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R. Simpson#108 def. B. Martin#87

7-5 6-1 1-6 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	R. Simpson
Score	7-5 6-1 1-6 5-7 6-4
Loser	B. Martin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Simpson	B. Martin
Country	NZL	USA
Birth date	Feb 22, 1954	Dec 25, 1956
Age	25	22
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	108	87
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,462	1,661
Career W-L	131–195	146–175
Career earnings	$326,467	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Simpson 2 – 0 B. Martin

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.