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Johan Kriek #13 def. Steve Denton #24

6-2 7-6 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 1982*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Johan Kriek
Score	6-2 7-6 6-7 6-4
Loser	Steve Denton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Johan Kriek	Steve Denton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 5, 1958	Sep 5, 1956
Age	23	25
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,940	1,790
Career W-L	380–223	109–116
Career earnings	$2,383,794	$1,084,664

Pre-match H2H

Johan Kriek 0 – 0 Steve Denton

Path

Johan Kriek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1982	SF	Mark Edmondson	6-0 7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1982	QF	Tim Mayotte	7-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	Chris Lewis	7-5 7-5 3-6 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1981	R32	Thomas Hogstedt	6-2 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	Drew Gitlin	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Johan Kriek's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1982	SF	Hank Pfister	7-6 6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1982	QF	Shlomo Glickstein	6-4 3-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	John Alexander	6-7 4-6 7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1981	R32	Kevin Curren	6-7 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	Eddie Edwards	7-6 6-7 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data