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Gene Mayer#49 def. Franco Merlone#357

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 1979*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Gene Mayer
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Franco Merlone

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Mayer	Franco Merlone
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1956	Dec 16, 1957
Age	22	21
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	49	357
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,793	1,517
Career W-L	311–159	4–4
Career earnings	$1,382,422	—

Pre-match H2H

Gene Mayer 0 – 0 Franco Merlone

Path

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	Raul Ramirez	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	QF	Adriano Panatta	6-3 3-6 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Franco Merlone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	Angel Gimenez	2-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data