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R. Case#78 def. T. Roche#43

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 20, 1979*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	R. Case
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Case	T. Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 1, 1951	May 17, 1945
Age	28	34
Height	—	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	78	43
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,829
Career W-L	294–276	360–191
Career earnings	—	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

R. Case 4 – 6 T. Roche

Path

R. Case's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1979	R64	P. Davies	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Case's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1979	R16	B. Taroczy	6-3 3-6 8-10	L	H2H	Match data

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1979	R64	G. Malin	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data