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Stan Smith#19 def. John Whitlinger#127

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 3, 1977*
Tournament	Tokyo Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	John Whitlinger

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	John Whitlinger
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Feb 4, 1954
Age	30	23
Height	—	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	127
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,930	1,510
Career W-L	—	45–77
Career earnings	$1,774,811	—

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 0 – 0 John Whitlinger

Path

Stan Smith's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1977	R16	Jiri Hrebec	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

John Whitlinger's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1977	R64	Kenichi Hirai	6-0 7-6	W	H2H	Match data