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Kevin Curren #40 def. Russell Simpson #87

6-7 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 11, 1981*
Tournament	Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Kevin Curren
Score	6-7 7-6 6-3
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Curren	Russell Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Mar 2, 1958	Feb 22, 1954
Age	23	27
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	87
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,665
Career W-L	339–238	131–195
Career earnings	$3,054,423	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Curren 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1981	R64	Chris Mayotte	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Curren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1981	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1981	R64	Chris Johnstone	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data