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Brian Teacher #20 def. Russell Simpson #98

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 20, 1980*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Brian Teacher
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Teacher	Russell Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Feb 22, 1954
Age	25	26
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	98
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,737
Career W-L	338–237	131–195
Career earnings	$1,426,514	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Brian Teacher 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1980	QF	Kim Warwick	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1980	R16	Peter Rennert	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1980	R32	Tony Graham	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1980	R64	Pascal Portes	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1980	F	Fritz Buehning	3-6 7-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1980	QF	Shlomo Glickstein	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1980	R16	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1980	R32	Victor Pecci	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1980	R64	Rick Fisher	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data