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B. Hewitt def. R. Keldie

8-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 31, 1971
Tournament	Manchester
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	B. Hewitt
Score	8-6 6-2
Loser	R. Keldie

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Hewitt	R. Keldie
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	Jan 17, 1946
Age	31	25
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,539
Career W-L	285–178	64–106
Career earnings	$613,837	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Hewitt 1 – 0 R. Keldie

Path

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	QF	S. Matthews	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R16	Ezio Di Matteo	7-5 7-5	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1971	R32	P. Clarke	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R64	Keith Stephens	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

B. Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	F	C. Dibley	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

R. Keldie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	QF	S. Ball	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R16	R. Case	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R32	Eddie Fox	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1971	R64	John Anthony Southworth	6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data