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Jan Norback #177 def. Russell Simpson #100

4-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 21, 1980*
Tournament	Bologna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Jan Norback
Score	4-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Norback	Russell Simpson
Country	SWE	NZL
Birth date	Mar 6, 1956	Feb 22, 1954
Age	24	26
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	177	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,602	1,690
Career W-L	36–78	131–195
Career earnings	—	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Jan Norback 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Jan Norback's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 1980	R32	Balazs Taroczy	6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Norback's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 22, 1980	QF	Richard Meyer	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 1980	R32	Hartmut Kirchhubel	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data