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Kevin Curren #6 def. Christo Steyn #174

6-7 6-2 11-9

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1985*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kevin Curren
Score	6-7 6-2 11-9
Loser	Christo Steyn

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Curren	Christo Steyn
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Mar 2, 1958	May 1, 1961
Age	27	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	174
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,941	1,558
Career W-L	339–238	43–53
Career earnings	$3,054,423	$251,474

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Curren 0 – 0 Christo Steyn

Path

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1985	R32	Tore Meinecke	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Curren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1985	QF	Jimmy Arias	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christo Steyn's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1985	R32	Juan Avendano	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data