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P. Dent #36 def. Sherwood Stewart

6-4 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	P. Dent
Score	6-4 6-3 6-3
Loser	Sherwood Stewart

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	P. Dent	Sherwood Stewart
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Jun 6, 1946
Age	26	30
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	36	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,656
Career W-L	418–351	—
Career earnings	—	$1,602,565

Pre-match H2H

P. Dent 1 – 1 Sherwood Stewart

Path

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1977	R64	J. James	7-5 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1977	R16	D. Crealy	6-3 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Sherwood Stewart's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1977	R64	G. Reid	6-7 6-3 6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data