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K. Rosewall #34 def. Sherwood Stewart

2-6 7-6 7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 1, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	2-6 7-6 7-5 7-6
Loser	Sherwood Stewart

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	Sherwood Stewart
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jun 6, 1946
Age	44	32
Height	170	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	34	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,822	1,741
Career W-L	541–195	—
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,602,565

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 1 – 0 Sherwood Stewart

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	C. Stansbury	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	P. Feigl	6-2 6-4 5-7 4-6 8-10	L	H2H	Match data

Sherwood Stewart's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	R. Lewis	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data