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Kevin Curren#21 def. Ben Testerman#38

2-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 9, 1984*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Kevin Curren
Score	2-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Ben Testerman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Curren	Ben Testerman
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 2, 1958	Feb 2, 1962
Age	26	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	38
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,934	1,802
Career W-L	339–238	87–102
Career earnings	$3,054,423	$371,244

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Curren 1 – 1 Ben Testerman

Path

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1984	QF	Scott Davis	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1984	R16	Ivan Lendl	6-1 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1984	R32	Eddie Edwards	6-3 4-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 30, 1984	R64	Wally Masur	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Curren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 10, 1984	F	Mats Wilander	6-7 6-4 7-6 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Ben Testerman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1984	QF	Boris Becker	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1984	R16	Joakim Nystrom	7-6 6-3 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1984	R32	Matt Mitchell	6-7 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 30, 1984	R64	Marcel Freeman	7-6 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data