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R. Tanner #5 def. B. Mitton #71

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 1979*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	B. Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	B. Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Nov 9, 1954
Age	27	24
Height	183	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	71
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,105	1,770
Career W-L	595–298	206–223
Career earnings	$1,696,198	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 2 – 1 B. Mitton

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1979	QF	I. Nastase	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1979	R16	F. Gonzalez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1979	R32	J. Sadri	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	Lito Alvarez	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1979	F	P. Fleming	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1979	QF	T. Gorman	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1979	R16	M. Cox	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1979	R32	R. Fisher	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1979	R64	C. Kachel	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data