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R. Laver#120 def. M. Cox#28

6-4 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 1978*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4
Loser	M. Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	M. Cox
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 5, 1943
Age	39	34
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	120	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,946	1,846
Career W-L	576–147	408–274
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 3 – 2 M. Cox

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	J. Kodes	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1978	QF	E. Dibbs	1-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

M. Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	M. Orantes	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data