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John Newcombe#71 def. Vijay Amritraj#36

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Vijay Amritraj

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Vijay Amritraj
Country	AUS	IND
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 14, 1953
Age	35	25
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	71	36
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,819	1,784
Career W-L	556–224	390–294
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,331,913

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 1 Vijay Amritraj

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Ross Case	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1979	QF	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-1 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Vijay Amritraj's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1979	R32	Sashi Menon	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data