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Phil Dent #77 def. John James #86

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Dec 22, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Phil Dent
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	John James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Phil Dent	John James
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Mar 7, 1951
Age	29	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	77	86
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,805	1,646
Career W-L	418–351	98–144
Career earnings	—	$212

Pre-match H2H

Phil Dent 4 – 0 John James

Path

Phil Dent's path

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

Phil Dent's next match

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

John James's path

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