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Paul Mcnamee #82 def. Russell Simpson #133

7-5 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 30, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Paul Mcnamee
Score	7-5 6-4 6-4
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Mcnamee	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	Nov 12, 1954	Feb 22, 1954
Age	25	25
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	82	133
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,685	1,589
Career W-L	231–219	131–195
Career earnings	$1,233,615	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Paul Mcnamee 0 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Paul Mcnamee's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1979	R64	Sashi Menon	6-2 4-6 5-7 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Mcnamee's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1980	R16	Victor Amaya	6-7 3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1979	R64	Wayne Hampson	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data