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David Carter #145 def. Sammy Giammalva Jr

4-6 6-2 1-6 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1981*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	David Carter
Score	4-6 6-2 1-6 6-4 6-0
Loser	Sammy Giammalva Jr

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Carter	Sammy Giammalva Jr
Country	AUS	—
Birth date	Apr 21, 1956	Mar 24, 1963
Age	25	18
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	145	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,636	1,689
Career W-L	76–119	—
Career earnings	$238,612	—

Pre-match H2H

David Carter 0 – 0 Sammy Giammalva Jr

Path

David Carter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Jaime Fillol	7-6 2-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Carter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1981	R32	Bjorn Borg	2-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sammy Giammalva Jr's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1981	R128	Heinz Gunthardt	6-4 4-6 6-3 1-6 6-1	W	—	Match data