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Ivan Lendl#24 def. R. Simpson#133

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1980*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	R. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	R. Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Feb 22, 1954
Age	19	26
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	133
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,612
Career W-L	1,051–229	131–195
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 0 – 0 R. Simpson

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 1980	R16	J. Connors	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1980	R64	F. Buehning	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data