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Steve Denton #24 def. Hank Pfister #25

7-6 6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 1982*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Steve Denton
Score	7-6 6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Hank Pfister

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steve Denton	Hank Pfister
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 5, 1956	Oct 9, 1953
Age	25	28
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,756	1,903
Career W-L	109–116	260–213
Career earnings	$1,084,664	—

Pre-match H2H

Steve Denton 1 – 0 Hank Pfister

Path

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1982	QF	Shlomo Glickstein	6-4 3-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	John Alexander	6-7 4-6 7-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1981	R32	Kevin Curren	6-7 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	Eddie Edwards	7-6 6-7 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Denton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1982	F	Johan Kriek	2-6 6-7 7-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Hank Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1982	QF	Kim Warwick	6-1 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1981	R32	Hans Simonsson	6-2 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	Lloyd Bourne	3-6 7-6 6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data