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B. Hewitt def. M. Santana

7-6 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1971*
Tournament	Durban
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	B. Hewitt
Score	7-6 6-1 6-1
Loser	M. Santana

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Hewitt	M. Santana
Country	RSA	ESP
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	May 10, 1938
Age	31	32
Height	190	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,985
Career W-L	285–178	113–50
Career earnings	$613,837	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Hewitt 1 – 0 M. Santana

Path

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	SF	Jan Leschly	3-6 5-7 6-0 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	QF	N. Pietrangeli	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R16	Hank Irvine	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R32	Sidney Gordon	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 31, 1971	R64	R. Seegers	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Santana's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	SF	R. Moore	6-3 5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	QF	P. Cramer	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R16	Dennis Matthews	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R32	B. Freer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data