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P. Dent #87 def. I. Tiriac #263

6-7 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1979*
Tournament	Hobart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	P. Dent
Score	6-7 6-4 6-3
Loser	I. Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	P. Dent	I. Tiriac
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	May 9, 1939
Age	28	39
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	87	263
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,756	1,535
Career W-L	418–351	228–190

Pre-match H2H

P. Dent 1 – 0 I. Tiriac

Path

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R32	J. Marks	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	C. Kachel	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

I. Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R32	A. Rae	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data