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C. Drysdale#26 def. J. Simpson#76

4-6 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1973*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	C. Drysdale
Score	4-6 6-3 6-0
Loser	J. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Drysdale	J. Simpson
Country	RSA	NZL
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Oct 29, 1950
Age	32	22
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	76
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,546
Career W-L	402–253	47–94
Career earnings	—	$276

Pre-match H2H

C. Drysdale 0 – 0 J. Simpson

Path

C. Drysdale's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

C. Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1973	R16	R. Ramirez	6-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1973	R64	Anand Amritraj	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data