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B. Mitton #58 def. C. Dowdeswell #87

6-7 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 27, 1977*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	B. Mitton
Score	6-7 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	C. Dowdeswell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Mitton	C. Dowdeswell
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	Nov 9, 1954	May 12, 1955
Age	22	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	58	87
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,751	1,690
Career W-L	206–223	119–173
Career earnings	—	$327,277

Pre-match H2H

B. Mitton 0 – 0 C. Dowdeswell

Path

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	P. Dupre	6-0 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	G. Vilas	1-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

C. Dowdeswell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	H. Gauvain	6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data