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John Fitzgerald #43 def. Howard Sands #166

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 21, 1984*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	John Fitzgerald
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Howard Sands

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Fitzgerald	Howard Sands
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1960	Feb 5, 1962
Age	23	22
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	43	166
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,789	1,469
Career W-L	230–221	5–10
Career earnings	$3,207,272	—

Pre-match H2H

John Fitzgerald 0 – 0 Howard Sands

Path

John Fitzgerald's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1984	R32	Glenn Layendecker	7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Fitzgerald's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 22, 1984	QF	Miloslav Mecir	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Howard Sands's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1984	R32	Scott Mccain	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data