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S. Denton#54 def. K. Curren#50

6-7 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 30, 1981*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	S. Denton
Score	6-7 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Loser	K. Curren

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	S. Denton	K. Curren
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 5, 1956	Mar 2, 1958
Age	25	23
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	50
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,660	1,803
Career W-L	109–116	339–238
Career earnings	$1,084,664	$3,054,423

Pre-match H2H

S. Denton 0 – 0 K. Curren

Path

S. Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	E. Edwards	7-6 6-7 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

S. Denton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	J. Alexander	6-7 4-6 7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

K. Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	S. Krulevitz	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data