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B. Hewitt #50 def. B. Taroczy #36

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1977*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	B. Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	B. Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Hewitt	B. Taroczy
Country	RSA	HUN
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	May 9, 1954
Age	37	23
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	50	36
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,820	1,810
Career W-L	285–178	381–228
Career earnings	$613,837	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

B. Hewitt 1 – 0 B. Taroczy

Path

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	B. Bertram	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1977	R16	I. Nastase	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

B. Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1977	R64	S. Menon	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data