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Robbie Venter #360 def. Bob Hewitt #83

6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robbie Venter	Bob 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

Robbie Venter 0 – 0 Bob Hewitt

Path

Robbie Venter's path

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

Robbie Venter's next match

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

Bob Hewitt's path

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