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R. Simpson #108 def. M. Cahill #89

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1979*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	R. Simpson
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	M. Cahill

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Simpson	M. Cahill
Country	NZL	USA
Birth date	Feb 22, 1954	Jun 17, 1952
Age	25	27
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	108	89
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,524	1,719
Career W-L	131–195	100–155
Career earnings	$326,467	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Simpson 0 – 2 M. Cahill

Path

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1979	R32	J. Kriek	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Simpson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1979	QF	T. Moor	6-3 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Cahill's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1979	R32	H. Schoenfield	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data