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B. Hewitt def. J. Fassbender

7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	B. Hewitt
Score	7-5 6-3 6-4
Loser	J. Fassbender

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Hewitt	J. Fassbender
Country	RSA	GER
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	May 28, 1948
Age	32	24
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,961	1,543
Career W-L	285–178	170–167
Career earnings	$613,837	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Hewitt 0 – 0 J. Fassbender

Path

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	H. Pohmann	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	P. Cornejo	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Fassbender's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	I. Molina	6-4 7-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data