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Gene Malin#129 def. John Newcombe#71

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1979*
Tournament	Maui
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Gene Malin
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Malin	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 1, 1948	May 23, 1944
Age	31	35
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	129	71
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,508	1,833
Career W-L	11–30	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Gene Malin 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Gene Malin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Gene Malin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1979	R16	Vincent Van Patten	6-3 6-1	L	—	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1979	R64	Hank Pfister	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data