R64 US Open 1978

Stan Smith def. Ove Bengtson #89

6-2 6-2

Stan Smith defeated Ove Bengtson 6-2 6-2 in the 1978 US Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 2, 1978*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Ove Bengtson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Apr 5, 1945
Age	31	33
Height	193 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	89
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,886	1,675
Current career W-L	652–287	132–168
Current career earnings	$1,774,811	—

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 7 – 1 Ove Bengtson #89

Path

Stan Smith's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Yuill	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1978	R128

Stan Smith's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas #3	4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1978	R32

Ove Bengtson's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Dowlen	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1978	R128