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B. Mitton#65 def. M. Cox#61

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	B. Mitton
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	M. Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Mitton	M. Cox
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	Nov 9, 1954	Jul 5, 1943
Age	23	35
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	65	61
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,748	1,797
Career W-L	206–223	408–274

Pre-match H2H

B. Mitton 1 – 4 M. Cox

Path

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	T. Leonard	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	B. Borg	6-4 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	S. Birner	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data