Phil Dent #77 def. John James

6-2 6-1

Phil Dent defeated John James 6-2 6-1 in the 1979 Sydney International semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 22, 1979*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Phil Dent	John James
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Mar 7, 1951
Age	29	28
Height	183 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	77	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,806	1,648
Current career W-L	414–344	98–144
Current career earnings	—	$2,210

Pre-match H2H

Phil Dent #77 4 – 0 John James

Path

Phil Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Balazs Taroczy #42	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Victor Amaya #29	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
John Marks	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
Ken Rosewall	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64

Phil Dent's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hank Pfister #37	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 23, 1979	F

John James's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sherwood Stewart	4-6 6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data	Dec 22, 1979	QF
Dave Siegler	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 21, 1979	R16
Terry Rocavert	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1979	R32
Peter Rennert #60	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979	R64