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Sherwood Stewart def. B. Mitton#78

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 2, 1977*
Tournament	Johannesburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sherwood Stewart
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	B. Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sherwood Stewart	B. Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1946	Nov 9, 1954
Age	31	23
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	78
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,674	1,703
Career W-L	—	206–223
Career earnings	$1,602,565	—

Pre-match H2H

Sherwood Stewart 1 – 2 B. Mitton

Path

Sherwood Stewart's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1977	R32	J. Muller	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Sherwood Stewart's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1977	QF	F. McMillan	2-6 4-6	L	—	Match data

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1977	R32	M. Cox	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data