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Christo Steyn #95 def. Nelson Aerts #134

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Dec 20, 1985*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Christo Steyn
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Nelson Aerts

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Christo Steyn	Nelson Aerts
Country	RSA	BRA
Birth date	May 1, 1961	Apr 25, 1963
Age	24	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	95	134
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,665	1,540
Career W-L	43–53	10–23
Career earnings	$251,474	$233,278

Pre-match H2H

Christo Steyn 0 – 0 Nelson Aerts

Path

Christo Steyn's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1985	R32	Jonas Svensson	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Christo Steyn's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1985	QF	John Fitzgerald	3-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nelson Aerts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1985	R32	Lloyd Bourne	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data