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B. Mitton #71 def. R. Fisher #174

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1979*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	B. Mitton
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	R. Fisher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Mitton	R. Fisher
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Nov 9, 1954	Mar 29, 1951
Age	24	28
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	71	174
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,730	1,493
Career W-L	206–223	48–104
Career earnings	—	$33

Pre-match H2H

B. Mitton 1 – 0 R. Fisher

Path

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	C. Kachel	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1979	R16	M. Cox	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

R. Fisher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	J. Hrebec	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data