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Balazs Taroczy #26 def. Ivan Lendl #324

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 1978*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Balazs Taroczy
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Balazs Taroczy	Ivan Lendl
Country	HUN	USA
Birth date	May 9, 1954	Mar 7, 1960
Age	24	18
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	324
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,630
Career W-L	381–228	1,051–229
Career earnings	$1,437,443	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Balazs Taroczy 0 – 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

Balazs Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	QF	Ulrich Pinner	1-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	R16	Ricardo Ycaza	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	Jairo Velasco	7-5 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R64	Heinz Gunthardt	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Balazs Taroczy's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1978	F	Ilie Nastase	1-6 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	QF	Wojtek Fibak	4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	R16	Belus Prajoux	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	Hans Gildemeister	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R64	Ivan Molina	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data