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Cliff Richey #66 def. Colin Dowdeswell #97

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 1978*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Colin Dowdeswell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Colin Dowdeswell
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	May 12, 1955
Age	31	22
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	66	97
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,805	1,666
Career W-L	488–224	119–173
Career earnings	$7,500	$327,277

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 1 – 0 Colin Dowdeswell

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1978	SF	Bernie Mitton	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1978	QF	Frew Mcmillan	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1978	R16	Andrew Pattison	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 6, 1978	R32	Frank Gebert	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Colin Dowdeswell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1978	SF	Guillermo Vilas	6-1 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1978	QF	Colin Dibley	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1978	R16	Pascal Portes	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1978	R32	Ross Case	2-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data