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John Fitzgerald #37 def. Howard Sands #168

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Dec 28, 1984*
Tournament	Melbourne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	John Fitzgerald
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	Howard Sands

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Fitzgerald	Howard Sands
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1960	Feb 5, 1962
Age	24	22
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	168
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,784	1,482
Career W-L	230–221	5–10
Career earnings	$3,207,272	—

Pre-match H2H

John Fitzgerald 1 – 0 Howard Sands

Path

John Fitzgerald's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1984	R32	David Mustard	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Fitzgerald's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 1984	QF	Brad Drewett	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Howard Sands's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1984	R32	Glenn Layendecker	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data