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Ove Bengtson#80 def. Eliot Teltscher#89

5-7 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1978*
Tournament	Sarasota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ove Bengtson
Score	5-7 7-6 6-2
Loser	Eliot Teltscher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ove Bengtson	Eliot Teltscher
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Apr 5, 1945	Mar 15, 1959
Age	32	18
Height	196	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	80	89
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,689	1,551
Career W-L	134–169	392–207
Career earnings	—	$1,653,997

Pre-match H2H

Ove Bengtson 0 – 0 Eliot Teltscher

Path

Ove Bengtson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1978	R32	Billy Martin	6-7 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ove Bengtson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1978	QF	Tomas Smid	6-7 6-4 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Eliot Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1978	R32	Erik Van Dillen	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data