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Gene Mayer #11 def. Christo Steyn #616

3-6 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1983*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Gene Mayer
Score	3-6 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Christo Steyn

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Mayer	Christo Steyn
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1956	May 1, 1961
Age	27	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	616
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,507
Career W-L	311–159	43–53
Career earnings	$1,382,422	$251,474

Pre-match H2H

Gene Mayer 0 – 0 Christo Steyn

Path

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1983	R128	Matt Doyle	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

Gene Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1983	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	1-6 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christo Steyn's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1983	R128	Marcel Freeman	6-2 6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data