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Brian Teacher #51 def. Marcello Lara #97

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 1978*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Brian Teacher
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Marcello Lara

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Teacher	Marcello Lara
Country	USA	MEX
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Oct 5, 1947
Age	23	30
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	97
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,788	1,467
Career W-L	338–237	61–113
Career earnings	$1,426,514	—

Pre-match H2H

Brian Teacher 1 – 0 Marcello Lara

Path

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	John Austin	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Brian Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-5 3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Marcello Lara's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Erik Van Dillen	5-7 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data