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Richard Lewis #99 def. John James #97

2-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 15, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Richard Lewis
Score	2-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	John James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Lewis	John James
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Dec 6, 1954	Mar 7, 1951
Age	23	26
Height	—	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	99	97
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,621	1,619
Career W-L	67–115	98–144
Career earnings	$547	$212

Pre-match H2H

Richard Lewis 0 – 0 John James

Path

Richard Lewis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	Robin Drysdale	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Lewis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	Butch Walts	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

John James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	Hank Pfister	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data