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G. Goven#129 def. S. Birner#87

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1979*
Tournament	Nancy
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	G. Goven
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	S. Birner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Goven	S. Birner
Country	FRA	CZE
Birth date	Apr 27, 1948	Oct 11, 1956
Age	30	22
Height	173	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	129	87
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,576	1,510
Career W-L	203–230	63–119
Career earnings	$212	$298,727

Pre-match H2H

G. Goven 0 – 0 S. Birner

Path

G. Goven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	J. Hrebec	7-5 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

G. Goven's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	QF	Y. Noah	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Birner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	Z. Franulovic	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data