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1973	R32	Keith Carpenter	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	SF	Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1973	QF	Allan Stone	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1973	R16	Phil Dent	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1973	R32	Milan Holecek	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data