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Tim Wilkison #78 def. Steve Denton #74

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 19, 1981*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Wilkison
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Steve Denton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Wilkison	Steve Denton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Nov 23, 1959	Sep 5, 1956
Age	22	25
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	78	74
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,746	1,656
Career W-L	294–298	109–116
Career earnings	$1,278,210	$1,084,664

Pre-match H2H

Tim Wilkison 1 – 0 Steve Denton

Path

Tim Wilkison's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	QF	Phil Dent	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1981	R16	Henri Leconte	6-4 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	Fritz Buehning	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1981	R64	Jim Gurfein	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Wilkison's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1981	F	Chris Lewis	6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	QF	Hank Pfister	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1981	R16	Wally Masur	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	Wayne Hampson	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1981	R64	Jerome Potier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data