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A. Ashe#17 def. M. Edmondson#78

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 27, 1978*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	M. Edmondson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	M. Edmondson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jun 24, 1954
Age	35	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	78
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,980	1,682
Career W-L	800–258	244–231
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,451,680

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 1 – 1 M. Edmondson

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1978	R64	R. Ruffels	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1978	R16	A. Stone	2-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Edmondson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1978	R64	B. Giltinan	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data