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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Jose Luis Clerc #5

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 7, 1982*
Tournament	Forest Hills Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Aug 16, 1958
Age	22	23
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,341	2,047
Career W-L	1,051–229	361–141
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 4 – 7 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1982	QF	Mel Purcell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1982	R16	Hans Gildemeister	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 5, 1982	R32	Werner Zirngibl	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1982	R64	Damir Keretic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1982	F	Eddie Dibbs	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1982	QF	Pablo Arraya	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1982	R16	Andres Gomez	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1982	R32	Mario Martinez	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 4, 1982	R64	Bruce Derlin	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data