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Geoff Masters #81 def. John Whitlinger #100

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1976*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Geoff Masters
Score	7-6 7-5
Loser	John Whitlinger

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Geoff Masters	John Whitlinger
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Sep 19, 1950	Feb 4, 1954
Age	26	22
Height	—	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	81	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,714	1,519
Career W-L	238–255	45–77

Pre-match H2H

Geoff Masters 0 – 0 John Whitlinger

Path

Geoff Masters's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Geoff Masters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1976	R16	Butch Walts	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Whitlinger's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1976	R64	Ray Kelly	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data