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Roger Taylor def. John Paish

2-6 9-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 1973*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Taylor
Score	2-6 9-7 6-3
Loser	John Paish

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	John Paish
Country	GBR	GBR
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Mar 23, 1940
Age	31	33
Height	183	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,592
Career W-L	369–296	43–68

Pre-match H2H

Roger Taylor 0 – 0 John Paish

Path

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1973	QF	Terry Ryan	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 13, 1973	R16	Jonathan Smith	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 12, 1973	R32	Ernie Ewert	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1973	R64	Geoff Griffiths	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data

Roger Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1973	F	Bob Giltinan	9-8 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Paish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1973	QF	John Bartlett	9-7 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1973	R16	Jaidip Mukerjea	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1973	R32	Ray Keldie	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1973	R64	Phil Tovey	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data