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N. Saviano #159 def. R. Simpson #140

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1976*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	N. Saviano
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	R. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	N. Saviano	R. Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Jun 5, 1956	Feb 22, 1954
Age	20	22
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	159	140
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,489	1,472
Career W-L	158–199	131–195
Career earnings	—	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

N. Saviano 1 – 0 R. Simpson

Path

N. Saviano's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1976	R64	R. Case	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

N. Saviano's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1976	R16	H. Solomon	7-5 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1976	R64	S. Ball	7-6 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data