Rosewall defeats Laver

This is from an old highlight video of the final of the 1972 WCT Finals, in which Rosewall d. Laver 7-6 in the fifth set. I do not have any more of this match.

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Sports

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• Rosewall
• Laver
• tennis
• WCT

[72fordgrantorino]

NBC televised this match on Mother's Day 1972. I don't know how one might get a tape of this match, but it's an all-timer. It was considered by many to be the greatest men's match of all time until Borg-McEnroe at Wimbledon in 1980 and it established tennis on TV right before the tennis boom of the 1970s.

The highlights tape ran 30+ minutes and included clips from the 1971 and 1972 WCT Finals, both won by Rosewall over Laver [in 4 sets in 1971 and 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) in 1972].

[tomloft2000]

they were both past their prime,but you couldn't tell it by this video.

[vivascargill1]

may be best match ever-- and not with rocket ship raquets

[atele6]

Need to see more of this match. Its an epic one. No angles were left in geometry to play here. Someone should make an effort to get this clip.

[Hitaru07]

We could see this tennis every day..

But nooo, everyone wants to hit Bigshots as if that was the only tool you'd have in tennis..

Why not just play All-Court, placing Drops and risky Angle-Shots.. that makes much more fun !

[cain2335]

holy shit what a point

[robinho1979]

Laver GOAT!!!

[xedvux]

Legends.