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R. Venter#360 def. B. Hewitt#83

6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 1977*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	R. Venter
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3
Loser	B. Hewitt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Venter	B. Hewitt
Country	RSA	RSA
Birth date	May 7, 1960	Jan 12, 1940
Age	16	37
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	360	83
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,497	1,684
Career W-L	7–19	285–178
Career earnings	—	$613,837

Pre-match H2H

R. Venter 0 – 0 B. Hewitt

Path

R. Venter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1977	R32	J. Marks	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

R. Venter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1977	QF	B. Mottram	0-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1977	R32	O. Parun	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data