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Stan Smith #22 def. R. Simpson #108

6-2 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-2 6-1 6-3
Loser	R. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	R. Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Feb 22, 1954
Age	32	25
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	108
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,499
Career W-L	—	131–195
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 2 – 0 R. Simpson

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	P. Portes	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	V. Gerulaitis	6-7 6-7 3-6	L	—	Match data

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	B. Martin	7-5 6-1 1-6 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data