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Brian Teacher #20 def. Peter Mcnamara

6-7 7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1981*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Brian Teacher
Score	6-7 7-5 6-3 6-4
Loser	Peter Mcnamara

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Teacher	Peter Mcnamara
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Jul 5, 1955
Age	26	25
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,999	1,946
Career W-L	338–237	—
Career earnings	$1,426,514	$1,046,935

Pre-match H2H

Brian Teacher 1 – 0 Peter Mcnamara

Path

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1981	QF	Paul Mcnamee	6-4 4-6 6-0 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1981	R16	John Austin	6-4 6-1 7-6	W	—	Match data
Jan 1, 1981	R32	Ulrich Marten	6-2 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1980	R64	Tim Mayotte	7-6 3-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1981	F	Kim Warwick	7-5 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Peter Mcnamara's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1981	QF	Peter Rennert	7-6 5-7 6-2 6-7 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jan 4, 1981	R16	Brian Gottfried	7-5 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 1, 1981	R32	Mike Estep	7-6 3-6 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Dec 30, 1980	R64	Peter Feigl	7-5 7-6 6-0	W	—	Match data