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Bernie Mitton #58 def. Colin 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	Bernie Mitton
Score	6-7 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Colin Dowdeswell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bernie Mitton	Colin 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

Bernie Mitton 0 – 0 Colin Dowdeswell

Path

Bernie Mitton's path

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

Bernie Mitton's next match

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

Colin Dowdeswell's path

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