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Rod Laver#120 def. Charlie Pasarell#137

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1978*
Tournament	Sarasota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	Charlie Pasarell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Charlie Pasarell
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Feb 12, 1944
Age	39	33
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	120	137
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,941	1,659
Career W-L	576–147	302–275
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 9 – 1 Charlie Pasarell

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1978	R32	Howard Schoenfield	6-0 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1978	QF	Pat Dupre	6-0 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Charlie Pasarell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1978	R32	Cliff Richey	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data