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Johan Kriek #29 def. Yannick Noah #39

6-3 7-6 4-6 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date Sep 6, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Johan Kriek
Score6-3 7-6 4-6 1-6 6-4
Loser Yannick Noah

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohan KriekYannick Noah
Country USA FRA
Birth dateApr 5, 1958May 18, 1960
Age2119
Height175194
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)2939
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,8971,851
Career W-L380–223456–194
Career earnings$2,383,794$3,440,660
Pre-match H2H
Johan Kriek 0 0 Yannick Noah

Path

Johan Kriek's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Victor Pecci 6-3 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Ramesh Krishnan 7-5 6-2 6-3WMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Ivan Molina 6-0 6-4 4-6 0-6 6-3WH2HMatch data

Johan Kriek's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 8, 1979QF Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5 3-6 4-6 3-6LH2HMatch data

Yannick Noah's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Butch Walts 7-6 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Wojtek Fibak 6-4 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Pat Cramer 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-6WH2HMatch data