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S. Denton#23 def. Schalk Van Der Merwe

6-7 7-5 3-6 6-4 13-11

Match Information

Date	Jun 25, 1982*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	S. Denton
Score	6-7 7-5 3-6 6-4 13-11
Loser	Schalk Van Der Merwe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	S. Denton	Schalk Van Der Merwe
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Sep 5, 1956	Apr 16, 1961
Age	25	21
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,525
Career W-L	109–116	—
Career earnings	$1,084,664	$5,465

Pre-match H2H

S. Denton 0 – 0 Schalk Van Der Merwe

Path

S. Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1982	R128	J. Sadri	6-7 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

S. Denton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1982	R32	C. Lewis	7-6 7-5 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Schalk Van Der Merwe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1982	R128	T. Moor	6-4 6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data