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Gene Mayer #134 def. Marcello Lara #72

4-6 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 1978*
Tournament	Mexico City Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gene Mayer
Score	4-6 6-1 6-1
Loser	Marcello Lara

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Mayer	Marcello Lara
Country	USA	MEX
Birth date	Apr 11, 1956	Oct 5, 1947
Age	21	30
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	134	72
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,701	1,462
Career W-L	311–159	61–113
Career earnings	$1,382,422	—

Pre-match H2H

Gene Mayer 0 – 0 Marcello Lara

Path

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	Trey Waltke	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1978	QF	Peter Pearson	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Marcello Lara's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	Syd Ball	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data