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R. Meyer #100 def. L. Palin #197

6-4 7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Dec 20, 1981*
Tournament	Sofia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	R. Meyer
Score	6-4 7-6 7-6
Loser	L. Palin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Meyer	L. Palin
Country	USA	FIN
Birth date	Sep 4, 1955	Oct 20, 1956
Age	26	25
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	100	197
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,617	1,540
Career W-L	44–76	28–60
Career earnings	—	$140,695

Pre-match H2H

R. Meyer 0 – 0 L. Palin

Path

R. Meyer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	SF	F. Segarceanu	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	QF	K. Meiler	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1981	R16	Thomas Emmrich	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	C. Roger-Vasselin	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Meyer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

L. Palin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	SF	H. Beutel	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1981	QF	C. Zipf	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 18, 1981	R16	B. Blazekovic	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1981	R32	G. Ocleppo	7-6 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data