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Russell Simpson#108 def. Mike Cahill#89

6-3 6-1

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Russell Simpson	Mike 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

Russell Simpson 0 – 2 Mike Cahill

Path

Russell Simpson's path

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

Russell Simpson's next match

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

Mike Cahill's path

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