F Durban 1971

Bob Hewitt def. Manuel Santana

7-6 6-1 6-1

Bob Hewitt defeated Manuel Santana 7-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1971 Durban final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 4, 1971*
Tournament: Durban
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bob Hewitt	Manuel Santana
Country	RSA	ESP
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	May 10, 1938
Age	31	32
Height	190 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,981
Current career W-L	285–177	113–50
Current career earnings	$613,837	—

Pre-match H2H

Bob Hewitt 1 – 0 Manuel Santana

Path

Bob Hewitt's path

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

Bob Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Manuel Santana's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Raymond Moore	6-3 5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1971	SF
Pat Cramer	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1971	QF
Dennis Matthews	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data	Apr 2, 1971	R16
Bill Freer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 1971	R32