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B. Mitton #73 def. R. Drysdale #71

6-3 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 1978*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	B. Mitton
Score	6-3 2-6 6-3
Loser	R. Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Mitton	R. Drysdale
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	Nov 9, 1954	Sep 18, 1952
Age	23	25
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	71
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,739	1,555
Career W-L	206–223	35–77
Career earnings	—	$9,754

Pre-match H2H

B. Mitton 0 – 0 R. Drysdale

Path

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1978	R32	B. Teacher	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1978	QF	A. Ashe	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1978	R32	B. Nunna	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data