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Russell Simpson#69 def. Karl Meiler#270

6-4 1-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 1982*
Tournament	Cologne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Russell Simpson
Score	6-4 1-6 6-2
Loser	Karl Meiler

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Russell Simpson	Karl Meiler
Country	NZL	GER
Birth date	Feb 22, 1954	Apr 30, 1949
Age	28	33
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	69	270
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,691	1,581
Career W-L	131–195	252–189
Career earnings	$326,467	$2,148

Pre-match H2H

Russell Simpson 0 – 0 Karl Meiler

Path

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1982	R32	Peter Elter	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1982	QF	Kevin Curren	6-4 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Karl Meiler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1982	R32	Gianluca Rinaldini	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data