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Tom Gorman #63 def. Steve Denton #226

7-6 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1979*
Tournament	Lafayette
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Tom Gorman
Score	7-6 3-6 6-1
Loser	Steve Denton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Gorman	Steve Denton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Sep 5, 1956
Age	33	22
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	63	226
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,791	1,496
Career W-L	418–293	109–116
Career earnings	$10,000	$1,084,664

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gorman 0 – 0 Steve Denton

Path

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1979	R32	Bruce Kleege	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gorman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1979	QF	Pat Dupre	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1979	R32	William Mcgehee	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data