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Alvin Gardiner#160 def. David Carter#99

3-6 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 1978*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Alvin Gardiner
Score	3-6 6-4 7-6
Loser	David Carter

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alvin Gardiner	David Carter
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 11, 1951	Apr 21, 1956
Age	27	22
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	160	99
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,428	1,627
Career W-L	43–100	76–119
Career earnings	—	$238,612

Pre-match H2H

Alvin Gardiner 0 – 0 David Carter

Path

Alvin Gardiner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Nick Saviano	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alvin Gardiner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

David Carter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Willem Prinsloo	6-7 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data