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Bill Scanlon #37 def. Alvin Gardiner #167

6-2 2-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 25, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open (2)
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Bill Scanlon
Score	6-2 2-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Alvin Gardiner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bill Scanlon	Alvin Gardiner
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Nov 13, 1956	Feb 11, 1951
Age	21	26
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	167
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,734	1,408
Career W-L	307–259	43–100
Career earnings	$1,427,007	—

Pre-match H2H

Bill Scanlon 0 – 0 Alvin Gardiner

Path

Bill Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	Brian Fairlie	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bill Scanlon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1977	R16	John Alexander	6-7 7-6 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alvin Gardiner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	Douglas Palm	7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data