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Wayne Ferreira #46 def. David Wheaton #15

6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1992*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Wayne Ferreira
Score	6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Wayne Ferreira	David Wheaton
Aces	22	5
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	84	61
Second serve points won %	34	57
Break points saved %	82	56
Break points converted %	44	18
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Ferreira	David Wheaton
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Sep 15, 1971	Jun 2, 1969
Age	20	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	46	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,753	1,984
Career W-L	483–314	231–190
Career earnings	$9,969,617	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Ferreira 0 – 1 David Wheaton

Path

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1992	R32	Mark Woodforde	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1992	R64	Karel Novacek	3-6 6-3 7-6(6) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	Leonardo Lavalle	6-2 6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1992	QF	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1992	R32	Lars Koslowski	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1992	R64	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 5-7 6-4 2-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	Jason Cask	6-4 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data