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Jose Luis Clerc#12 def. John James#86

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1979*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jose Luis Clerc
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	John James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Luis Clerc	John James
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Mar 7, 1951
Age	20	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	86
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,907	1,613
Career W-L	361–141	98–144
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$212

Pre-match H2H

Jose Luis Clerc 0 – 0 John James

Path

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1979	R64	Kevin Curren	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1979	R16	Marty Riessen	4-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1979	R64	John Austin	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data