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Gene Mayer#27 def. Ivan Lendl#48

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date May 26, 1979*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner Gene Mayer
Score7-5 6-2
Loser Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGene MayerIvan Lendl
Country USA USA
Birth dateApr 11, 1956Mar 7, 1960
Age2319
Height183188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)2748
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9241,634
Career W-L311–1591,051–229
Career earnings$1,382,422$21,262,417
Pre-match H2H
Gene Mayer 0 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

Gene Mayer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 24, 1979R32 Tim Gullikson 6-4 6-2WMatch data
May 23, 1979R64 Francisco Gonzalez 7-5 6-0WH2HMatch data

Gene Mayer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1979QF Terry Moor 7-6 6-3WH2HMatch data

Ivan Lendl's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 24, 1979R32 Fernando Luna 6-1 7-6WH2HMatch data
May 23, 1979R64 Cassio Motta 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data