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Buster C Mottram#24 def. Akira Kawaguchi

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1978*
Tournament	Osaka
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Buster C Mottram
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Akira Kawaguchi

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Buster C Mottram	Akira Kawaguchi
Country	GBR	JPN
Birth date	—	—
Age	—	—
Height	193	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,500
Career W-L	270–177	0–2
Career earnings	$14,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Buster C Mottram 0 – 0 Akira Kawaguchi

Path

Buster C Mottram's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R64	Bhanu Nunna	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Buster C Mottram's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	R16	Mike Cahill	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Akira Kawaguchi's path

No prior matches in this tournament.