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Russell Simpson #143 def. John Trickey #288

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 1977*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Russell Simpson
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	John Trickey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Russell Simpson	John Trickey
Country	NZL	AUS
Birth date	Feb 22, 1954	—
Age	22	—
Height	188	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	143	288
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,497	1,387
Career W-L	131–195	5–18
Career earnings	$326,467	—

Pre-match H2H

Russell Simpson 0 – 0 John Trickey

Path

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1977	R32	Steve Mott	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1977	QF	Richard Lewis	5-7 5-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

John Trickey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1977	R32	Jonathan Smith	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	—	Match data