R16 South African Open 1973

Mark Cox #21 def. Jurgen Fassbender #39

7-5 7-6 1-6 6-3

Mark Cox defeated Jurgen Fassbender 7-5 7-6 1-6 6-3 in the 1973 South African Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 1, 1973*
Tournament: South African Open
Edition: 1973
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Mark Cox	Jurgen Fassbender
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Jul 5, 1943	May 28, 1948
Age	30	25
Height	185 cm	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	39
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,752
Current career W-L	406–272	184–168

Pre-match H2H

Mark Cox #21 1 – 0 Jurgen Fassbender #39

Path

Mark Cox's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hans Jurgen Pohmann #130	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 30, 1973	R32

Mark Cox's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #3	3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 2, 1973	QF

Jurgen Fassbender's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lew Hoad	6-1 6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data	Nov 30, 1973	R32