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Colin Dowdeswell#72 def. Gianni Ocleppo#93

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 8, 1978*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Colin Dowdeswell
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Gianni Ocleppo

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Colin Dowdeswell	Gianni Ocleppo
Country	GBR	ITA
Birth date	May 12, 1955	Apr 6, 1957
Age	23	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	72	93
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,650	1,573
Career W-L	119–173	98–123
Career earnings	$327,277	$325,570

Pre-match H2H

Colin Dowdeswell 0 – 0 Gianni Ocleppo

Path

Colin Dowdeswell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1978	R32	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Colin Dowdeswell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1978	QF	Johan Kriek	6-1 2-6 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Gianni Ocleppo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1978	R32	Bob Hewitt	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data